I disagree RE: Swimming, something about those female swimmers in those caps just does it for me.



NOT!

And what is Basketball Australia going to do about this. How is basketball behind gym and billiards.

Pool tables in pubs would impact that substantially. Really need to consider attendance as a paying spectator, and viewing if all sports were available equally on television to gain a better understanding.

Agree that the sport needs to be doing but its not all bad. Remove the sports that everyone does in their leisure time and generally dont compete at like gym workouts, cycling, running etc., remove the mainstream sports of Aussie Rules, Rugby and Cricket.

Basketball participation, crowd attendence etc. could be compared and should be competing with Netball, Soccer, tennis.

Swimming for example has a massive participation rate. This is a survey and I think when most people ask if they have been down to the local pool for an early morning swim or used the pool gym for a bit of fitness in the past yr most would say yes. Could hardly be compared to the NBL/weekly organised games of basketball.

Bushwalking = sport????????

Just wait till i start the NSL (National Shopping league)..will zoom into the top 10

then the NTL (National Toilet League) incredible participation rates.

I will finally take the number one spot on the Sweeney "sports" report by introducing the NBL (National Breathing League) 100% participation, 100% of people have watched someone breathe, not sure how it will rank on the print and internet though ...Isaac, any chance of creating an ozWhoops site :)

Seriously though, does playing pool at the pub..going for a walk in the park, whacking the budgie smugglers on and splashing around or dropping a handline off the causeway at Victor over Xmas really mean you are involved or participating in these "sports"

we need a better tool to measure these things me thinks.

:)

20% Television viewing? That seems stupidly high. 4% via the internet? That seems low.

BUSHWALKING? hang on a sec did i read that right??

170 interviews a month - is that really statiscally meaningful? Even if extrapolated over 21 reports.

Hang on, I'll check the TV Guide & see when Bushwalking gets air time. I wouldn't wanna miss that. : )
That survey is absolutely meaningless (no matter what cred it thinks it has), & reckon me's post #163237 got it right.
I was an avid cyclist, but I've only been to ONE cycling event in 18 years, & was bored shitless.
The NBL needs to start thinking of ways to work it's way into the media. Even locally, the AFL off-season gets more coverage than we do. Imagine the media frenzy if the AFL had import sackings, refs that suck, & a salary cap?

Rant over, tinny cold now.
Cheers

DDFan, AFL does have refs that suck and a salary cap. As for imports that get fired, they had Ben Cousins who was enough of a saga for two sports.

National Toliet League

They have a comparison of apples and eggs

Swimming interest is all at the elite Inter National level.

As is possibly the case with many of the others.

Some sports all the interest is at National or local Level.

depends upon how the questions are asked and who is asked.

Interest in state criket is abismal etc etc

hands up who is judging the MVP..or should that be hands down?

The all star game could be a real blowout

Posted by DICKO: "I "launched" my attempt at an Early MVP just last night.

Yes, that's right.....Most Voluminous Poo"

Shaney dropped a floater?

I might be showing my age here, but does anyone remember when `The Circuit' was in East Tce ? (where PJ O'Briens is now) It was about mid 90's and they had a backboard hanging off the back wall that you could shoot around with... It got lots of use too !!

At least you had an excuse when the (one handed - holding Beer in the other hand of course !!) shots weren't dropping !!

Everyone's probably too scared of getting sued to do anything like that these days.

And watch basketball drift further away once Soccer goes after the world cup.

For some reason, the link provided doesn't work (anymore). Can someone provide a new one? I kind of need it for a University assignment!
Cheers
Seb