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Posted January 15, 2019 02:33 · last edited January 15, 2019 02:35

Napier Phoenix wrote:

Ryan wrote:

Basketball was a basketcase, they were constantly going bust and had to even pay to have the games televised, and the breakers were able to dominate simply by being well run and solvent. That success built an audience, also the Northshore event centre only holds a few k so it's easy to get a big crowd.

Not sure that I agree Ryan. The bulk of the games are at Spark Arena now because of the team's success, but maybe a better analogy would be the local NBL franchises where the locals attend because its the best basketball on offer locally, same with club rugby folk supporting their local provincial team. I can't help thinking its something directly related to football and its not just isolated to Poms because I'm hearing it also applies to other ethnicities too. Perhaps its the tribal nature of football something that isn't nearly as prevalent with other sports.

The point was that the Breakers had a lot of success early on, it was easier to be successful in the NBL when the Breakers were dominant because the whole sport was tinkering on extinction and most of the teams were under resourced or mismanaged. By being well resourced and well managed they were a cut above the competition. The salary cap in the NBL is a third of that of the A-League as well. 

If the Phoenix started with multiple championships and playoffs and were one of the richest teams in the competition then they too would have a big fan base.

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Napier Phoenix wrote:
Ryan wrote:

Basketball was a basketcase, they were constantly going bust and had to even pay to have the games televised, and the breakers were able to dominate simply by being well run and solvent. That success built an audience, also the Northshore event centre only holds a few k so it's easy to get a big crowd.

Not sure that I agree Ryan. The bulk of the games are at Spark Arena now because of the team's success, but maybe a better analogy would be the local NBL franchises where the locals attend because its the best basketball on offer locally, same with club rugby folk supporting their local provincial team. I can't help thinking its something directly related to football and its not just isolated to Poms because I'm hearing it also applies to other ethnicities too. Perhaps its the tribal nature of football something that isn't nearly as prevalent with other sports.

The point was that the Breakers had a lot of success early on, it was easier to be successful in the NBL when the Breakers were dominant because the whole sport was tinkering on extinction and most of the teams were under resourced or mismanaged. If the Phoenix started with multiple championships and playoffs then they would have built a large following too.