Play a rivalry round on a junior night - combine seniors and juniors - same clubs play same night

CABL needs an injection of something to rebuild community interest.
Boti suggested some/all CABL be played mid-week to bring back a sense of the whole basketball community instead of such a focus on juniors.
Youth League has kept more boys playing but that is all it has done for .. how many years..? 5-6? and they play like juniors, (ask the coaches).
It has not helped raise the profile of the game, it has not helped juniors to be competitive when they then try to play with seniors. Make senior Div 2 a CABL Reserves-type status for the 'elite' YL players, and maybe play some games midweek to try to get a broader community support, when more teams, coaches, and supporters can mingle and gain a greater appreciation of all the clubs. (Home-away series does not do this).

put on meals, play CABL and junior rivalry night - would be huge

So, what are you proposing, just to sit an complain? Write what you would like to see, we can compile something and then put it into the Suggestion Box

So, what are you proposing, just to sit an complain? Write what you would like to see, we can compile something and then put it into the Suggestion Box

Not that hard to figure out - south v southern on a Friday rivalry night, cabl women 6.30 and men at 8.30 juniors play usual schedule on other 3 courts. Same at wayvile for ville v sturt, port for west and woodies . Bars open, clubs make an extra effort for a BBQ / meals that night.

Just needs cabl and junior programs to match up - could be done twice a season on rivalry rounds. So if Norwood and north play at mars the first time - div 1 juniors play courts 2 and 3. On the return at hillcrest cabl plays court 1 and only 1 court of div 1 juniors on court 2. They could play a catch up round with any other teams that may be displaced (I.e. court 3 div 2_3 games from wayville ) or any extra div 1 games from 2 court stadiums - marion St Clair hill rest etc all play somewhere else the same night,

There is a case for something like country footy/netball linking juniors and seniors.

Maybe one court for men, other for women. Start off with the U18's, then U23's, reserves, then A grade. Just a thought......

Just get an assistant that night - benefits will over ride the outlay,

There is always catch up rounds at some stage - so instead of 2 games of catch up on a Sunday there is 4 - if a team that is coached by a cabl player / coach they can apply to play the catch up round - if the circumstances are that dire and no assistant exists.

Or if a cabl coach has cabl 8.30 give their div 1 u18s a 6.30 game - finish by 8 coach cabl at 8.30

No different from catch up games cause a team has several state players. Only age grade it may affect is u18s . The club identity / bonding / support / financial benefits easily outweigh the offsets here. Imagine 8 u12 families staying for supper, and providing a cheer squad for your abl team - very morale boosting having 50-70 in the stands extra - juniors can look up to senior role models, fund raisers / bar / canteen make $ - interaction priceless and it promotes rivalry rounds at an unprecedented level. If say centrals have 4 u18s in cabl - the u18s would be rescheduled. If west have an u18 on the bench for cabl - maybe they pick what they want to play or ask for reschedule.

Of course u12s don't get a game that late - Debbie downer

Reschedule the u18s then

Maybe only the clubs that can get their act together do this then? And the critics can still do the same old.

Clubs get their act together?

Its BSA that will have to schedule and allow any this to happen

good luck with that..

I'm all for the football styled format. Think of the greater number of people that would be more likely to stick around and watch the 1s. Could quite easily go from 16s to abl through a day. 10 hours of games. 10am, 12, 2, 4, 6 or there abouts. Make reserves higher than 23s so 23s would be more of a mix between current 23s 2s and and the lower 1s. Reserves should be the best in the club who aren't in abl.

Woman's could be played on the opposite venue or on the second court?

now we are talking - doesn't have to be every week - but just try something like that once a season.


say rivalry sunday -

2pm - u16s
3pm - u14s
4.15 - u12s
6 - CABL women
8- CABL men

or south v southern at morphett vale on a friday night

main court 6.30 CABL women / men then 8.30

u12,14 and 16s all play usual time and maybe reschedule u18s if they are involved with CABL.

issues to deal with -

selling 20 light beers instead of 6, making 40 hotdogs instead of 8, CABl teams playing in front of 40 juniors and families instead of 4. What to do with the extra 0 on the end of the nights takings. CABL players maybe having to sign a basketball. What if the newbies like it and come back another week !!

and of course the issue of people identifying with their senior programme and maybe, just maybe getting some club loyalty and chemistry.

Being from the country I see the country footy teams making a mint on game day. It's because of the structure that makes it feel like one club, everyone sticks around to watch the a grade and turns up early to watch the game before theirs. district basketball to me feels like a lot of segregation, how many juniors would be able to name their cabl team, let alone how many have watched a game? I think making a full day of it like the footy would be the way to go, crowd numbers are guaranteed to boost and sales of everything along with it. If I was playing the same day I would definitely stick around each week.

Court 1: men's division 1s 16s, 18s, 23s, reserves, abl
Court 2: men's division 2s 16s, 18s, 23s.

Woman's play opposite stadium. This gives stadiums a fuller stadium weekly instead of every second week aswell.

Other option would be

Court 1: men's div 1 16s, 18s, 23s, reserves, woman's abl, abl
Court 2: woman's div 1 16, 18s, 23s, reserves.

Division 2 men's and woman's play opposite stadium?

What about junior curtain raisers. Eg under 14 div 1 girls at 5 then aba women, then under 14 boys at 730 then aba men. Also have junior div 2/3s on other courts so they can be involved as well. I mean what's the point playing junior games at the same time as aba when you want to attract the kids to watch them. This way the kids get to play in front of an atmosphere, the rest of the club get to know them and cheer them on and the kids can stay on and cheer the seniors on. And rotate the age groups each week, u14 the 16s etc. It would also clear up some times on Friday nite so teams won't be playing 945 games at Morphett Vale.

troll away mate your only jealous you didnt think of it first

I don't mind some of these ideas, I do recall putting forward having Men's and Women's play Home and Away a few years ago, but the big issue was Volunteers.
It's hard enough getting Volunteers (at most clubs), for 9 nights a season, never mind about needing them 27 nights a year (or even 18).

Lots of footy teams charge an extra 50 dollars that is refundable upon completing canteen duty etc. this could be used for volunteers for this too?

BSA won't listen on the obvious change for Reserves from Monday to Wednesday

apparently no venue is free on Wednesday nights

Social ball has priority

frankly yapping on here about it is not going to achieve anything..

you need to protest to your Club Exec as loudly as possible

then demand they protest as loudly as possible to Mark Hubbard

believe me, Club Presidents have already demanded this happen and been stonewalled by the BSA CEO