JH5
Years ago

AIS - WNBL

Apparently a decision has been made that the AIS Women will not be playing in the WNBL no longer!

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MW
Years ago

good decision, saving themselves getting their butt kicked

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seen it all
Years ago

Not good at all, The only recent female that I can think of who as played for Australia who did not go to the AIS is Nat Hurst, and she had well over haf a decade in the wnbl before getiing to be a first 5 for Canberra - much less a prospective opal.

Very few - ( anyone name 4 ?) "first "5 Australians in any of the existing wnbl teams who did not go to the AIS and thus gain significant minutes in the WNBL prior to either playing "local" WNBL or to going overseas.

This will result in a lowering of the WNBL playing standard within 5 years as teams will hold on to the older "known" players rather than grabbing semi-proven new talent out of the AIS.

Very Very bad idea

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.
Years ago

why is this happening ? 2nd best womens bball country and we are doing this .......

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Anonymous
Years ago

I think it is a good idea to pull the AIS girls from the WNBL. The competition is very different now to previous years and it is only going to get worse.

No longer are these 'girls' able to play in a professional competition.

The AIS has also changed their entry ages. They are bringing the girls in younger (because of U17 Worlds) and keeping them for less years. You do not have the luxury of 'senior girls' to support and train with those coming through the ranks.

There are more injuries to these players trying to push bodies that are not mature enough.

More and more decent players are knocking back the AIS scholarships to train in their own clubs under the guidance of great coaches and international/national players and having the support of their families.

I believe change is inevitable and progressive.

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.
Years ago

so will they go to seabl or where ever the men go to ?

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Anonymous
Years ago

The AIS has become completely irrelevant.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Isn't there a broader question here about the structure of the WNBL.

Team ownership structures are all over the place - some teams are privately owned, some are association based, some are state based and the AIS is (was) federal government based.

Not a level playing field ...

All the association based teams seem to struggle financially from year to year, and depend heavily on the amount of sponsorship they can raise.

With the privately owned teams, seems to depend on how much the owner chooses to tip in on top of sponsorship.

And no framework for levelling the playing field - salary cap, points system etc ... it just seems to be a free for all.

Looks to me like BA can't decide what sort of competition is wants the WNBL to be ... and leaving the "market" to decide will just result in more WNBL teams coming and going over the years.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Nothing in womens basketball is all that transparent from the AIS to ownership implications. Closing the AIS altogether in basketball would be the next logical step.

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Neil
Years ago

They will get better value for money playing tours etc than WNBL!!

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