And then the full list:

www.datawrapper.de/_/TOvPH/

www.noceilingsnba.com/p/ranking-th...

Full article for those interested.

That was the same timeframe that Canterbury got kicked out I think... who'd just produced a D1 scholarship that very year, which is becoming harder and harder to come-by straight from domestic as our youth programs' performance declines year on year (Tim Oboh). Always a gun pointed at our feet.

*EABL

That Newcastle has been excluded from what is referred to as our 'Premier junior comp' just speaks to the volume of problems, inefficiencies, mismanagement here at present

My Newcastle Eagles preview - a lot of just plain recruitment oddities, but also some glimpses of potential working points and an identity.

years without having to float all its clubs? Basically - the one aspect of a proposal the BBF is supposed to get right and put precedence toward has been horribly shortsighted on and clearly not cared much about. That's a failure on the BBF. (8/8)

If they're footing the bill subsidising all the clubs in the league (which is what you have to assume given they have none + venue issues) - how much money do they have to invest in this academy given they only have stated 20m - where 7m was used up by 777 in 3 (7/8)

How would this proposal be better than the offerings of Barking Abbey etc. if the academy isn’t playing in an equivalent playing level of the EABL or better like what some rumours have been circling with SLB U23 teams and a league? (6/8)

‘build a competitive national roster to compete in FIBA national events’? In terms of progression and throughput, what would be the progression plan for these 12 players from this centralised academy proposal? (5/8)

in their proposal - each GBBL team's academy not necessarily funded leaving only 12 players with access to a good academy in a space already occupied by schools such as Barking) - how could this possibly lead to the aims of bettering the sport and, as put, (4/8)

) because the clubs with youth systems that would be excluded by this proposal would be left in the lurch and without a league licence (or, (3/8)

they have no agreed terms with clubs that have established academies and youth systems? In terms of ladder and player catchment - this proposes the betterment of 12 players, but the exclusion of hundreds of others (in excluding the SLB clubs for example, (2/8)

Best part:
⚫ New clubs have to pay for the privileged right to even be in the league! What a huge draw!

the entire purpose of the BBF going rogue (look at my profile for a tweet thread on that)
⚫ NBA and EuroLeague links... where we already have a literal EuroLeague ownership connection with the Lions (and Glickman got sacked!)

⚫ 75% of games housed in small arenas (leisure centres most probably considering their current circumstances with no clubs)!
⚫ Very shoddy and undercooked youth development plan where GBBL sides (with no academy)
are supposed to funnel to a central academy (with no league to play in)

Do we think that, A. they could even come close to replicating player salaries (a crux of the argument), B. come close to replicating the playing product, or C. have any money spare to offer elsewhere? Do we think this league would even survive?

A parade of false promises.

Sorry for the humongous thread lol (11/11)