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Post by tshubrook on Jun 11, 2020 19:21:51 GMT
Not seen this shared yet, just started watching Hoopsfix interview with Sharks/Eagles/Riders/Raiders/Lions about running a BBL club. Good watch so far!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 21:00:40 GMT
Half way through and it's very good
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Post by interestedridersfan on Jun 11, 2020 22:27:26 GMT
Half way through and it's very good Look forward to watching this. I don't envy any of them. Hard job even at the best of times. |
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Post by LTFan on Jun 12, 2020 9:56:26 GMT
Not watched it yet, but will. Sounds good. Here's some more info on what's discussed:
In this episode, hear from the owners on:
- The structure of BBL clubs and why they all have a foundation separate to the professional club
- The extent of most BBL clubs community programmes
- How revenues compare between the foundation and professional club
- Whether a BBL franchise could be successful without a grassroots programme
- Why the BBL gets a bad rep when it comes to junior development
- Why more young British players don't see minutes in the BBL
- The talent pathway and players going to college in the US
- The BBL in its 'heyday' of the 90s and early 00s being on shaky unsustainable foundations
- The importance of teams having their own facilities and arenas with basketball at their heart
- How much more sustainable the league is today compared to previous years
- Why we haven't seen BBL teams signing young elite British talent to contracts
- Why some of the owners believe the majority of kids going to the US for college are wasting their time
- Fighting the perception of what the US college route is compared to staying in the UK
- The difference between going to the US for an experience or if it's because you want a basketball career
- How important and underrated BUCS could be for the development of British players
- The relationship between the BBL clubs and the federations
- The importance of a unified basketball structure in the UK
- How hard it is to sell tickets to live basketball games
- Average attendances across the BBL
- The important and need for good sales people to sell tickets to games
- How much of team's revenues are from ticket sales
- The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the BBL
- How decision making works with the all the BBL teams being shareholders of the league
- How teams are held accountable to the terms of the BBL operating license awarded by the BBF
- Why people who are investing in the BBL aren't primarily doing it for a profit
- The importance of media coverage and what teams and the league are doing to engage media
- The automated Keemotion cameras that are used to film games and the plans moving forward
- How close the league is to getting a TV deal
- BBL player salaries
- Player welfare and what is being done to protect players in the BBL
- Whether the owners would have any object to the players unionising
- The London City Royals situation
- Changes that are being made to the franchise due-diligence process to ensure new high-risk franchises are not being admitted
- The cost of being a BBL franchise
- What teams get in return for the £150,000 franchise fee
- The incentive for a team like Solent Kestrels to join the BBL
- The average value of a BBL franchise
- What the 5-year vision is for the future of the BBL
- And much, much more!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 10:51:23 GMT
Not convinced everyone is completely honest in it
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Post by tshubrook on Jun 13, 2020 7:59:07 GMT
Not convinced everyone is completely honest in it This is always the issue re BBL stuff in fairness and not sure how Hoopsfix can check it in that context. The idea to a response video that some on Twitter were talking about seemed an interesting one! Looking outside in Eagles/Riders seem a mile ahead of the others in terms of what they are doing in the community. What do people think who might have more local knowledge though? Do any of the other BBL clubs publish as comprehensive a breakdown of what they are actually doing as the eagles do each year? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 9:03:29 GMT
If you want to see what were doing in Plymouth I'd suggest you follow both Plymouth Raiders Development and Plymouth Raiders 83 on Facebook. Were very open with all we do mate, its small potatoes compared to Newcastle but were getting there.
Just for context tho, the 90 staff for newcastle includes players for both bbl and wbbl teams and the ref and table officials they used.
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Post by davef on Jun 13, 2020 9:18:53 GMT
90 staff is the number on the most recent payroll. Many are part time.
70 of them are employed by the foundation (19 full time). Table officials and refs on that payroll refer to CVL officials not national league officials who would obviously not be staff Many CVL officials are also coaches in any event.
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Post by davef on Jun 13, 2020 9:35:09 GMT
The 70 also includes Arena staff of course.
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Post by blueskies99 on Jun 14, 2020 14:47:12 GMT
Not convinced everyone is completely honest in it ....like to elaborate? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2020 15:15:47 GMT
Not convinced everyone is completely honest in it ....like to elaborate? The implication that Yuri spent 250k on Sheffield's roster last season for example. He was asked the average wage of a bbl player and he gave a politicians answer. The whole Royals situation where they said they have standards but quite simply they didnt keep to the plan. A lot of points were not 100% accurate with lots of little but significant parts missing |
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