wtf. thats bullshit. so people who have a game at 10pm when its going to be like 24 degrees cant survive in that weather.

There are two people who perhaps can not stand the heat. The Referees. There are really fit Referees and also Sloths. So maybe the players can make it thru a game but these Sloths can not! Eating Hot Dogs and drinking Ice Coffees before a game probably does not help these Sloths to combat the heat but BSA provides no "hot weather" training. Tip: drink water not beer!

Not usually my practice to defend slothy referees, but whilst it may get down to 24 degrees outside, the stadiums are still usually 30+. I hate seeing games cancelled as much as the next guy but i do understand the predicament.

its crap, why cancel games at 10pm?
not to mention, I am sure if people can train in the day when its well over 30, then they can play when its barely 30 at night.
does bsa even realise this is worse for them financially?

Ricey,

Are you willing to guarentee the legal and litigation expenses for any incidents that occur during this period?

If so, please make a $20M cheque out to BSA and we can get on wit the games.

it aint 40 degrees inside, and i was making a statement about later games. and you refs don't run full games, especially in div 3 games. if anything you waddle up and down. maybe cancel the games that are on at around 6pm if the weather at 1pm is at or above 36.

Ricey,

That would have to be the most impractical model possible. How would people find out that games were cancelled or not? What about those people who drive 1 hr across town thinking that games are on? What about the games that are forfiets because people think that games are cancelled?

Plus, for BSA to have a ref in charge turn up, have a door person turn up just for the late games, or even the ref's is rediculous. As well is more cost inefficient that calling all games off. Plus inside the stadiums doesn't cool down, the heat retention of the walls and roof, plus the lack of air movement inside means that the temp inside the stadiums heats up faster than the outside temp, as well as stays high long into the evening. Plus after a number of days, this has a multiplying effect, becasue the stadium doesn't cool down over night and gets hit with the heat again.

Again, are you willing to guarentee the legal and litigation expenses for any incidents that occur during this period? Especially if one of these ref's drops.

If so, please make a $20M cheque out to BSA and we can get on with the games.

How does BSA tell players they don't have a game to start off? I believe I always see complaints on here about people not finding out because no one was notified to start off with. They only put something on sportingpulse, which is probably only visited by about 50% of the basketball community associated with any of the games canceled, and not on a regular basis either.
As anon said, too hot for district but not for social? I am fairly sure yesterday I played a social game with other district players at 4:40 in the afternoon at Flinders Uni. If that is possible, then I don't see why district games at 6, 7, 8 and so on are not possible.
People will not take BSA to court over the games not being canceled due to hot weather, unless the weather is scheduled to be at or above the hot weather policies certain degree (unsure of what it is). The original idea for the ABL games was possibly the best idea for the hot weather, with having at least one mandatory rest during each quarter.
Edinburgh 24, you keep going on about the heat inside. How about opening the doors during the day to allow some sort of ventilation if there is no fans in the stadium. Where were you when everyone was complaining about the cancellations for the ABL games with your ramblings about $20M?
Oh, and I don't mean every ref waddles up and down the court, a lot of them just dawdle. What divs do you ref anon? As most refs seem to have some idea of who I am.