yeah we only have 2 sat night home game this year which to me is retarded, an soo many sunday games @4:30 this year sched is f'd up

also, abc radio cover saturday nights but nor fridays so spose that is out too..still pumped though.

abc radio coverage was insufficient, unreliable, due to other commitments pre-Christmas, then nothing at all, after christmas. They didn't bother doing anything.

Its the worst schedule I have ever seen. Saturday nights have always been best for me and yet we have so few. There are far too many Sunday 4.30 games. Its not the time of the week that I am looking for basketball entertainment as it is far too busy spent with family. Especially at 4.30. It stuffs up the afternoon and stuffs up the evening that you can't do anything else either side. Also, what's with the Thursday games when its a school/working day the following day? This schedule gives no regard whatsoever to the faithful fans attending games regularly and have only considered the TV convenience.

The schedule is messed up indeed due to many of the factors people keep mentioning.

The lack of Saturday night games sucks and is the best time to draw fans.

Sunday's are terrible. It throws out the whole day. I like visiting the pub some Sunday afternoons to watch the boxing. This will throw it out of wack if a big fight is on the same day as a game.

EC - there is one Thursday home game, it is the night before Xmas Eve - don't know too many people going to school the next day! The two Thursday away games are v NZ, when away games against NZ have often been.

So sick of people hating on the schedule. Embrace the change people, instead of finding reasons to hate it.

Friday night football - love it, most popular night for footy, both in attendance, and on TV. Can't see why basketball will be any different.

people screamed that there was no fta and bb would die without it, now we have it they scream fta is killing bb ,

once again damned if you do damned if you dont,

its a simple analogy do you want and nbl and 36ers if the answer is yes fta is must so deal with it,

More Saturday night games would have been awesome. But I'll cop what we have and continue to attend as a season ticket holder. Good to see the game back on FTA. Still you can't win either way. Some will like and others won't, it's just the way it goes.

I look forward to future anticipation when our imports are finally announced.

It's an excellent schedule, pretty much all weekend games. NBL crowds will definitely be up this year as a result. Great to see the TV broadcaster working with the NBL, not demanding midweek games that greatly reduce crowds.

I love Sunday games, means I dont have to chose between the NBL and other Saturday night offers, which the basketball usually wins and the missus gets pissed off!!

I am loving all the Friday night/Sunday arvo games myself. I often have to turn down other invites on Saturday nights because of a sixers game.

EC - We have had 3 or 4 Wednesday games each season for the last 6 or 7 years where people have had to go to work the next day. But I'm sure your negativity is justified with the one and only Thursday game (when a much larger percentage will be on Holidays)

FTA FTW

I like the Friday games for that reason too Skip.

I think one reason for those Friday games is due to the Wildcats' schedule and venue availability. Not ideal for the 36ers, but might as well make the most of it and take advantage of the TV games being good for sponsors, etc.

Sunday games are much harder as there is little time to recover from a hangover. but none the less i still think its good. it seems they will be doing it similar to footy, alot of people on a sunday like to just relax and watch the game on tv. so i think ratings at that time will have a big benefit. i say lets embrace it and see how it goes. change can be a good thing.

I didnt mind abc's radio coverage, it was at least coverage of games I couldnt get too, will just have to try and transfer back to adelaide to see the 6ers. i wasnt whinging about the schedule, just making a point-i dont even know how many country people travel to the games.

Gazza and skip, people have a variety of reasons why some things suit them and some don't. I will go to all the games because I am passionate about it but the schedule for me personally puts pressure on the busy life I have and arrangements that I make. For a start, I have people that cannot drive to the games that live around the corner from me (eastern side of town). I pick them up and take them to the games and then take them home. Saturday night is the only night I can do that because I go to the games straight from home. On the week nights I go straight from work (western suburbs 5 minute drive from the dome). Every Sunday afternoon I visit my parents (North Western suburbs) and need to go straight from there. This schedule allows for 2 games only where I can pick up these people and they are also season ticket holders with 4 tickets because I take their grand children as well.

So sick of people hating on the schedule. Embrace the change people, instead of finding reasons to hate it.

EC, for the record, I wasn't talking specifically about you, but seeing as we are going there....

Its the worst schedule I have ever seen.

Also, what's with the Thursday games when its a school/working day the following day?

This schedule gives no regard whatsoever to the faithful fans attending games regularly and have only considered the TV convenience.

Gazza, thats just it, its he the worst schedule I have ever seen, not the worst schedule ever put together by the NBL suggesting its bad for everyone. Its just bad for me.


The school/working day, granted it may not affect the school but its still a working day. Once again, it may not affect you or others, but I am up at 6 in the morning and spend 10 hours each day Monday to friday working and travelling to work. The Thursday game means getting home at 10.30pm and without having been home at all since early morning, its well after midnight by the time I get to bed with the things that have to be done and then up again at 6 in the morning. I know we had several Wednesday games in the past seasons but I never said they were suitable for me either. Now this thread was started to comment on the schedule and many have shown disapproval of it. My personal circumstances makes it less than ideal but simply giving an opinion.

Understand that you have some impacts, but you didn't describe those originally. Just commented how this was the worst ever, and whats with Sundays, and Thursdays, and none of these nights work for me. Next season, hopefully the NBL get in touch with you to make sure what makes the most sense for the league overall fits in with your personal schedule.

Correction to above comment re working/school day. It does still affect school children because many parents are working the next day and children are dragged out of the house early in the morning to their place of care while parents go to work.

Lol - ok EC, you win. By the sounds of things you are a pretty busy person. I don't think it would have mattered which way the NBL set the schedule, it wouldn't have worked for you.

Its worked pretty well in the last 8 years. You always make allowances for the things you enjoy doing.

kids go to school on xmas day now do they ????

No-one knows yet, as BSA are yet to release the schedule.

thomo, I'm not aware of kids going to school on Christmas day but then I'm not aware of Christmas day being on the 24th December. Its not about kids going to school, but kids having to be up early for working parents.

Anon Reply #278920, I take it your message is directed at everyone else who also doesn't like the schedule.

You said it affects kids because of school ?