All Saturday morning games cancelled. So BSA when will you be re scheduling these games . Or will you just let it slide and say too bad!

First time I can remember games being cancelled on all courts because games are unsafe to play on some courts.

Considering the conditions we played in growing up this is a joke. A few people whinge and now all these kids don't get to play.

Will the 12/14 div 1/2 games that were actually played be canceled/erased?
It seems all stadiums got to play except Wayville?

Games that reached half time will count, including those games that were completed last night.

If there was a light sprinkle last year, Wayville leaked. So thunderstorms predicted did they think something would change. True stupidity is letting the same thing happen over and over again and expect something to change.

Are they going to re schedule the games????

Brunson, I do agree that those arguing over games being cancelled because people are "soft" nowadays (or logic to that effect) are likely hypocritical and/or ignorant. However, a valid gripe people have is with the timing of the decision to cancel all remaining games last night.

If BSA did not want to make the call before the rain really picked up, that's fair enough. But everyone knows now that Wayville, for example, will leak when there is a moderate amount of rain. It was obvious well before their announcement that leaking was going to be an issue at multiple venues. Why wait until before tip-off to cancel when it had apparently become a safety hazard well before that point?

It also doesn't bode well for BSA when stadiums in need of maintenance (e.g. Wayville) have been neglected for so long, new stadiums have glaring faults (i.e. St. Clair and The ARC), our newest 'premiere' stadium has sub-optimal air conditioning (i.e. The Lights), and South has yet to secure a new home after years of planning and lobbying.

I find it tough to argue with people who feel as though BSA has been failing it's stakeholders for years.

Games were cancelled due to hazardous road conditions 15 minutes before the U16s started. Players get to stadiums 30 minutes before their games, therefore that reason was actually bullshit.
It could not have been about the courts being unsafe because the U14s were allowed to complete their last quarter so neither of these "reasons" were valid.
Don't remember any information coming out from SAPOL or the SES saying roads were unsafe either. BSA are now the authority on this???

Plenty of stadia were perfectly safe.

Then we wake up this morning to be told that BSA staff went around to all stadia this morning and they were unfit for play due to humidity. Utter bullshit.

I personally inspected 9 courts and they were all "tacky" due to the humidity. Domestic competitions running on these courts all afternoon with no problems.

Joke of a situation. The decision was NOT about the safety of the kids as explained above.

State Champs pools are already sorted, so there's no need to reschedule.

Assuming there is a State Champs.

I remember one of the arguments early in my life that basketball was an indoor sport, irrelevant of the outside conditions. Now is seems one of sports that are indeed reliant on weather. Too hot, can't play, too wet, can't play. Temperature during day, mid 20s, slightly sunny with a little breeze, okay, let's play. And wonder why ball gets a bad name!

Rain Man - post about this on their Facebook Page so that more people can see it.

BSA only asked at 1:30 in the afternoon if any referees could make it to 2:00 Pt Adelaide games, which is way too late notice for anyone on their weekend. You hit the nail on the head, they forgot about you and your games.

NO ACCOUNTABILITY to stakeholders there. Do you really think the commission care about this kind of issue constantly going on? The CEO cares about what he is told to care about by a board that has no idea about basketball. The whole governance and leadership setup there at BSA is the strangest of any sporting body in the country.

Referee's are rostered by Donna Miller and Danika Jolley. Mike Gibson is now the competition’s manager.

That explains a bit.

That would then suggest 3 departments were at fault.

You had one job......

Micgroan you shouldn't comment when you have no idea what you're talking about. Just a thought.

Someone that calls himself MicGroan instead of McGroan should be banned from here purely on being an imbecile.

I assume the U16B1 replay is for state champs seeding, as it has no impact on Summer finals as you pointed out.

I have no knowledge of Adelaide basketball infrastructure but I did read on facie the other day Wayville was getting a new roof? Is this that stadium being referred to?

Micgroan, you can have an opinion but are ignorant of the facts. How do you propose Forestville fixes the roof when BSA subleases it to them?

Sturt have similarly tried making repairs/maintenance at Pasadena and been overruled by the school. South aren't allowed to put in an aircon at Marion (for god knows what reason).

These are realities of a shitty situation with basketball in SA. To say that clubs are 'wasting time' is moronic.

450, correct. It's been several years (too long) in the making.

BSA schedules games despite inadequate facilities, for which they are the tenant. Why are you blaming the club? Similar issues have occurred at Marion and Hillcrest in recent years - not their fault either, since the facilities are BSA-run.

"Your kid does a knee or someone elderly slips does a hip - ah just ignorant for thinking floor safe to walk / run on."

What point are you trying to make? I'm saying you're ignorant for blaming the wrong party, not because playing on wet courts is safe.

"Ignorant for blaming the wrong party.

Correct.

"So let's just wait till rains again."

The roof is being fixed this month, as another poster mentioned above. If you want to wait for rain for no reason though, go for it.

"Seems to be accountable not fashionable."

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Correct. They were also directed not to by BSA, but did it anyway.

I assume BSA didn't want to cough up $$ to run it.

Junior, I agree but how will this happen. Bean counters at top who know nothing about basketball, how do they measure customer satisfaction? This cockup of forgetting games were on is embarrassing, but nothing will get done. All the talk of creating a culture, be it teamwise or club is main goal or organisations. But bsa continue to have a crap one. Staff turnover due to being under trained, inexperienced and underresourced is main problem. Just looking in from outside they put young people in a job that's definitely too hard for them for crap pay. They get sick of it, quit, then it starts over again with a kid that has no idea.
And then, just generalizing, referees get jobs and act like they're still on the court, can't admit mistakes. I remember being told by a staff member that a kid wasn't eligible, told me not to play him. Knew I was right so did anyway, someone finally explained rule to him.
So maybe not too newer blood, just find some proper administration with experience.

The sport here just doesn't generate enough money. #762 is spot on, although I can think of one or two that are taking the piss with the delivery of their role - But one of those is virtually untouchable and accountable to no one.
The bottom line, no money no staff to maintain even the basic of the needs of the sport. Not sure how you would get your job done with half the resources you need!

Hearing multiple staff have resigned in the past week and at least one sacked. New CEO having some issues?

Don't staff quit every couple of weeks at BSA, no news there. Amazing staff turnover.

All rumours. Nothing to see here.

Nothing to see because noone gives a shit really, just want at least the governing body get their act together and stop stuffing up all the time.
How do other organisations do better, work as a team, better training and communication. Hire the right people, pay more than the fry cook at McDonald's?

"All rumours. Nothing to see here."

Right... except they're not. Ring BSA on Monday and ask for Joe.

Hopefully whoever messed up the preseason NBL1 roster got the sack. Both teams to rock up on time, and yet the referees were told the game was scheduled several hours later - talk about amateur hour