stakeholder
Years ago

the unappealing schedule for sat morn district

IMO find this schedule really disappointing -

sat 21/2 - cancelled
sun 22/2 - cancelled

sat 28/2 - no game - finals
sun 1/3 - nothing scheduled - ? catch up opportunity


sat 7/3 - no games long weekend / adel cup
sun 8/3 - "

sat 14/3 - no games summer grand finals
sun 15/3 - nothing scheduled - catch up games for pro/ rel or push finals back a round ?


sat 21/3 - first round winter - yeah - finally a game

sat 28/3 - second game .... now I am worried !


sat 4/4 - no games Easter

sat 11/4 - third round

sat 18/4 - no game middle w/end school holidays

sat 25/4 - no game Anzac weekend

sat 2/5 - round 4

sat 9/5 - round 5

sat 16/5 - no game state champs


sat 23/5 - round 6

sat 30/5 - round 7

sat 6/6 - no games june long weekend

so for a paying stakeholder - it is pretty disappointing that a team may only get 7 games may in teh next 16 weeks - and then there are double byes / single byes to factor as well.

I bet if Friday night rounds had missed so much people would be jumping through hoops to get things happening...... oh wait... what's that ? we pay the same fees.....


surely some catch up / compensation games would be feasible.

few go to to ABL pre season tourney - so another round could be played that weekend

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Anonymous  
Years ago

How about the Friday night Div 1 competitions with 2 byes every week.

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stakeholder  
Years ago

would love to know the reasoning behind double byes in div 1 - so we will sit our best basketballers for that age group out regularly - why , why ?

oh wait maybe that imaginary div 1 team from some clubs will appear !

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Given the current facilities what is your solution OP?

Sunday games now will be impacted by those who play Football on Sunday so many teams would have to forfeit.

Delaying the start of Winter means catching up those weeks with Sunday games as well.

It's frustrating for everyone but right now there is no alternative.

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stakeholder  
Years ago

book the dome for an all day sunday ?

run finals sa 14th / su 15th ?

play a junior round a couple of weeknights ?

catch up round 1/3 ? only premier league pre season clash - less of a clash than 36ers game.

wouldn't junior footy clash with their sunday training anyway ? just play a round instead of sunday morning training ? like we are already !




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stakeholder  
Years ago

play a catch up sat 28/2 and finals first round 1/3

pro/rels get 2 rounds 28/2 and 1/3

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Anonymous  
Years ago

And here in Victoria we would love some respite for our kids for the basketball season that starts in u12 and finishes 6,8. 10 years later with almost no breaks!

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stakeholder  
Years ago

pro / rel could play a catch up 14th and 15th march without any dramas

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stakeholder  
Years ago

hey victorian - this is about perception. I hear you re no break - but this is about thinking / planning to have games and being put off all the time and a patchy next few months at best.

If you need a break, take one is the best advice - nothing wrong with that.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

book the dome for an all day sunday ?

What Sunday? If its available and its very expensive. All day means playing maybe 30 games, still come up short. And still teams will be impacted by players with other commitments.

run finals sa 14th / su 15th ?

Sunday games again. And what if its 38 again?

play a junior round a couple of weeknights ?

Never going to happen and never should. Terrible idea.

catch up round 1/3 ? only premier league pre season clash - less of a clash than 36ers game.

Sunday again. During finals

wouldn't junior footy clash with their sunday training anyway ? just play a round instead of sunday morning training ? like we are already

Some players don't train Sunday morning due to footy clashes. Especially younger/saturday morning age groups who choose club footy (sunday) over school footy (saturday) so they can still play basketball.

Other sports (cricket, netball) just cancel games. Why do we need to fit them all in anywhere we can? BSA can't control the weather.

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stakeholder  
Years ago

all of the above has been done already so the concepts are quite viable.

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stakeholder  
Years ago

why not book the dome for an all day sunday ? that is what it is there for !

maybe plan the finals at the dome if it is 38 again.

play junior weeknights - ? why not if you play D 1 or 2 you play Friday - u16 play thurs - just might mean a game instead of training.

sun 1/3 move finals back a week.

junior footy players usually miss sunday training - I'm talking about a majority benefit here - I am sure some people don't do things on sunday because of religion as well. Would footy bend for basketball ?

yes basketball cant control the weather - but they can look at what is on offer in lieu and if equal payers to clubs are getting and equal return.

i.e. div 3,4,5 paying equal fees but getting a poorer deal

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stakeholder  
Years ago

so if it is hot for the finals we say bad luck it is hot - won't happen..... I doubt

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PlaymakerMo  
Years ago

Stakeholder, basketball is a YEAR-ROUND sport. Kids experience burnout under the current system, let alone with more games and fewer breaks early in the year. These cancellations, however unintentional, could be a blessing.

A valid criticism would be that there are major repercussions of hot weather and BSA aren't equipped to deal with this - as has been discussed at length.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Perhaps your club should refund fees in lieu of so many missed games (although the fees would go towards club issues such as training venues etc, not so much BSA issues)

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stakeholder  
Years ago

Purely IMO - i am sure it was hotter in the stadium last night for the 6.15, 7.15 and 8.30 pm games on a 37 degree day than how hot the stadium is at 8.30 am on a 40 degree day.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What about the fact it was actually over 38 yesterday yet games went ahead.

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stakeholder  
Years ago

it goes via the forecast and the forecast was 37. Sometimes there can be a few degrees between one venue (say adelaide hills) and hillcrest which factors in another variable. Geography and type of building factor.

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stakeholder  
Years ago

why not open up another stadium friday night - a few will be available as it is friday night finals and only half the usual amount of teams engaged- could play a saturday team catch up round then

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Yes lets play Under 10 games at 8:30 at night.

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