Hmm.... there's a statement with a lot of facts. Well said Anon.

should we see a temporary shortening of the season to ease costs?

next will be Lighting

Anon, your statements are bordering on hysterical. A lot of allegations with little substance.

Let me follow your logic. Because (allegedly) the WNBL have not released an operations manual they MUST be using the clubs money for things other than the WNBL??????

I have often defended BA here because I think they are hamstrung my small minded attitudes and because I was made aware a number of years ago just how little money that actually take out of the sport. (I've said here before roughly $3-$4 per participant whereas some sports take 4-5 times that amount). I am more critical these days because I do not think that Larry bringing in his mates (Carroll, Brown etc.) has been good for the image or performance of the organisation.

However, everything I know about the WNBL says that at club level it is an extraordinary difficult proposition to be financially sustainable - more difficult than a seabl program due to the costs of airfares equalisation and subsequent travel commitments. While Dandenong can rely on a huge player base and Sydney on a University to fund their programs, organisations like Townsville (Logan) must raise an even greater proportion of their revenue through sponsorship - in Townsville, with basketball on the wane, and the advent of the Cowboys and the Fury, that must be very difficult.

Tell me something. Do you actually know whether the WNBL clubs subsidise BA? Or do BA actually subsidise the running of the league? I have heard it is the latter.

Perhaps you can break down what it costs to run a WNBL club - tell us the numbers and how much they each give BA and what that actually means - rather than just tell us BA should be subsidizing the league.

I believe that each club pays BA $75K +.

And that each team pays their own airfares, accomodation and game night costs.

Not sure what BA provides other than Refs.

IS someone abel to let us know what.

Actually Anon, if you would like to very slowly and very carefully read my post again you would note that I did not defend the WNBL. I asked for more information from you, I asked for you to provide detail about which way subsidy went. I asked you to qualify your statements.

And no, if you would like to very slowly and carefully read what I wrote again you would note that I did not say the player registrations revenue had anything to do with you having a go at them. I said it was one of the things I knew about BA which gave me cause to defend them - it was an example of why they are, on the whole, an under funded and under resourced organisation in my view and have long been.

In your previous post you simply attacked - their staff are apparently not capable of running the WNBL because they have a NSW link etc etc.

Charon92 has posted that the WNBL takes 75k from each club (lets assume this is accurate as a number). However I understand the set fee does include airfares equalisation and all referees costs so I would imagine that does eat up a fair part of the 75k contribution from each club.

How do you expect the WNBL to run the league (administratively/operationally) AND as you demand, market it and promote it with the remainder of the cash they get from the clubs?

How much do you think anything but a brilliant viral campaign (and development of brilliant viral campaigns can cost money) would cost to deliver the marketing and promotion the WNBL needs. 400k-500k?

The A-league cannot afford to promote its league anymore and crowds are going down at a rapid rate and I am sure they generate significantly more disposable revenue than the WNBL does.

Would it be reasonable for the clubs to contribute an extra 10-15 k per year so the league can afford the dedicated full time staff you say the league needs?

One thing rings true for me in what you have said. they are understaffed if they only have two staff - no wonder stuff does not get done. (there, right there, I was defending the WNBL based on what you told me - read it slowly and carefully.....)