"It is most certain there will not be any WA SBL played this year"

Wrong. They are pushing hard to have a condensed season later in the year.

No nbl1 sides in Victoria have Senior Big V sides, only Youth League. So no..

Or will Youth League be stacked????

No nbl1 sides in Victoria have Senior Big V sides, only Youth League. So no..

Or will Youth League be stacked????

Big V is likely cancelled. Official announcement May 11

Lawl KobeRulz has gone from complete lockdown no basketball for two years to now saying 'awyeah i rekun maybe basketball soon bois'

You'd have to doubt whether some teams would be interested in starting back up again, I know players from multiple clubs in Big V who won't be playing this year if they do get a season going.

Lucky my club can play CBL over summer.. Go BVC

I hear there is discussion among some clubs in Melbourne regarding running their own league if Big V doesn't get going.

if they want to run their own league WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PLAY???

The discussion is around if restrictions are lifted but Big V takes a season off

Waratah league will start back May 30

Most leagues will be reducing teams to 9 or 10 players per game. 1 coach and a team manager. No spectators.

Big V will go ahead. Not sure on the format

Big V is surely monitoring what is happening with other sporting leagues.

In the news today some senior footy leagues in Melbourne are resuming on July 25th should everything continue on its current path. If footy leagues are resuming then there is no reason why Big V shouldn't.

Yes footy is outside but a minimum of 36 guys on the ground at the same time tackling each other has to be a bigger risk than 10 guys on a basketball court playing a non-contact sport.

Pretty sure there is contact in Basketball.
10 guys on the court
2 refs
2 coaches
4 assistant coaches
2 Team Managers
10 Bench players
4 Scoretable
2 Stats
1 Match Day Manger

This would be absolute minimum to run a game. And its indoor.

AFL and NRL are restarting. Strict guidelines in place for teams.

There is no reason for Big V to restart in July when the season would be due to finish in August/September and I suspect many clubs would say the same. How many players would you actually get wanting to return. This would be the longest most players would have had off in their careers and would be risking injury coming back with even 4 weeks notice. Would be better off running some preseason tournaments next year to knock off the cobwebs.

WNBL will be beginning their season with crowds and they will have no imports. This is a tier 1 league.

Disagree, most Big V players want to play

Youth league maybe. Seniors probably not. Clubs need to prioritise venues for revenue. Domestic and VJBL before the cash drain that is Big V. Sponsors barely exist.

If we were staring up the season next week I would say many players would want to play. But in 6-7 weeks time how many would be bothered for a short season. Especially females.

Massive lost opportunity for Big V.

"Zero cases two days in a row. If this holds there's a good chance of an SBL season in some form I would say." Stop guessing KobeDick.

why so quiet?) Any news/hopes??)