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Post by almachizzit on Jun 7, 2023 20:50:06 GMT
From Below The Rim podcast:
Sources have eluded to the "Overseas Rule" being adjusted for next season. The @bblofficial will move to allow teams to have SIX overseas players per roster.
How do we feel about this, should it happen?
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Post by spacejammer on Jun 7, 2023 21:20:02 GMT
From Below The Rim podcast: Sources have eluded to the "Overseas Rule" being adjusted for next season. The @bblofficial will move to allow teams to have SIX overseas players per roster. How do we feel about this, should it happen? I'm not sure how much difference this will make compared to what we seen this past season. To me 6 overseas players is still alot compared to the old rule where you were only allowed 3 imports max. Question is will this benefit the BBL or benefit London? |
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Post by almachizzit on Jun 8, 2023 0:57:22 GMT
From Below The Rim podcast: Sources have eluded to the "Overseas Rule" being adjusted for next season. The @bblofficial will move to allow teams to have SIX overseas players per roster. How do we feel about this, should it happen? I'm not sure how much difference this will make compared to what we seen this past season. To me 6 overseas players is still alot compared to the old rule where you were only allowed 3 imports max. Question is will this benefit the BBL or benefit London? I the answer to whether it will benefit the BBL or London is…… yes. |
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Post by naenia on Jun 8, 2023 6:15:42 GMT
In theory it’s one less spot for British players to take up and develop in … but the best British players are already playing overseas themselves.
If the intent is to increase the quality of the league quicker with the goal of enticing the best British players to play here then I’m all for it … I have to admit I’m a bit of a 777 sceptic though and I’m not sure if this is the best way to achieve that hypothetical goal …
From a personal standpoint, looking back to Surrey’s squad last year, we had 2 British players who barely got any minutes (Wanliss and Ayo). Great lads but would any fan really miss their (limited) contributions? I appreciate I’m talking about a 4 win team here though.
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Post by ScottishBasketballFan on Jun 8, 2023 7:29:59 GMT
The EIHL in comparison upped their import limit to 15, the Brits are dropping down a level
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Post by dexter on Jun 8, 2023 7:57:44 GMT
The EIHL in comparison upped their import limit to 15, the Brits are dropping down a level How many players in an ice hockey squad? Not really relevant to this subject but BBL, EIHL and Premiership Rugby now all have 10 teams. Whilst there are about 100 professional football clubs in England, such is imbalance between football and all the other winter team sports in England/UK. |
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Post by baldeagle on Jun 8, 2023 8:13:56 GMT
Dexter is right about the dominance of football, but that’s nothing new.
As for 6 imports, I’m against it (because it reduces incentives for BBL teams to attract high level British talent or to develop their own), but unlike some suspect that this will perhaps help the other BBL teams stay in touch at least with the London dollar. Simply because it’s easier to pick up, say, six decent US rookies on a budget than to play with 4 imports and have to compete for more expensive British talent. So I suspect the real loser here is the pipeline for future GB-qualified talent, rather than the other BBL teams.
Although of course this also gives London the scope to acquire 6 imports from the NBA if it suits them - so without any salary cap or luxury tax the money will still talk. Just like Saudi golf, Man City, Newcastle Utd etc
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Post by dexter on Jun 8, 2023 10:34:13 GMT
This could be another step towards getting London Lions into Euroleague. Without this change that would be practically impossible unless the Americans are all NBA players.
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Post by foxtrot27 on Jun 8, 2023 13:24:04 GMT
This could be another step towards getting London Lions into Euroleague. Without this change that would be practically impossible unless the Americans are all NBA players. Nonsense, Euroleague is in a free fall having just sacked its 2nd CEO In two years. And 777 has run out of money. Going to be an interesting summer! |
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Post by markb on Jun 8, 2023 13:26:53 GMT
Do you have evidence that 777 has run out of money?
Not that I’m doubting you. Just wondered how you know?
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Post by dexter on Jun 8, 2023 14:33:54 GMT
How has 777 possibly run out of money when they had money to invest in Everton and then didn’t? They have loads of money.
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Post by foxtrot27 on Jun 8, 2023 14:51:20 GMT
Do you have evidence that 777 has run out of money? Not that I’m doubting you. Just wondered how you know? Follow what’s going on with Vasco, Flair Airlines, Hertha and they were never going to invest £700M in Everton. Stop believing the hype. Are they a fund? No? Are they billionaires? No. I feel they are far worse that we’ve been led on to believe. |
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Post by markb on Jun 8, 2023 15:29:33 GMT
Do you have evidence that 777 has run out of money? Not that I’m doubting you. Just wondered how you know? Follow what’s going on with Vasco, Flair Airlines, Hertha and they were never going to invest £700M in Everton. Stop believing the hype. Are they a fund? No? Are they billionaires? No. I feel they are far worse that we’ve been led on to believe. As I said. Not doubting you. I’ve been following. And I agree with you. Just wondered if you’d turned up anything I hadn’t |
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Post by dexter on Jun 8, 2023 16:47:38 GMT
If you are right and this is an Allen Stanford situation, this will be the death of the BBL.
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Post by markb on Jun 8, 2023 17:54:35 GMT
Check out what their staff have to say about them on glass door. Got loads of money but can’t afford to pay them on time. Yeah right
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Post by D44 on Jun 8, 2023 18:16:36 GMT
Americans with British passports or Americans with no British passport are still Americans. All allowing more Americans in does is devalue those that meet eligibility to get a British passport. You'll always have the locally based players around the league as their more reliable and often prefer to stay multiple seasons once their family is settled.
I get the developing British players part, but 99% will go to College in the states anyway, BBL club youth development doesn't help the clubs themselves all that much.
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Post by cosbyrider on Jun 9, 2023 5:59:19 GMT
If you are right and this is an Allen Stanford situation, this will be the death of the BBL. The sports been there before and managed to survive when ITV digital went bust. The quality dipped but the BBL was resilient enough to carry on. |
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Post by massiveridersfan on Jun 9, 2023 6:22:32 GMT
I am concerned that this will mean fewer opportunities for home grown talent who aren't yet good enough to get a European contract. Just listen to the roar of support from fans when young, British players make their mark, e.g. Evan Walshe for Riders.
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Post by cosbyrider on Jun 9, 2023 7:46:10 GMT
I question it’s a rule to cut off your nose to spite yourself.
Okay the talent pool of British players means this won’t directly impact the national team performance (in the earlier example of ice hockey, that’s not the case where Team GB has gone leaps and bounds in recent years). There’s a chance for immediate success in Europe and teams with the budget capabilities can deliver on bring in solid Europeans or Americans.
However if you want to legitimately expand the league to other major UK cities, you need the base of British players to share as the standard of imports will drop off and therefore reducing that pool isn’t a good long term thing for the league.
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Post by jt on Jun 9, 2023 9:24:40 GMT
As a Lions fan I'm still quite sceptical about this rule, especially with the amount of 'one and done' imports.
I did see on twitter someone suggest that if teams have 6 imports, they should be required to have a minimum 6 British players in the squad. While I'm not sure if this will disproportionately affect the poorer teams, I like the idea of maintaining amounts of British players in the league
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