Yeah makes sense, and yes increases the chances we actually get to go and watch them play.

It shouldn't have taken a pandemic for this to happen. There's actually talk of the A League moving to winter. That'd be a great win for basketball too.

Another minor win is that in the middle of summer most would rather be in air conditioning than outside baking.

Thank you covid19, thank you climate change.

No news yet if this means the same number of games are compressed into 17 rounds or a shortened season.

It shouldn't have taken a pandemic for this to happen.

"For what to happen? The NBL season starts after the AFL and NRL seasons finish literally every year. Has done for the past decade or so."

Yeah but their seasons have been delayed and are likely to see further delays, so means that it will likely start November or later, as opposed to early October.

....your point?

ME.

NBL said 'we are pushing back the season to Late Oct to avoid AFL clash'.
Curtly said 'Shouldn't have taken a pandemic to trigger this policy'
KR said 'the NBL habve always tried to avoid AFL clash'.

Yeah I don't really get the above posts, the NBL starts after after the AFL Grand Final regardless of pandemic, it's how it has been for years.

There's a bit of a spike of active cases this week between WA and Vic. Hopefully with eased restrictions we can still see active cases reducing.

Victoria has around 70 known or just a touch under, that will take a couple of months to get close to 0, at a minimum. NSW would be lucky to get there by October, albeit possible.

haha savage

There's a bit of a spike of active cases this week between WA and Vic. Hopefully with eased restrictions we can still see active cases reducing.

The NBL season always starts after those guys, but we don't know how sneaky the AFL will be in trying to get a longer season in for more TV time.

In reality, I know imports like to be out of Australia to enable them to pick up a gig in the next world league so the NBL might be sandwiched, but hey, if we get 28 games in the season, that's all we need and it might mean more games on a weekend.

As they say "Too much Basketball is barely enough!"

why so many doomsayers?

Of what?

NBL generally starts before end of the NRL season and did last year too. Apologies accepted.

Last year is literally the only time it's happened in the past decade:
2019: NRL grand final 6 October, NBL starts 3 October
2018: NRL grand final 30 September, NBL starts 11 October
2017: NRL grand final 1 October, NBL starts 5 October
2016: NRL grand final 2 October, NBL starts 6 October
2015: NRL grand final 4 October, NBL starts 7 October
2014: NRL grand final 5 October, NBL starts 10 October
2013: NRL grand final 6 October, NBL starts 10 October
2012: NRL grand final 30 September, NBL starts 5 October
2011: NRL grand final 2 October, NBL starts 7 October
2010: NRL grand final 3 October, NBL starts 15 October
2009: NRL grand final 4 October, NBL starts 24 September

NBL generally starts before end of the NRL season

He has told us he's always right and clearly he isn't.

Of course, how silly of me.

I don't really follow NRL, but I do recall many years when the AFL GF was on the Saturday, and NRL on the Sunday (of the same weekend.)
Last year, and possibly previously, they moved it to the weekend after.