The people selling memberships have jobs like all of us and they are probably trying to keep theirs by selling memberships.

"Teams have to stop thinking about money"

They are a business like everyone else.

It's been raised, but it has to happen...basketball Australia MUST change the junior age groups across the nation... 9s 11s 13s 15s 17s & 19s. And leave it like that for good.
Players currently in top age 18s are being grossly disadvantaged by missing out on their final season of junior basketball...not to mention all the tournaments being cancelled because of the virus.
It also stops the ridiculous scenario where a player born late in the year is finished junior basketball at 16 years of age, especially in a sport where 99% of the emphasis is on height/size.

So they miss a few tournaments, hardly the end of the world. I'd be more worried about schooling for Year 12 students than about final years of junior basketball eligibility.

Sorry, didn't realise it was a yr12 forum

Under 23s is a comp no one cares about. Glorified social. Better off moving back to Under 20s on a Friday night. Meant to be a junior comp but clubs treat it like a senior comp. That's not the clubs fault, there is some inherent flaws in the structure of the comp that make it that way.

If you turn 17 this calendar year you are in your last year of juniors as you can't play Under 18s this coming summer season. Hence there are 16 year olds missing their final junior season with this break.

Yes agreed...a 5 year jump from 18s to 23s is brainless....& lazy from the people entrusted to run to the game.
Ideally & fairly it should be the age you are at the start of each season, NOT your year of birth.
Have a uniform starting date for summer & winter leagues across the country.
Easy example... if you are 15 at the start of a nominated season...you play U/16s. If you are 16 at the start of a nominated season...you play U/18s.
Otherwise we continue to have kids born in Jan 04 playing against kids born in Dec 06...almost a 2 yr advantage in height, size, speed, weight, maturity & reaction time...which isn't only unfair, it’s dangerous.

Note that u16 and u18 nationals haven't been cancelled. Would be helpful if they were.

With all the hassle the Pro sports are going through trying to get their competitions going, just can't see the Government letting amateur & junior sports recommence until there is a vaccine? Might be wrong, but America & Europe have been smashed by this virus...they are coming out of their Winter flu season & we are heading into ours....not sure any risk will be taken tbh

Wait for the first juvenile fatality, then it might be taken more seriously, not treating kids as invincible. It's almost like because the elderly are most vulnerable, logic means the young are least vulnerable.

the potential rescheduling of the Aust champs has a huge trickle down effect on State association as they don't know how to plan out their state and domestic comps which could potentially clash with a potentially rescheduled nationals. So everyone is sitting around waiting to BA to make a move.

BA should just cancel the 2020 u16 and 18 Nationals and give some clarity to everyone, and put a timeline on the club nationals. The club nationals are potentially more risky as there are 48 teams at the one venue. Most states would have issues with being able to qualify teams from the various state champs or leagues within a reasonable timeframe.

The comments that I am hearing from people across several states is there is a complete lack of any leadership from Basketball Australia right now.

Morrison is not the bloke to follow, the medical experts are and the state experts are saying to wait. I'll go with them, by the way if you’re too believe the grape vine in the Shire area where Morrison kids go to school they haven’t been there since two weeks before end of term.

Nationals???? Haha! Yeah Righto....let's bring players in from every corner of the country, with their extended families. Let’s all cram into indoor stadiums for a week, then let’s all go home not really knowing if we are infected or not....next minute this shit is spreading like wildfire again & we are back to square one.
It ain’t happening
See y’all next year.....hopefully

that is right, states could reorganised their own state schedules, but most states are waiting to see what BA are going to do. As commented above state borders are going to be closed for sometime and big events are still going to be a no-no.

All basketball events/comps cant just be compressed into the July-Dec period. There are also going to be a multitude of other sports-events trying to reschedule into that period as well. so it is possible that some venues may not even be available.

If BA finally pull their finger out and cancel the u18 Nats, then they could extend the u20s next year to allow the regular teams that go to u18s to attend the u20s. ie Vic Country, Vic Metro.

In regards to scomo his family moved to Canberra at the moment, so your grapevine has correct information but a poor interpretation of what is means.

BA have said in their releases that decisions about league are to be made by the individual state Associations in consultation with their respective state governments and Medical experts.

The AIS guidelines describes Level A B and C - there's no way there's competitive basketball (local domestic leagues or VJBL) in Victoria in Term 2.

I think coaches and players will be able to train in limited capacity - the guidelines state that groups of 10 (including coach) can train, but it doesn't mention anything about a multi court facility - 10 players on each basket? 10 player on each court?

The travel factor is also interesting. No spectators is fine in principle, but no one is going to drive their child 90 minutes on a Friday night to sit in the car while they play.

Term 3 start at a push for the VJBL.

U18s, 16s in October, 5 months away seems reasonable with u14s in December.

The real problem is internationals, u 17 world. Cups, u18 Asia, u15 Oceania all this year.

Spot on! BA being right next to BV has caused a lot of issues. I wish I could say more.

I don't see how things change however. There has been vic bias in the governing body for decades but now it's really bad.

no venues big enough outside of vic to to hold both u18s and u16s at the same time in one week.

Dandenong 15 courts.
SBC, 9 mins down the freeway.

I don't think we will see u17 wc or u18 Asia this year. Maybe postponed to 2021.
The u15 Oceanias (05/06 athletes) in December are located in Papua. Probably won’t happen either and aus/nz will go directly through.
Even if they changed venue it would be difficult.

No one will get into WA to attend a championship at Warwick so the discussion/point is mute