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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 11:56:36 GMT
Same old nonsense
For the uninitiated, this crap has been going on since the 2004/5 season, former NBA great AC Green was at the BBL finals in 2005 where we re-aquanted two years after we'd met in a Vegas bar (I know, name dropper) and he was one of the many, many big names who've been linked with the big pro league that's (one day) going to arrive in Britain.
While you have to admire Ron Scott's sheer bloody mindedness in not letting go, we're now in the 13th year and it's always two years away. If Barry Hearn can put something on at the O2 with six month's planning, you'd think Mr Scott may have managed to stage a single game by now. Nice of him to include me in his email, though.
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Post by notoriousbigz on Jun 6, 2017 12:25:35 GMT
Oh god.
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Post by sporty on Jun 6, 2017 12:42:08 GMT
Well I am v happy with the BBL and think it is doing well so why do we need another league ? Opportunists who do not understand you cannot buy yourself into BBall in the U K, it just does not work that way
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Post by reallyoldfeenixfan on Jun 6, 2017 12:45:38 GMT
Started to put money aside for this, however I understand that the old brown 10/- notes are no longer accepted.
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Post by 2NFR on Jun 6, 2017 15:35:05 GMT
Hmmm !! ... still not sure where all the money is coming from to support his extravagant project  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 17:05:51 GMT
Interviewed there for an internship last year. Scott was travelling and met with one of his assistants. Nice lady who has been with them for 3 years. They are clearly funded to some degree as they have 5 people working on something and Shoreditch is a hot area. She said they completed their first funding in 2015 which got them operational and moved from New York
Needless to say, never got a call back or a response to my follow up email. If they can pull it off, good on them. Not holding my breath though!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 18:59:05 GMT
This saga has been about to happen for longer than my diet.
They're basically a couple of folk who put out announcements about advisors every so often.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 19:08:28 GMT
This saga has been about to happen for longer than my diet. They're basically a couple of folk who put out announcements about advisors every so often. Seems a very expensive setup just to put out releases. There's more than that going on there. |
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Post by reallyoldfeenixfan on Jun 6, 2017 19:16:57 GMT
This saga has been about to happen for longer than my diet. They're basically a couple of folk who put out announcements about advisors every so often. Seems a very expensive setup just to put out releases. There's more than that going on there. So when does the " more than that going on there " result in a game of basketball being played? Very impolite not to return your enquiries about the intership unless of course they had dozens of applicants or it was never a position there in the first place? |
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Post by number23 on Jun 6, 2017 19:47:23 GMT
I'm glad this important press release was issued by the PLB head office - we've had sod all else to chat about this week!  How many members are on the advisory panel now? At this rate, they might start an intra-office basketball league before the professional one gets going... The latest press release also boasts that they're looking to 'launch a new format of professional basketball' - think they're eyeing up the All-Stars format? Seriously, I wonder what the team there have been doing for so long, but having taken a decade and more to arrive, surely it'll be an anticlimax? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 19:49:20 GMT
This saga has been about to happen for longer than my diet. They're basically a couple of folk who put out announcements about advisors every so often. Seems a very expensive setup just to put out releases. There's more than that going on there. Hello Ron. Good to have you back, WB needs livening up in the summer. All it took was the slightest poke. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 20:01:58 GMT
Seems a very expensive setup just to put out releases. There's more than that going on there. Hello Ron. Good to have you back, WB needs livening up in the summer. All it took was the slightest poke. ?? |
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Post by ko25 on Jun 6, 2017 20:17:20 GMT
Yeah good to have you back we all need some BS about a made up league during summer!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 20:41:40 GMT
Hello Ron. Good to have you back, WB needs livening up in the summer. All it took was the slightest poke. ?? Don't be shy, Ron, we're bored and need a laugh. Especially the Plymouth fans |
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Post by sporty on Jun 7, 2017 11:38:08 GMT
Well to coin an American phrase, this is PITS
Pie In The Sky
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Post by youngrocks on Jun 7, 2017 12:42:26 GMT
wit? not this crap again.
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Post by notoriousbigz on Jun 7, 2017 13:14:53 GMT
I cant wait for a plethora of new members to tell us how much PLB are doing/have done. One down, about 5/6 to come....
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Post by strandedona303 on Jun 7, 2017 13:39:56 GMT
How much of their investors money have they spent so far?
To show what?
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Post by BetaTested on Jun 7, 2017 14:38:11 GMT
These guys blocked me on twitter for criticising, knit picking; whatever you want to call it. And I'm pretty sure that was back when I was a teenager in college.
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Post by BetaTested on Jun 7, 2017 14:42:34 GMT
Also, does anyone remember the initial initial start date for the league. Just read that its been pushed back to 2019. The BBL may very well have two or three teams in European competition by then. That raises a problem similar to what Japan had, with two professional leagues, but also with regard to qualification.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 15:57:16 GMT
Is the PLB being backed by any governing body?
If not then it'll be a case like the ICL/IPL in Cricket, ICL wasn't approved as an official league.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 16:03:33 GMT
We're talking about potential problems here as if the PLB is real...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 16:47:25 GMT
Also, does anyone remember the initial initial start date for the league. Just read that its been pushed back to 2019. The BBL may very well have two or three teams in European competition by then. That raises a problem similar to what Japan had, with two professional leagues, but also with regard to qualification. They were going to run the bbl starting in 05/6. That fell apart during the summer of 05 and by the following autumn they were talking to D1&2 clubs. There's been various other plans since. They talk a good game. Meanwhile the rest of us actually play games |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 16:54:09 GMT
Is the PLB being backed by any governing body? If not then it'll be a case like the ICL/IPL in Cricket, ICL wasn't approved as an official league. No. The BBL has a contract with BE. I'm not sure where British Basketball fits in but I can't see the pissing the bbl off or sanctioning a league that screws up their national team programme |
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Post by youngrocks on Jun 8, 2017 8:18:39 GMT
can i announce that im starting a league? 0 teams zero restrictions on players but i promise to do a big press release every year. I'll say i have investors and directors from all over be world just looking for a cheeky name drop
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How many members are on the advisory panel now? At this rate, they might start an intra-office basketball league before the professional one gets going... The latest press release also boasts that they're looking to 'launch a new format of professional basketball' - think they're eyeing up the All-Stars format?
