With essentially the top state teams getting the ability to play the opener and this would also help build the state teams profile with fans leading up to the ACC State Club Championships

Do you mean summer? There are already second-tier leagues playing in winter.

No NBL curtain raisers and even post game should be WNBL fixtures (ie Perth Lynx play after Wildcats during stupid fixturing)

My bad meant for summer, currently in the states and mixed up the seasons. I haven't been to an NBL game in a while didn't know the WNBL has double headers with the NBL games.

Not sure how I can change the title if admin can change the title for me, thanks.

They could still try to incorporate the state league into Summer with state teams into the NBL games it would raise the image of the game overall and give upcoming talent exposure.

NBL teams would take notice of diamond in the rough players when injuries come along and the players would already be known to fans.

Maybe even a line up such as:
5:30 pm doors open WNBL or State league Game
7:30 pm NBL Game
9:30 pm WNBL or State league game

That is very true with the UNI idea and teams already being aligned with them, only downside would be the requirement for talent to take on a course to be able to play. Some talent might've just returned from the States playing college ball or even some have done degrees and still are high level talent in the mid 20's bracket which is still prime

The Pro League in the UK and the Ireland Pro League is basically universities playing against each other though they provide free courses for few of the players including imports on the squad essentially scholarships

I like the idea if they treat it the same way as you stated being a non requirement to be taking a course at the uni and for the students at the university to get the practical experience as stated above.

It will be good to see the further details they release in regards to the Uni League and where the games will take place and if its in Winter or Summer etc.

"That is very true with the UNI idea and teams already being aligned with them, only downside would be the requirement for talent to take on a course to be able to play."

This could be an upside in terms of making sure lower-level NBL guys are being prepared for life post-basketball.

It sounds like an overall good solution, maybe they can try branding it as a 2nd tier comp rather than call it a Uni League. England has the same concept in place but call there's British Basketball League. We could even call it the ABA seeing no one really uses that anymore.

Eager to find out if they target Summer or Winter and if it is going to be a semi-professional league essentially competing with Super V or will it be a stand alone 2nd tier league in Summer where fringe/development players get an education and benefit from more game time cause obviously their minutes will not be extravagant with the NBL side

The problem with any national second tier league is travel cost. This will be the big decider for any uni league as I don't think that its viable financially to be sending players all over Australia.

If Australia was to have a true university league, I think it would have to be a tournament based league, to cut this travel cost.

For example, a 16 team uni league might play tournaments in each state with final placings determining points. Perhaps 4 tournaments per year, rotating so each state/territory hosts every second year.

You gotta be kidding if you think a uni league is going to fill stadiums.

There is absolutely no way you could possibly make money off the idea if you played a traditional home and away season its not the USA.

How is a perth university going to pay 10 players and a few coaches to fly to the east coast almost every 2nd game to play in front of a crowd of 100 people maybe...

$400 return flight x 15 people is $6000.

100 people buying $10 tickets is only $1000.

It's not all about Perth.

Now.
Once upon a time, it was gentlemanly to stand til ladies were seated. Now it's a law suit for discrimination.

20 years from now.
Once upon a time, the uni games were a piss-up. Now they are (some superlative, you can choose).

Uni's are Aust wide, in fierce competition with each other, are govt and privately funded, already have a built in structure of sorts, (some uni's)are already getting involved with NBL and several other sports. All would have good to excellent standard of facilities and collegiate support staff by the 100's as part of their studies.

USC (University of the Sunshine Coast), for example, have been the major sponsor of the netball success story called Lightning, have just signed on with the Brisbane Bullets, sponsor RipCity in the QBL, Aust swimming teams, field atheletics, impaired swimmers and atheletes, and, have their own social sports club, the Spartans (nothing to do with Southern Districts). And, their facilities are available to community based sports (eg; RipCity in the QBL and for their junior and domestic schedules).

I even envisage a situation where business people with philanthropist attitudes could be more easily attracted to support teams with "noble" association (higher education).

With all that as positives, til all the doubters destroy my faith, does it not make sense to, at least, consider unie's as a 2nd tier comp?