Are you holding out for more money Jack?

Top five win, bottom five loose, the predictability is painfully obvious and killing the sport

Hmm them up yonder in the hills :) goes to show the quality without Tess.

Thought South girls did a good job against Sturt.

Jack must be feeling unloved. This must be the 8th time he's "quit" when really, all he wants is for people to say "please don't quit". Sooky sooky la la.

389 how crass

+1 Anon

whats up, how are a north any different without Hill and goes for most temas when you take out key player/s. Take out two from norwood and you have ordinary peresonified.

The Southern boys beat top side Bearcats last night, maybe post mens v womens league when sprouting crud about predictability, men have 5 teams compeating for final 2 spots and the top 2 arent guaranteed to hold top seed either. Forestville purchasing some hardware in Gibson to bulk up their squad.. While other teams homegrown talent be getting big numbers.

^^ Ummmmm....wrong. Gibbo would have played with West but they have Cadee and Johnson. In fact he trained with West to keep in shape for the Aussie series against China. Simply at Forestville as they have a restricted player spot available, are currently shitting themselves about their record, and so in true F'ville form open up the cheque book. To try and claim Gibbo wanted to play there over anybody else is a fantasy.

^ Bam that's a wet fish right there.... When will clubs realise that propping up your crumbling towers doesn't help! ABA is not the NBL its district, please respect the district competition and grow your stocks and take a risk...

Have you seen Forestville's junior boys program? No wonder they need to import players!!

^ Disagree use it as an incentive South to step up and play basketball at a higher level and knock the eagle of it's perch..

And Arnott has no influence what so ever.... BS. Fville do what they want. Whats the bet that if gibbo has to miss a couple due to boomers or 6ers commitments he will get cleared for finals. Got told he was only playing 5 games and that an email has gone around talking bout dispensations for higher level commitments.. Absolute disregard for the by laws and BSA make it up as they go along if that happens and only 1 team could get away with it!

Anon 507

What by-laws?

Weren't they, like the Salary Cap agreement, written by BASA, an Organisation that no longer exists? So, therefore aren't enforceable!

^ Sounds like someone who likes to make sure the loopholes don't bite you in the arse? BASA/BSA all a mockery of elite basketball, there's a stench in the Adelaide Arena its rotten administration and the bodies of good people it's sapped the life out of.

Feel free to expand on that anon as its the first I've heard of any Bylaws changes

According to the bylaws a plyer only needs to suit up and get subbed in to one game to qualify for finals. Is this right?

That depends - is it a Forestville player?

That was changed prior to the season starting not during.

'The player must be subbed onto the court for another game in the SA District competition in the same week as the Central ABL game.'

So does that mean they don't have to suit up for CABL even just a reserves or 23s game which is played during the CABL season?

Or have I read that wrong?

They have to be subbed into 2 games at some point, 1 a CABL game the other ANY district comp age group division they qualify for.

Clubs can introduce star players as once off's at any time, call up favours and heck even replace their regular team with Star subs come finals if required, names like Cadee, DJ, Gibson get associated with CABL whether that's good or bad who knows but it shows us what the BSA stand.

Is it good or bad? I say it's bad, look at West great start to season but is the team benefiting now? Hopefully Gibson throws the Eagles off game as well. Let Clubs do it smart clubs will avoid it.

I can't believe something so clearly written is misunderstood. Idon't have the bylaws with me but basically you need to participate in x number of games (I think it is 8). Games missed due to higher commitments are included so games played recently missed due toplaying for Australia are included. I wonder when Gibbo was registered - hopefully not back dated to prior tothe games in Perth!!

Apart from higher duties participation in a game is suited up, on the score sheet, and being on the court. An example of this is when North subbed Petrieon for 6 seconds. However the second part of the bylaw is there to allow U23's or div 2 players who sit on the bench in ABL games to play in finals if a team is hit with injuries (but can apply to anyone) In this case you need tobe on the scoresheet for the ABA game, be suited up and then be on the court for a Div 2 game or an U23 game or lower level in the same week.

The analogy is the Power making the GF, being decimated with injuries and bringing a player up from the SANFL on their list who has played an AFL game all year.

should read "has NOT played a game" ^^^

Games missed do to injury are added in same way as higher duty yeah? you don't even have to hit the court if your on the injured long term list I think.

Yeah well they've lost plenty of women players over the last few years due to the coach not having faith in her players, or just treating them badly

I am aware of a couple of high profile women from F/Ville already sounding out options elsewhere for next year!!