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Post by tony on May 9, 2024 8:35:18 GMT
It seems the rising costs of participating in basketball in the NBL has caused some controversy and discussion, the price rises do seem a bit steep, also the free membership for supporters and volunteers has been scrapped and they are introducing paid membership with discounts on sports goods. www.basketballengland.co.uk/leagues/nbl/2024-25-nbl-season-information/? |
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Post by milehigh on May 9, 2024 8:54:56 GMT
The charges seem very high compared to the league and ECB charges for cricket.
Apart from some large offices & a very inefficient disiplinary procedure, what do Basketball England actually provide?
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Post by hayesboy on May 9, 2024 12:51:54 GMT
BE are a very poorly run (up until now at least) sporting GB. They rely too much on volunteers and certainly seem under-staffed and unprofessional.
If the steep hikes in costs are a result of the CEO saying we need to improve, to do that we need XYZ and for that we need to charge more then personally I can live with it. Many will not though and quite understandably are feeling very hard done by.
Its one of those where until we see the improvements and real, tangible benefits we will not properly be able to judge whether this hike was necessary, justified or worth it.
Edited due to factual error!!
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Post by eagles18000 on May 9, 2024 12:53:31 GMT
hes not a new CEO
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Post by hayesboy on May 9, 2024 20:10:44 GMT
What’s 9 years between friends? 😂 No idea who or what I was thinking about but thanks for pointing out my “slight” error. |
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Post by notoriousbigz on May 12, 2024 6:25:35 GMT
BE are a very poorly run (up until now at least) sporting GB. They rely too much on volunteers and certainly seem under-staffed and unprofessional. If the steep hikes in costs are a result of the CEO saying we need to improve, to do that we need XYZ and for that we need to charge more then personally I can live with it. Many will not though and quite understandably are feeling very hard done by. Its one of those where until we see the improvements and real, tangible benefits we will not properly be able to judge whether this hike was necessary, justified or worth it. Edited due to factual error!! I think after all this time the overriding feeling is a lack of trust that the price increases will lead to actual tangible improvements. Because it hasn't in the past. I've been out of the game 8 years before coming back into NBL in January, and to be honest it's been worse if anything. Standard of D3 (certainly the north west conference) was absolute pish until the playoffs, you get extremely little for your membership fee (which admittedly Im fortunate enough to not have to pay for, but someone does) and as for the refereeing standard, well let's just say they're being failed by not being trained in any decent way. Referees by the way being another bone of contention - their registration fees have gone up too yet the governing body will cry poverty and that there's a shortage. Well way to make the situation better. I could go on... |
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Post by dexter on May 13, 2024 11:54:32 GMT
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Post by dexter on May 13, 2024 19:15:46 GMT
Now I've had the chance to think about it this is a positive development. You need to spend money to make money. BBF has for years been trapped in a cycle of poverty. This is coming right at the end of the 777 Partners era. There are the internationals at the Copper Box next month. There's a chance London Lions are about to exit the market they were creating; high level basketball in London. Team GB could take a slice of that market.
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