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Ball in BA's court as NBL owner looks to buy into WNBL
The ball is in Basketball Australia's court as NBL owner Larry Kestelman formally explores the possibility of purchasing the WNBL in a landmark play to unite the sport in Australia.
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But despite the surging popularity of basketball in Australia, seven of eight WNBL sides operate at a loss.
AAP understands BA is open to a change in the way the WNBL is run.
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"We're working on some new concepts with them that'll come to fruition in the coming weeks in months."
Discussions of the sale come as Geelong's basketball association, Geelong United Basketball, joins forces with a private consortium of investors to purchase the Melbourne Boomers' WNBL licence, subject to approval from BA.
Under the proposed sale, the franchise would relocate and rebrand as the Geelong United Boomers.
AAP understands the major sticking point is that from a broadcast standpoint, BA would prefer there to be two teams running out of Melbourne, rather than only the Southside Flyers.
But with no other buyers interested in the Boomers' licence, the only other options appear to be BA running the team themselves, or the franchise collapsing.