not sure at all.

people move on, this is BS

replace sure with true above

If this is true its very disappointing. Wouldn't you rather there be promotion in big markets than what we have now, which is nothing at all?

I suppose the good news is that the offer has been ACCEPTED not rejected as the title says.

Wonder what this means for the Bullets bid?

Oh great. Not just ANOTHER thread about "the offer" but blame it all on the evil Dr Nick.
All we need now is show how it disadvantages Adelaide due to home-town reffing,
and we'll have the Hoops trifecta of shit.

If Marvin controls the NBL, why would he push for a deal that gives that control to Kestleman???

Sure, the Wildcats need a league to play in, but so does every other team. I'd go further and say that the cats have more to gain by keeping up the number of teams, than they do from NBL marketing.

If all the offer does is guarantee a league for next season then it isn't worth giving up 51% of the league. IMO, the only giving up that much of the league is if he guarantees all current clubs and expansion teams.

The NBL are really thinking short term here, what prospective owner wants to start a team that he only has 49% of. Correct me if I'm wrong but that is how the deal works he has 51% of all the league and its teams.

Calling it .... The OP is full of horse dung !!

And what is Marvin's 'agenda'?

Money? Marvin's team makes $1m a year, probably more than every team combined.

Bendat's companies make the Wildcats $1m look like spare change, he doesn't need more money.

Power?

Marvin GAVE up the NBL board chair

If Nick Marvin and the Bendats really wanted to control the league why wouldn't they make Marvin the NBL CEO and use the Bendat's wealth to 'sponsor' the leagues growth.

I have an inside source I can't divulge that Nick Marvin has offered free handy's to all Wildcats season members, to be dispensed during time outs during the season.

To be honest, maybe it is the regional markets that are actually holding the league back. There is a limit to how much the league can grow if we have teams in smaller regional cities. Thats why i am a big believer of a 2 tier national league.

If the salary cap is around 500,000 for the 2nd tier then regional teams can stay profitable whilst giving the cities a good product. With only big markets staying the Division 1 comp, we would likely see a rise in the talent and crowds I believe.

Run Tier 2 through winter, with more teams. Then Australians playing in Tier 1 can still make some extra cash for a second tier team. Tier 1 would feature only large markets in the larger stadiums, and only the best teams.

The NBL want to go either the smaller regional way or the larger stadium way. Why not go both ways...

Tier 2 would be a longer season from early April to late August
Tier 1 would run from early October to early March.

This gives tier 1 teams around a month and half to run training camps and prepare for the big season.

baller#3 how many tier 1 teams from big cities?

You only have 7 teams in Aust now, and you are saying most are NOT from the big cities, therefor not tier 1

Name your tier 1 teams

^ I am not confrontational, I just don't get the 2 tier theory.

So in tier 1 (big markets), we have what? Six teams? Syd, Melb, Perth, Adel, Bris and Auck? Or with Wellington and another Melb team, eight? Either way, still a horribly small league with too many repeat matchups, which has been one of my major problems with the NBL over the last few seasons.

The tier 2 thing, IMO just won't work. Who will care about it? We barely care about our tier 1 now, if the future tier 1 is the elite league, then the future tier 2 will be viewed as bush league, and they will never afford a half a mill salary cap.

Why would a fan in Cairns give any credence to their team in tier 2, when they know that tier 1 is the top of the heap. Maybe if that fan is a hoop junkie, but otherwise I think the general fan's interest is lost.

And what sponsors would be interested in funding tier 2? I'm guessing that tier 2 "with more teams" means regional centres from all over Australia. So who's gonna pay for Cairns to travel to Hobart and Canberra and Ballarat?

I love reading these theories, and I wish they could work, but I have seen too many things fail in basketball in this country over the last 30 years to be optimistic about anything.

I think any form of the NBL is gonna struggle in this country for the foreseeable future in a sports saturated market where the sport itself has a VERY wobbly reputation.

Also, with the global nature of sport these days, I can see EVERY game of NBA very easily, and can pretty much see any Euroleague or NCAA game as well, why would I watch a 3rd tier, 6 team league even if it is the league in my country or representing my city?

So I say, let Kestleman pump his investment in and let's see where it goes. IMO there is absolutely nothing to lose, except for Perth and Larry. I think the league is doomed and there is a guy there now, who wants to inject some cash and see if he can lift it. If it doesn't work out, then he hands back his % and says "well, I tried!".

I understand that I'm being negative, but it just feels like the sport, at least the top level of it here in Oz, is circling the drain.

The teams would be Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, 2 Sydney, 2 Melbourne, NZ. By big market I mean each team should have around a million people in the area.

2nd tier would be of very good quality still. The regional team now wouldnt be spending the Million available right now, so most likely would outfit a reasonably similar line up.

Tier 2 talent wise would be somewhere between the SEABL and the NBL now. There would still be teams from the major markets in this league, they dont have to be regional, it just takes the pressure off.

Instead of having to get 4,000 people every game to break even, it would be around 2,000. Townsville and Wollongong would go from struggle town to probably the richer of the clubs.

Teams for tier two would likely still be perth, adelaide, brisbane, NZ, 2 melbourne, 2 sydney (But serperate franchises to the Tier 1 teams) but then the opportunity to get more regional teams in now exists.

I would try to create a 16 to 20 team league in this tier 2. I would get another team each from VIC, NZ, WA. Plus add in the regionals now of Townsville, Wollongong, Cairns. Then add a Darwin and TAS team. Thats 16 teams, plus the opportunity for more of the regional teams to enter to fill the 20 spots.

^ This

"Nick Marvin and the Bendats".. Sounds like an 80's band!