School Boy
Years ago
School Ball Downhill
Obviously with the amount of threads this school section has school basketball is quite popular. It is one the best games to watch as it is fast paced, high scoring and has many highlights. However, I feel that over the past years the School Basketball has been going downhill. The quality is the same or even better but since the introduction of Knockout games being played on a Saturday morning it seems like it has gone down. Back when Knockout was played during and school and the home team would have a great advantage as students of the school would come out to watch! This just gave a great atmosphere and brought basketball alive. Saturday morning games dont let this happen as not many people are willing to give up their Saturday morning sport/work/study for a game of basketball which is fair. I feel Knockout basketball needs to return to being played during school to get school basketball spirit up and running again! Obviously there are bad factors such as students missing class but as a year 12 student i feel that missing 1 or maybe 2 lessons is not going to impact on my grade Largely. Feel free to agree or disagree with me but this is just how I feel and if it were my choice, I would be running Knockout during school to increase school spirit and school basketball in SA.
