There has been a bit of discussion about the NBL fixture for the upcoming season, most of it has been negative. The only positive I have seen is from the NBL and clubs themselves, which is what we expect. I have had a bit of a look and have come up with some of the positives and negatives for the fixture. From the outset I will lay my cards on the table and say as a 36ers fan I like it. I have never liked mid-week games and any time over the weekend I can deal, I just hope we don’t have another 43° afternoon game (of course nothing can be done about it, but if its on TV live I know where I will be).

Lets have a look at some of the positives and negatives generally.

Positives

Limited midweek games, from experience (attending and watching on Fox) midweek games don’t work for the crowds, except in New Zealand who seem to enjoy good 1support on Thursday nights.

No 4 games in 8 days

Not starting the season in the midst of AFL finals, I think this is a key and it was STUPID starting in midst of that

Negatives

Sydney not at home for their first game – venue availability maybe an issue here, and I hope the NBL are looking to finalise the teams for 2011/12 now so that a fixture can be created now and venues book early

Long season – 25 weeks for 28 games, but of course this means we don’t end up with 4 games in 8 days so it isn’t a big negative, there is nothing like having fresh players on the court and not missing games due to injuries

Playing finals at the start of the AFL season – will we get lost amongst the AFL

Friday night is District basketball in Adelaide, but due to Christmas breaks it shouldn’t impact them greatly having to reschedule games

Personally I think those positives out weigh the negatives, there is no chance for me to understand the intricacies of each teams requirements in relation to when they play their local basketball competitions so I will not comment on that for anyone but Adelaide.

Is the fixture perfect, of course not we have to play away games for starters;), but there are so many variables which all need massaging for it to fit together.

Before last season everyone was saying how dead the game was going to be because of a rushed league, less teams etc. but we had our worst coach team results ever but I think it is the most games I have watched on Fox every also. Is it the same everyone who is now shooting down the fixture for the coming season? I say bring it on, stop the negative crap and focus on the positives, lets rebuild the league. If you don’t like the fixture, pick your dummy up and lets see your fixture which will fit in with all the requirements of broadcaster, the teams and the venue availability and let me shoot that down in flames.

Bring on the 2010/11 NBL Season. Marty Clarke I want to see some improvement in defense effort and a return to the finals for the 36ers.

The ramblings of a basketball fan and 36er fan since 1986

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