The Whyalla Basketball Association recently ( last month) replaced its air conditioners in its 3 court stadium (www.whyallabasketball.com.au/news/457-hot-weather-for-saturday) and now has been able to avoid cancelling games even when the outside temp is over 38.

Having also replaced the floor 2 - 3 years ago they now have a great facility and certainly don't charge $500 for a season, more like $60 for juniors and $90 for adults.

Anyone looking for a game - head to the Whyalla.

Now the governmet will try to persuade / bribe them to move into a shared multi sport complex where they have to schedule around netball, volleyball, indoor soccer etc.

Could it be a good idea for BA to ditch summer All together and instead create a longer winter season.

Perhaps some sort of preseason competition over February and then run the season March through to September with finals October.

Break it up a little mid season with some sort of tournament as well.

Feb - preseason tournement
March, April, June - first half of season
July - mid season tournament
August, September - finish off the season
October - finals

November, December, January would allow teams to form, train and mould while still allowing a reasonable Christmas break.

To me something like this would be a lot better then a poor summer season, with cancelled games, large mid season breaks, and wierd grading periods.

2 or 3 people don't like it.... what about the several hundred that keep coming back ?

$500 for at least 70 hrs direct involvement is still pretty good ......

IMO payments should be relevant to what you are getting - if you train at a shite time, with 4 teams in one session and 2 in the other time slot and older venue - why should other get a better / dearer to hire venue at the rolls royce times and still pay the same fees ?

should be a little discount i.e. 10% off etc

poster 270. How do you know I won't be missed. You know nothing about me or what I may do for basketball or could do. You do not know what I do in Winter season. You also assume all the Anons are the OP. Parents are so desperate to have happy kids and work on the ideal that 'as long as they are happy'. meanwhile they are breaking the bank for Division 3/4 on Saturday mornings, missing out on other sports, losing their weekends and family time in Summer exhausting themsves and their kids for $1,000.00 for 10 games while the 1/2 players have everything they could want or need thrown at them for the same price and have their saturdays free to play other sports and have a free day. It sounds like a bad bad deal to me. You can play domestic Saturday afternoon at life be in it or elsewhere for under $200 at the same place, parents get in free, train when you like, still do school sports and have a weekend away without being told your kid will be benched for having a life. This is what is destroying basketball. The lower grades should be the more user friendly cheaper system and those who commit and chose it as their sport required to commit and compromise. It is all back to front and i just got some perspective on life. My child will be happier when he realises he can have loads of fun and still play basketball for less money at a similar standard for less compromise for our family and have weekends away. You may not miss me but I will be happier and so will my child and we will still love basketball, watch and play but have a better balance in life. Try it you may like it too..

There it is. Exactly why district basketball is not the place for some people. The toxic aggressive nastiness it carries. And by the way this post was just to stimulate conversation about Summer seasons failings and the poor entry point it is to the sport. Seriously you are the one that needs to go as my child does not lower the standard of district, he raises it and again you made the assumption. You are obviously an obnoxious person who has no concept of the cost on families and diversity some families have and the issues some families facs delending on the luck of which tem you land in. I'm glad I am not at your club but perhaps you are and i have a fair idea who you are and that may be a reason for leaving too.. adios

Looks like both days this weekend are lost now as well. Maybe catch ups 1st march and 15th to balance it out?

Weekend 14 / 15 march maybe finals weekend to allow for catch ups

I would've thought that a complaint about paying and expecting a volume of games and trainings, then not getting them, is fair enough? Also, it's helpful to hear reasons behind decisions like this rather than stumbling along and guessing.

thanks isaac. yes obvious to most this is an issue that with changes in weather patterns needs to be considered for the good of and viability of the sport.

it all comes back to tin sheds..