And the person responsible no longer works at BSA.

BSA is an absolute mess!

and the clubs are run better? Not according to all the negative threads/posts on here.

It is more about the governance. The problem is that BSA have zero accountability for everything they do, yet rely on club resources for their existence be it competitions, attraction ,retention and growth of participants or high performance athlete development.

It is the current governance that is the issue. Take the access to funds that BSA has, allow clubs to employ and govern their own competitions, development programs, pathways and see how long BSA existing people survive in those jobs when they are actually accountable. Can't introduce a performance and improvement culture now because there is NO accountability.

Cut summer back to one round and give everyone a decent break , and play a decent winter finals series , why bother playing 2 full rounds and then half a finals series

#702974 who is the person responsible?

I can't wait for the clubs to run the comp , just tell me does anyone believe the clubs will act in the best interest of basketball in the state or it will it just be all about their individual clubs.
It’s a disaster waiting to happen . The problem in this state is not so much BSA staff or CEO but more the commission itself. Get the right people in charge their and we may have a chance

I personally think BSA is heading in the right direction under the new CEO. He had a mess to clean up and quite frankly underperforming staff in many areas. In addition to the direction from the Commission was questionable.

The Country Metro divide is a significant issue which needs rectifying but why would Country want that when they are benefitting from the money generated by Metro basket.

But the biggest issue is the trust between clubs to ensure any take-over of the competition is for the benefit of basketball in the state. Maybe it will work with current personnel but there is constant change within clubs and at some point there will be conflict.

How does SA Country benefit from Metro revenue when Country players pays metro to be affiliated as well as paying SA Country affiliation
I can't think of anything country gets from metro ?

Staff that service country regions such as referee development, JDO's and NITP comes from revenue generated by metro competitions.

As do the venues they play country carnivals in.

That is absolute crap , SA Country pays its own staff from country players affiliation fees , Ingham has s proportion of his wage directly paid by SA country . Country pumps close to 100k into BSA via affiliation fees and for that BSA bia Mike Gibson provides some input into referees
The idea that Metro subsidises country in any form is bullshit .

Metro clubs and competitions input over $1M as well as affiliation and registration fees.

$100K wouldnt cover what you are receiving from BSA

Most district clubs would provide more revenue to BSA than all of SAC and receive barely anything in return.

Perhaps youcan enlighten us all on what you think SAcountry actually receives from BSA

remove the commission - over inflated egos ruining basketball is SA

You only need to get rid of the chairman

Your advantage is playing a lower team generally at home. Nice one Einstein

If SA wants credibility in Basketball the Winter Season and State Championships needs to be run the same as Nationals and Premier League when it comes to finals. It use to be this way and it made the finals series interesting and less predictable. It also prepares players and coaches for that next level of Club Championships, Classic, ECC, SCC, Nationals and beyond. The players and coaches are robbed of the opportunity to play in a professional competition where their efforts are taken seriously. I feel the leadership lacks respect for players and coaches and the enormous amount of time sacrificed to train and play their sport. This is at the expense of many other activities they could be doing but they commit all year unlike most sports that are seasonal so should be rewarded with the opportunity to experience a full finals series. Parents give an enormous amount of money via their clubs to BSA and at the door to run a professional basketball league but they are not offered a professionally scheduled competition. The removal of pro relegation and the Increasing number of changes not only in summer but also winter to address divisional issues is alarming. The drop out rate for girls and lowering numbers is of great concern as well. Then we get to the removal of 2nd division 2 teams removal from the state championships, the backfilling of teams in regular competition or splitting of divisions in the first 5 weeks and the opportunity for more talent to be identified and an even greater level of competition to assist with development by playing against the unknown. Even the merchandising at state championships where young players are excited about getting their state champs jumpers and the pride that goes with wearing it and the inspiration to other players to work hard, move up a division and have the opportunity to participate in the next state championships is all disappearing. I feel there is a perception that it has become all about the employees, the referees, the door staff, the high performance group who seem to be just looking for the next big thing or a predetermined group about and not in the best interest of the state as a whole with an emphasis on team first and trying to get the win over showcasing specific players at the expense of all the playing group and the results. It just all lends itself to the criticisms that suggest that the organisation tasked to run a professional competition just doesn't care about the customer, that is the players and the coaches. That is poor business and loyalty customers are ready to walk. Time for a change to a customer focused business model that means engagement, what does the customer want, what are they willing to pay for to keep their loyalty. But it seems loyalty may already be lost and a new Customer focussed business is about to raise its head and offer a better product. Lets hope either way the players are the winners in it all.

To be fair to the new BSA CEO he inherited a basket case . He deserves a chance to try and sort out the mess that is BSA.

In terms of Junior finals couldn't we have had finals on Friday night and Sunday ? Most clubs train on Sundays anyway ??

I don't think it was a big surprise for Eastern to beat Sturt in 14 girls.

Sturt Div 3 16 Boys and North Div 2 16 boys (Undefeated) were also victims of the 1 vs 4 semi loss.

By victims you mean they lost to the fourth team of the competition

MV on Friday night was a terrible situation as previously identified. Not Southerns fault but please never let this happen again. Are we really that short of courts? Won't be next year.
On 1v4 and 1 losing - bad luck. If you can’t beat the 4th team in the semi, then you weren’t good enough anyway. I like the short finals format. Gets it out the way.

Lucky loser formats are awful and defeat the purpose of playoffs - the intensity of play due to it being sudden death.