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GOLD COAST in NBL

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BENDIGO in WNBL

Let's see how this goes

Not sure if NZ can be viable in the WNBL

So this is what happens when one team goes into the marketplace.

Everyone floods in

Bendigo is interesting as is Gold Coast (NBL having 4 sides in Queensland)

Twill be interesting if Australian basketball players can sustain a 13 team competition (in regards to player quality)

Result wise we probably could. Financially it is unlikely to hold up.

On the women's side, i think it's a good logical move. Talent is there, logical location (in terms of women's basketball)

On the men's side, i have a feeling, in regards to player talent, it may be a season or two too early. Just my feeling.



Yeh, financially, that's what i meant.

Great news for the NBL. Although I reckon it'll still be a 12 team comp... Can anyone honestly see Singapore surviving past this season? They're lucky to get anymore than 1,000 to their games. The one and only thing going for them is the increased exposure for the league through Asia. The Gold Coast Convention Centre will be one of, if not the best venue in the league.

How's the Gold Coast though, they've gone from nothing last year to an NRL club, a part-time AFL club, NBL club, Rugby Club, and possibly an A-League club and Baseball club in the future. Can they all survive?

I don't think they will get an A-League club.

I think the FFA would be stupid, their development prodigal son is Gosford.

Singapore will be there next year.

Does anyone remember the Gold Coast Cougers/Rollers who played in the NBL until 1996?

Yes. Wore white and green IIRC.

I'm going to cop it, but here goes.

Hot dogs and I were having a chat about trading cards, so I pulled out some of the old collection and what have I got here? Full set of 1994 futura NBL cards.

Gold Coast Rollers players:

Andre Le Fleur
Andrew Goodwin
Mike Mitchell
Mathew Reece
John Szigeti
Greg Fox

The home strip was predominantly green with some white.

And just to bring this back on topic with Austadiums in general, I just found a card for the Geelong Supercats and former Australia player Ray Borner. Some may know him as the bloke who was on channel 10's Sex/Life programme, talking about how he loves a good bonk before every game. Sex/Life was of course hosted by everyone's favourite Tottie Goldsmith

Cougars were an ABL baseball team.

The Network 10 version Sex/Life was utter crud.

If you want the best it was Sex with Sophie Lee on 9.

Where else could you find a program which showed a fully spread Queensland Roar just after 2130 in the name of female hygiene/education?

That's an Adelaide moment.

I remember the Gold Coast Cougars/Rollers. They played at the Carrara Indoor Stadium. Another good old NBL facility.



The new team will play at the new Convention Centre. Like other regional Qld sides, I think the GC could do well in the NBL. There are no other summer sports teams so that will be in their favour.

For the WNBL, Bendigo could make a real go of it. sandyhill is the resident expert on country Victoria so he may be able to expand on this but the low costs of WNBL teams and the fact that most are based in the South East will help. As the article says, a SE Qld team should be looked at as well. The NZ WNBL team I'm not so confident about. Travel and the associated costs will be a problem, especially since this Canterbury team will have little connection - and therefore cost saving opportunities - with the Auckland based NZ Breakers.

Yeah but Sex/Life had doctor cindy pan to talk about that stuff.

That's almost Eganesque in hearing it but not wanting to see it.

Yeah well Dolly Doctor wasn't illustrated but it kept a whole generation of young males entertained.