NBL Basketball to be shown on Channel 9?

onionsoup_ · Hall Of Fame Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 1087

I know there are quite a few hoops fans on here, so I guess it is pleasing for us to hear there is apparantly some discussions going on for Channel 9 to show some NBL action this year. How much, I'm not sure, but at least a FTA station is showing some interest. Even a half hour show a week would be great.

investa · Star Player Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 313

the game in aus needs to be on free to air real bad...with the world cup and footy hoops is losing ground

and it would be good if we could have iit like the goood old days...

lets hope eddie gives the go ahead

onionsoup_ · Hall Of Fame Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 1087

Mr Crow · Star Player Joined: 19 May 2006 Posts: 260

I remember the days in the early 90's, where they were totally filling out the Melb Tennis Centre, especially in the big rivalry days of the Tigers and Magic / Titans.

amnesiac · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject:

to make it work 9 would have to take one game a week and turn it into a huge event. say, wednesday night basketball. make the nbl fixture the best game on that night and promote like buggary. would require a similiar fixturing system like the nrl where game dates are decided on about one month in advance.

FavoritE NumbA · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject:

Wednesday nights are already taken up by foxtel and so are saturday nights, im guessing the only games they could do is a fri or sun game. there is no doubt basketball in this country needs a huge lift and FTA coverage would certainly provide this lift also the only sport shown in summer when ball is being played would be cricket so it must come into some serious consideration...

crawf09 · Professional Punter Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 2446

Thats some great news guys, basbetball was a hit for a while in the early 90s as already mentioned but as soon as they took it off the air it went down hill very fast.

You dont see any NBL and no NBA at all on free to air no more, I used to love watching the NBA highlights and the top 10 plays of the week each week.

Anyway would love to see some NBL back on free to air.

Anyone found anymore news on this about the discussions?

Jimmyboy · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject:

Around 92-96 basketball was huge - I used to play it as a kid and it was very popular. The Tigers had great attendance figures over here.

With AFL becoming like basketball most kids will see similarities between the games and become fans Wink