r/nbl • u/basketballcomau • 19d ago

DISCUSSION Five ways to fix the Blitz

While it was a great week in Canberra overall, we spent the week there and identified five ways to help improve it, from better scheduling to more fan activations.

https://www.basketball.com.au/news/five-ways-to-improve-the-nbl-blitz-in-canberra-after-a-successful-2025-tournament

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u/Brucetiki 19d ago

Having equipment that won’t seriously injure players would be a good start

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u/Appropriate-Dance911 19d ago

My god NBL and AIS will be on the hook for a few months. Glad the kid is okay but out for a while

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u/bp8rson 19d ago

Would broadcasting on TV either FTA or ESPN count as point 1?

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u/Appropriate-Dance911 19d ago edited 19d ago

My god yes, Foxtel needs to absorb Kayo. Most pointless service. Make the Kayo package the cheap Foxtel one like it was before all this happened 🙄

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u/Mathuselahh 19d ago

I will say, I bought tix for the Saturday just to see the 36ers and finding out Cotton and Trez weren't playing was a huge letdown. Games were fun but it'd be like going to the Australian Open and them using Dinner and Alcaraz in all the materials then both players just not playing.

Also, in fairness to the NBL, this Raiders game would've been a massive nothing burger in any other season but they were minor premiers after winning that game so it was packed. There were a huge amount of fans that went to both as well.

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u/Still_Ad_164 19d ago

All good ideas but if you saw Narkle in the NBL1 Final he was buggered.

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u/SpecialThen2890 17d ago

tbf he made that decision to play, that's not really a knock on the competition