If the A-League was independent it would be like the NBL and constnatly have money problems and be a shambles.
Holy shark! Imagine that, the A-League being a shambles. Thank God the FFA have saved us from that.
The Australian NBL is now in a good place, With a good TV deal and FTA coverage and is not ran but Basketball Australia.
FFA take note.
The NBL has lost a chunk of teams, is owned by one of the teams participiating in it, and apparently pays to be on TV.
No your wrong, A new TV deal was done in Oct this year - Before that yes the owner was putting in $7 mil of his own money and part of that went into Foxtel to show the games and some from network 10.
There new TV deal with FOXTEL and the Nine network is worth $40 mil per season (over five years) plus on top of that there still negotiating TV rights to Asia/Euro and North America. So in the end after all the hardship they are finally in a good position. Independent of Basketball Australia.