7 Sunday arvo games and only 1 home game in the last six rounds of the season.

One of Sydney away games in at the State Sports Centre, don't know if this is a mistake or not as I can't see any other Sydney game being played there

Taips v Crocs Oct 6th at CCC - Skinning time !!!

Skip, I am guessing there are more Sunday games to coincide with the amended broadcast deal?

Melb 2 home sat games....

It's funny how the Taipans / Crocs rivalry is all one way. I root for the taipans as my second team and so do lots of Crocs fans...

I dont mind Sunday games too much. I prefer Friday night games.

We have a strech at one point fo 9 home games in 10 rounds which is all through the School holidays, so that should be good for crowd numbers.

Really don't like the fact that we only play at home once in the last 6 rounds. We would need to be well entrenched in the Top 4 before that run to hold our spot.

I notice Perth dont have a home game in the forst six rounds (Due to their new arena I presume). That gives them a home game though in 9 of the last 10 rounds. Massive advantage heading into the playoffs IMO.

Also, is it just me or do well always seems to finish our season in Woollongong?

Not every supporter is the same. Some are interested but not fanatics. Some may work on Sundays or have other engagements and a club needs both fanatics and 'half-hearted' supporters alike to stay alive.

The State Sports Centre game is likely because a promoter has hired the Syd Ent Centre for a concert..

Anyone notice all the Melbourne games have TBA?

It didnt last year either.

Just had a look at the schedule... SERIOUSLY NBL????

Are you kidding me! Why the hell do we have so many bloody Sunday games.

Its fricken ridiculous...

Thanks for cutting down out membership supporting base even more!

Sounds like the 36ers be on Channel Ten quite a bit by the looks of that schedule

The distinct lack of Saturday games in general for the NBL is disappointing though

Potential 36ers TV Games (bold for only match scheduled on that day) **NZ Televised Games:

7/10/2012 Adelaide v Melbourne (Sunday) 1:30PM
28/10/2012 Adelaide v Perth (Sunday) 1:30 PM
4/11/2012 Sydney v Adelaide (Sunday) 2:00 PM
11/11/2012 Adelaide v Gold Coast 1:30 PM(Sunday)
16/11/2012 New Zealand v Adelaide 7:30 PM (Friday)**
25/11/2012 Melbourne v Adelaide 2:00 PM (Sunday)
2/12/2012 Adelaide v New Zealand 1:30 PM (Sunday)
28/12/2012 Adelaide v Townsville 7:30 PM (Friday)
4/01/2013 Adelaide v Townsville 7:30 PM (Friday)
13/01/2013 Adelaide v Sydney 1:30 PM (Sunday)
17/01/2013 New Zealand v Adelaide 7:30 PM (Thursday)**
20/01/2013 Adelaide v New Zealand 1:30 PM (Sunday)
27/01/2013 Gold Coast v Adelaide 1:00 PM (Sunday)
10/02/2013 Adelaide v Melbourne 1:30 PM (Sunday)

We can make pretty easily establish that the only game on a Sunday or a Friday will be the ones televised, and we can make an educated guess that any game scheduled between 12:30-2PM on a Sunday might be broadcasted (opposed to 3-4PM games which may clash with the News)

We go the entirety of March without a TV game which is a bit of a bummer.

36ers are looking at a minimum of 8 games broadcasted

Are you kidding me! Why the hell do we have so many bloody Sunday games.

Guys, the schedule is driven by TV.

Why are games at 2pm Sunday not 4pm Sunday - because of the new TV arrangement.

Why are there so many Sunday games - because of the new TV arrangement.

Why are there so few Saturdays generally - because... you get it?

Moving games on a Sunday from 4pm to 2pm isn't because someone is a genius, its because of broadcast times.

I haven't looked but someone said Adelaide had 9 home games in 10 weeks. If that is true you guys should be screaming about how bad that is. your occasional fans will have 36ers fatigue four games into this stretch, unless the team is on afterburners.

If its true you only have one home game in the last six weeks then you should be screaming about that too. That's appalling.

I am not criticising the scheduler, because it must be a bitch of a job in a league where generally venues see you as their least most important product. But from what I've read here, Adelaide have a poor fixture.

Perth have heaps of friday home games,probably to attract people after work seeing the new arena is located in the city.

As for the Breakers can they please play at Vector full time and get rid of the North Shore Events Centre.

One thing I've noticed about the draw:

We play 3 of the 4 finalists (including the two teams from the GF series) on the road twice and at home only once.

Typical of the NBL using the 36ers as the league's whipping boy.

7 Sunday games is a joke who cares about tv right in small market like Adelaide that's right so we can see replays at 10.30 woohoo. After committing to renew my season tickets I now can't get to half the season bloody ridiculous, I don't mind missing a couple af games because of an even draw I can live with that but half a season I am pissed with wasting a bucket load of money for a product I now can not get to because of a lopsided draw.

Adelaide has one of the best attendant record in the NBL, we had such high numbers in the 2011/12 season..

We will now suffer majorly with all these Sunday games.

Yep another down vote for the Sunday games, hate them. Oh well.

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To not renew based on schedule is signs of a weak half hearted supporter IMO.

Isaac,

Doug, the club might have requested Sunday games? Drafts are always put to clubs for negotiations.

Might be that the 36ers think that TV games are valuable in pitches to corporates.

I like Sunday games. Saturday nights in the lead up to Christmas is a nightmare of clashes and missed social functions/basketball games.

I like the Sunday games, I have a young daughter who can't attend games on Friday or Saturdays because she gets to tired, but Sunday Games are a lot better for her. Maybe the sixers are trying to make it more family friendly.

Last Season Averages

Fridays (3x) - 4115
Saturdays (8x) - 5313
Sundays (3x) - 4832

So although I personally prefer Fridays, they arent all that popular overall.

Saturdays number were boosted a bit by the Patty Mills Tigers game and the following game (after the exciting win). They were the only games to have 6000+ crowds. Take out those two games and the average drops to 5023 for Saturdays.

I think Sunday games will bring in more of the casual viewers as Sunday afternoons can be quite boring.....where as die hard fans will go no matter what day or night it is on!

Skip, I think those numbers would differ again if there wasn't the pressure to attend games brought on by the fact you own pre paid season tickets. Sunday afternoon games in my opinion would suffer if everyone attending had to buy a ticket on the day.

Fan-bloody tastic draw I say. So many sunday games and at 1.30pm???? Whats with that? Night games are easy to go to but as a shiftworker, thats really awful. I like going and like the 36ers, but the draw is awful and really......i dont see the point of going if half the games are on a sunday. its night games for me, or bust.

Doesn't matter when the games where scheduled, someone would have complained.

Whoever does the draw will never win.
How many times in recent years have we read complaints about too many Friday night games which can't be attended due to Junior games?
Now an option to this doesn't suit "all"- I guess time will tell and re-assess at the end of season

Sunday games are great. Who ever has anything to do on a Sunday?

Friday and Saturday nights are always full of alternative things to do.

Well here's a newsflash for Adelaide!!

"I think Sunday games will bring in more of the casual viewers as Sunday afternoons can be quite boring"

Not happy with the Sunday games. Have other stuff to do in that time slot.