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Phil Sinnott (CEO)
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Nicole Nader (Chair)
Wade Burns (Deputy Chair)
Sasha Baranikov
Peter Bleckly
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When the financial model for funding a junior competition includes charging spectators, it is basically asking families who are supporting their kids to subsidize families who don't. Bag BSA all you want, they deserve it, but this is a good move.

It's going to lose first generation kids from the sport. The kids who don't have parental support, who struggle to get the cash to pay for their game fee each week.

We will see them go to footy instead.

Yeah footy is so much cheaper

Sounds as great as the levies every local basketball player (juniors or seniors) has to pay to support juniors going to state and national comps. Utter disgusting!

Just be aware ,it's gotta get worse later ,whisper that they are going to just have one person operating everything in 2022,that person will be doing doorperson and uic job ..Basketball SA are looking at clubs to pay basketball SA on game day and get receipt to give to uic to verify team to play on the night.Basketball will raise costs soon watch this space later ...The good old days have gone ,Basketball SA want your money and don’t care about service at stadiums ,Wayville and Pasadena are looking a little dirty of late can’t stand going into toilets these days .

Good Luck district clubs

Kobe you don't have to post on every thread. This is a real issue for 1000s, your posts are not helpful.

No it's actually just an issue for a small minded few.

Heck in other states players pay an entry fee, then they pay money for the team sheet and then every spectator pays.

People in Adelaide need to realise they are not living in the 1970's anymore.

We all get we have to pay, that's not the issue. You clearly aren't listening.

#947 In most other states you pay the association rather then BSA, the associations also control the courts meaning then associations have more $$ so your fees end up being cheaper.
This is purely a cash grab by BSA just like the $5 female fee, reducing staff and increasing prices lines their pockets. How many spectators go to a u23s/seniors game unless its finals? That figure will be no different with the change, looks like the players are just being slugged for the extra $$.

Can someone explain this "female fee"?

BSA added a $5 Female Participation Fee to every member's Affiliation Fee. The story was it was going towards programs to raise the number of girls playing.

To date, not one new program has been introduced. They took the money and haven't spent it.

Until all clubs have the courage to take operational ownership of their stadiums. And control of the competition, then there will continually be BSA mismanagement.

So was a slow day at BSA and they had this brainstorming workshop it looked like. Were any clubs consulted?
Families pay enough in terms of fees for a season that runs for the whole year. Most other sports have an offseason. Imo, there shouldn't be spectator fees, the more the better. And how hard is it to have a doorperson that collects money and hands out tickets and has scoresheets ready. To be honest, not sure of other roles they perform, but would assume they should hold a 1st aid qualification and they send results in. UIC, should be doing just that, making sure the officials are performing, rosters, making decisions and ensuring crowd behaves itself.
Why are BSA trying to reinvent the wheel unless they are that stupid and money grabbing, they are doing this. The $5 for female participation sounds ok, but isn't there numerous state and federal grants to accomplish same goal. And has a business model been put forward to show where this money is going, apart from maybe hiring someone to go to schools and say don't worry about netball, come and play basketball. Do BSA still have people already going to schools encouraging both boys and girls.
Whatever happened to the clubs uniting and getting rid of the current useless organisation. Imagine if South Australia had a competent body governing the sport.

I think if you do some proper maths you will find BSA are losing money on this new system , have a look around on a Friday night and see how many spectators there are , 2 parents per kid and you are in front

You will also find it's the clubs that have driven this model through Basketball adelaide and it’s a response to president lead idea .

BSA will have a second level process I’m sure for families who provide managers of coaches etc

Agree 994 works out cheaper for parents / Grandparents who go and watch their young kids play. May not work as well for the Seniors who don't have parents regularly attend.
More bums on seats at the games is what we should be encouraging.

Doesn't work for coaches or families with multiple children playing.

The amount of people complaining here is astounding.
I come on here to stay across our basketball community and am gob smacked at how many people are just flat out having a whinge on this issue.

I'm guessing your the same people the complain about petrol prices and drive around Adelaide looking for cheap petrol.

Basketball, and most things in general, won’t get any cheaper. Surely that’s not a surprise?

Way to completely miss the point.

Bunch of whingers is right. Maybe its not a BSA issue, its the anonymous vocal parenting minority.

Like it or not this is a change that greatly affects some, while benefiting others. It would seem though that those junior families negatively affected are those who volunteer, are single parents or with multiple siblings. Apart from Finals night's I doubt player to Adult Spectator ratios are higher than 1 to 2 or that this will have any great impact on that. In turn I'd suggest BSA know this is their way of introducing an increase by targeting only some.

All Seniors and Youth League players are negatively affected. Which may be BSA's way of making them burden more of the cost of the Association.

No one believes this is being done to benefit members. It's being done to streamline stadium services to reduce staffing and maximize profit.

It's ignorant to continue to suggest this is making BSA more money

Do the maths please people

Its naive to think an organisation that has been hit financially by numerous poor decisions, over spending and mismanagement on top of coming out of Covid would be doing this if it wasn't to increase income on top of a systematic long term agenda of reducing staffing and management at stadiums.

The irony of 127 calling people ignorant then telling them to do the maths!

Proof will be when it rolls out , if stadium staff are gone you will all have another chance to whinge and wine some more , if you follow the BSA FB post everyone that has protested they are worse off have been asked to DM BSA to discuss , I guess they are doing that to rub it in and tell them suck it up

BSA forget families have options. Not just for sports but also competitions. Most Domestic Leagues around Adelaide are higher standard than the lower Divisions of District without the cost and travel.

Plus there's Football, Netball, Soccer ..... Telling people to suck it up just proves they don't understand their job is to service membeers. Telling people proof will be when it rolls out is too late. They'll never admit they're wrong, as they never have despite so many poor decisions under this CEO.

Most domestic leagues better than lower district levels. Are you serious?!?!

Yes, the top grade of a number of domestic leagues in Adelaide include Footballers and Division 1 & 2 players as well as families that can't or won't commit to the time and money of District Basketball.

"whinge and wine some more" Hic.

"060. Read what you wrote and posted... guessing you are Tasmanian..."
Guess you are a dickhead.

Thanks for joining Anonshit and posting you meaningless shit, twice.
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