Peregrine/Shahins have big bucks. Smokemart is no longer their core business. Everything they touch turns to gold and they are a great SA family. I hope they get it. They would be great for basketball and ensure the 6ers is run as a professional/accountable business. These other people "that love the sport" are great fans and supporters but I think the shahins have deep pockets, nationally renowned business people, know how to run a business on a large scale and the fact they are not basketball people will ensure no 2nd agendas and seperation of responsibility from the ownership and management group.

I cant see this seperation occuring with the other parties.

The best thing is that all 3 bidders have all been Sixers fans for years.

I'm sure the 3 bidders will push the Sixers in the right direction and inject the funds needed to get the crowds back to the Dome!

I would love to see Peregrine owning the show and the people from mvp having roles in it, but NOT owning it!

The other church group who may be interested in the Dome would be Southside / Edge Church, who have major congregations at Reynella and also in the old Investigator Science Centre at the Showgrounds.

Would make for interesting times if Peregrine Corporation bought it - because it sounds like they aren't interested in the dome - would they play games at the big BP On the Run at West Tce???

Or if they did buy the Dome, it'd be lined with Peregrine brands, like Hot Chooks, C Coffee, Wok in a Box, Subway and Brumby's, and you could have your car washed and refuelled while you watch a game.

Definitely could be interesting at the Dome with Peregrine.

Logging on in downtown Gunnedah, NSW ..... the church group is Paradise Assembly of God. Is interesting to hear the news of the sale (over hear, you're lucky to hear about the AFL, let alone anything basketball - though there was an article on the weekend about a falling out between CJ Bruton and Brian Goorjian).

Of note, all three owners would have distinctively (excuse the pun) different plans. Keep posting folks - it's the only way we travellers keep up-to-date!

I like Kevs idea.

The players would be running around court with a packet of winny blues on their shoulder under their uniform!!!

might as well deck em out in stubbies and a blue bonds singlet as well then...

So instead of the Adelaide Fellas, would they become the Adelaide Gift Boxes! (So many lines! only if you have a dirty mind, lucky my thoughts are pure.)

I see that Mark Lewis was saying he has big shoes to fill if he was to get the 36ers due to his Dad Bernie.

Truth is Bernie stuffed a lot of things up while in charge of the 36ers and is a big reason why they are where they are now. many past players (one that still plays and is still owed money from years ago) and many others with BASA know about these problems but they have been kept in house.

May he rest in peace but truth is he screwed the club up good and proper.

The Adelaide Gift Box Lightning - nice ring to it.

Or Adelaide Gift Box, Fellas ;)

Sorry nutwork, my thoughts aren't so pure anymore.

Go the Peregrine bid. As has been said already, these people have deep pockets & are used to making their buisnesses work.

The other bidders seem fine ; however basketball in this state may be better off with an owner focused on making money, not just having a love of basketball.

BASA is full of people who love basketball (true, I wouldnt fib ya)yet look where it got us. The best way for the organisation to make money is to have its teams win. This will fill the "smoke house" to the rafters and get the sport back to were it was.

Drive in to a smoke mart to pick up your tickets for the game.... interesting. We could also get a Subway or a Wok in a box into the dome instead of the cardboard that is currently passing for food at the joint.

a lot of sixers fans couldn't care less about BASA. many that do would've already dropped off with the meme that the sixers were hampering local hoops.

the idea of selling tickets at service stations and wok in the box and so on is a big advantage for peregrine, and wouldn't hurt the food in the dome either!

if peregrine didn't own smoke mart then they would be great but as anon said that it would be a disadvantage because Quit wouldn't sponsor the Lightning (assuming they buy the womens team)

but hey...

wok in a box, Subway... they have there advantages

I wouldn't be suprised if Peregrine, with their contacts being the SA Master Franchisor for Subway, Wok in a Box and Brumby's would be able to pull something like a Subway sponsorship for the Lightning. eg the Subway Lightning.

And I don't think Quit would have anything against sponsoring the Lightning, even if they were owned by Peregrine.

In reply to (#87492); a couple of points.

The only thing the new owners have to love is hard work and I think the peregrine bidders definatly fall into that category.The new owner who ever it may be will not be taking on the franchise to lose money. Some tough decisions will be made; these are the decisions that BASA could not make, thus the huge losses. If we had continued along the BASA path the 6ers would have folded before the up coming season.

Your BASA comment does not make sense to me. I support my kids district club & the 6ers. The fact that BASA may have somthing to do with ownership or the administration of these 2 entities does not even come into my thought process when making decisions on either 2. If I had a choice to give money to my club or BASA direct it would go to my club every time only for the fact that BASA's track record is now out in the open for all to see.I have never even heard of people sitting in the dome watching the 6ers just to support BASA.

Dont be scared of what the new owners will do. The fact that we will have new owners will ensure NBL is played in Adelaide for a few more seasons to come. We can thank BASA for getting us this far. Now that BASA does not have to worry about running the 6ers, prehaps they could put their energies into....say coming up with a state champ draw for next year that at least looks to be fair to all teams.