BBL on Sky Sports 2022/23

[dexter]

Mar 4, 2023 9:03:12 GMT dandayr said:

its small (and petty) but maybe need to not have basketball promote netball as looked like they didn't want to promote basketball - I have seen basketball fixtures advertised as being at a netball centre (Loughborough if I recall right)

I noticed last nights netball on sky listings was from Belle Vue Arena - so did switch on for a few min to see what the venue was like assuming it was a place i'd not not seen before, just to see it was actually the NBPC and the camera work meant you saw a hall that seemed bereft of basketballengland evidence

it did look full

You are correct. Loughborough Riders and Leicester Riders women play at the Loughborough University Netball Centre and they don’t try to hide it. Honestly, netball has nothing to fear from women’s basketball so the decision to hide any trace of basketball is a strange one. They should use their platform to promote their fellow female athletes, especially Manchester Mystics and Great Britain who play out of the NBPC.

I don’t think basketball should do the same but I do think Manchester Thunder should be called out for this.

[dexter]

Mar 3, 2023 19:29:25 GMT LTfan said:

Mar 3, 2023 19:14:03 GMT dexter said:

Tonight’s game is a straight head to head which 777 Partners should take interest in. On Sky Sports at the same time we have

Leicester Riders vs London Lions

and

Manchester Thunder vs Loughborough Lightning

The netball game will get more views but it is a good benchmark from a sport that is quite popular. It will also be interesting to see if Thunder are able to sell out the NBPC.

I can’t speak for Manchester and the NBPC, but having seen a little bit of London Pulse on Sky Sports this season you can clearly see the crowds at the Copper Box are now much bigger for basketball than they are netball.

At the Emirates Arena Sports Hall Caledonia Gladiators gets more fans than Strathclyde Sirens Netball team, and Gladiators women weren’t far off having as many supporters as the netball team when they played there a few days ago. I’m basing this on what I can see. I don’t know what’s on the same side as the camera.