what is 2.50 ?

can of soft drink

flat white coffee

donut

1.5 litre of petrol


student bus fare

the concept is a new and lot of clubs dont do it - but the world doesnt run on fresh air and everything costs.

the last concept is of most concern - but if if someone wont stay and take interest in their kids for $2.50.....

they cant wait outside

Is it the club or council?

It is woeful. Not just parents, but the extra kids we always have in toe.

It could mean $1000s of extra a year for some families - just to watch a kid/s train.

Does it also extend to domestic?

It is way out of line.

Have you ever heard of anyone having to pay to watch training for footy or cricket?

If this is true, parents should visit their local MP, especially if theyre in government at the mo. Some stern words from an MP can have a big impact on a council, and if that doesnt work call all three streams of media, they love a greedy council story and councillors jump at the prospect of negative publicity.

Dandenong is not a club where local kids go to. Parents with inflated ideas of their children's abilities drive long distances to play for Dandenong. They will not be able to drop off and go home. It looks like staying in the car or paying the extra bucks as well as paying petrol and high fees. Go to your local club and let your kids play with their friends.

Regarding the extra $100 in fees. How do you thing their WNBL team affords the players they have. It all comes from juniors!!!

The charge has been overturned.

Perhaps the parents who abused the free entry system need to look at themselves as well.

Australia will always be under par with the rest of the world in terms of talent pool as long as they keep charging exorbitant amounts of money for membership fees and game-day fees for players, let alone this kind of crap.

Many stadiums are council owned, not owned by the basketball Association and canteens are often run by a business not linked to the Association or council run as well.

Entry fees to games are usually paid back to the Association, because this is a basketball related revenue, therefore not normally the decision of the owning body but there are exceptions.

In the end there should be clear indications to where the revenue goes, if it is Association based as the Incorporations Act determines this, however the council or an individual business is not subjected to these regulations.

My point is this, if the Association and the owning body, be in council or a business do not work closely together for mutual benefit in a harmonious business relationship, taking into account the big picture, then these types of issues raise their ugly head from time to time.

The big picture is the kids...!

If you're unhappy then head to Knox for a gig, they're losing kids at a rapid rate......................

My brother and I both played district basketball for many years. I remember by dad sitting in his crappy car every game as we simply couldn't afford to come in.

It's only years later that I realised the sacrifices my parents made for us to play the sport we loved.

If they had to pay to attend training also, I suggest they we may not have had the chance to play at all.

This sport is broken from grassroots level and has been for the last 25 years. It's little wonder the NBL is such a disaster.

Maybe junior basketball needs to be it's own entity and reduce the amount of help it gives to it's older brothers and sisters.

Anon, you make an interesting point, whether intended or not...

In the case of revenue for a club or association, take football, soccer, rugby or cricket as an example.

These sports have an open field to play on, plenty of space for lots of supporters and players, families etc... to watch the game.

They usually have a club room or area big enough for a kitchen, bar and serving of meals. You can always get a pie, sasauge or drink and the social aspect or atmosphere if you like, is an inviting one that is very community oriented.

Unfortunately basketball by virtue of where we play it, the number of players and the set up surrounding most venues is not anything like this.

We tend to go and watch someone we know for an hour, maybe two if you are seeing two games, then we have a chat and go home, or somewhere more inviting...

My point here is that you don't see Auskick funding the seniors do you, it is filtered down from AFL level and these clubs will in almost all cases find the big dollars elsewhere.

Basketball does seem to be a reverse of this in my opinion, maybe not just what I've seen either...?!!

@ anon. It takes more than one hand to count the amount of kids I grew up with who were fantastic ball players but whose families couldn't afford to keep them playing.

One advantage of the American school-based system compared to ours...