One (non club junior) nbl player per team, with priority given to the bottom couple of teams from the previous year would never work or be accepted by the top clubs, but would be good to see 10 competitive teams each season

Auto topics would be great to encourage discussion. They seem to be popular threads, just no one besides the same one person (thank god for them) could be bothered doing them.

As a player, I would like to see:

- 27 game season
- Preseason tournament
- Games spread over Fri/Sat/Sun
- Bring Mt Gambier + Mildura into the league

Rewrite the bylaws so no loopholes can be found*

Would actually really like games all weekend. There are some opposition players I would have loved the chance to watch more than the two times we played them.

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27 game season starting when? Finishing when? to do this without double-headers means the season in theory would run mid-Feb to mid-September.

Friday games how? Juniors are played Friday nights.

Mt.Gambier & Mildura would be great but who will pay for you to get there?


The issue with this threads is its a wish list without any thought of how to make it work.

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If you're not open to change then the league stands still and goes nowhere. Maybe if the league and its players want to be seen as an elite/premier competition they have to act like it. Double headers are a part of just about every other league in Australia. Maybe its time to move with the times.

Equalisation payments have worked in other leagues regarding travel why cant it work here? Or quite simply if Mildura and Mt Gambier are in the league they pay 25% more. Heck Mt Gambier would have been paying a lot more to be part of the SEABL.

For the schedule, a Mar-Aug season would work, with the caveat that several doubleheaders were played over the season.

We played Friday night games over school holidays a few years ago, crowds were solid, plus lets you play a Friday/Sunday double. I don't believe juniors play Friday nights in the holidays?

There are 2x school holiday blocks (April and July), so just utilising 1 or 2 in each of those, gives you flexibility.

Teams are paying for 2x imports, several good locals and NBL talent, I think a few overnight trips 3-5 hours away by car would be do-able. The big clubs would be fine, the smaller clubs would make it work on a limited budget.

I would like to raise the profile of the competition, the above does not seem too difficult to introduce.

I would have a Premier League day/round where all games are scheduled at one stadium and tickets are free for all.
Invite food trucks, sports shops, gaming trucks, other entertainment for Kids and other activities.
This is to try and draw in as many people as possible especially non basketball people or those that have never been to a game or haven't been in some time.
Yes it will cost but if it creates more interest it will pay for itself in the long run, ultimately people love free stuff and the business can use it as a marketing tool.

The problem with a whole day structure is once an early game runs late or there is an overtime it exponentially pushes everything else back. From memory the last time they ran it at Wayville the last game started nearly an hour late. Its a nice concept but it doesn't work in reality.

Agree Double-Headers, travel equalization etc work elsewhere.

But it needs to be talked about when making suggestions. Clubs who pay nothing to play in the comp, except ref payments will need to put up the money.

Friday games during Nationals/School Holidays should be standard.

Best of 3 grand final series.

If you have best of 3 you can't use the Dome as it would be too cost prohibitive. You would have to go H-A-H and that would mean splitting the men's and women's Grand Finals more often than not. Which I am for but I doubt Basketball Adelaide would be for that.

Have some sunday games, normally clubs have juniors train in morning, they can hang around and watch a game. Cheap baby sitting for some parents.

What is this juniors on a Friday night thing? A VIC/SA concept? Weird.

Hit up Kleenex for naming rights sponsor

Rename it back because 'Premier League' is downright awful.

Premier League games were back on Community TV this season

I'm not even from Adelaide and SA and knew games were on Channel 44.