NBL 23/24/25 Season Thread

[PJays]

That is a terrible look for the NBL. It just makes them look like they handed out punishments to gain notoriety and for advertising.

Out of curiosity, is the 'full board' Adelaide can appeal to run by the NBL or BA? If it's the NBL, there's little point in complaining, because you'd just be complaining to Melbourne about Melbourne.

If it's BA, they should 100% appeal and really question the motivation behind the sanction.

What do you think Harrell and Davis' penalties should've been?

 

[brucetiki]

What do you think Harrell and Davis' penalties should've been?

Given the NBL's motivation behind the penalties, they should be reduced to fines.

If the NBL wasn't using the suspensions to promote the game, the penalties would be fair enough - just cop them and move on.

You can't suspend players, then use the incident to promote the league

 

[PJays]

Given the NBL's motivation behind the penalties,

Why are those alleged motivations relevant to determining the penalties?

they should be reduced to fines.

to clarify, you think no Adelaide player is deserving of any suspension for anything that took place during that game?

 

[From The Pocket]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

 

[brucetiki]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

This took far too long to sort out but the correct penalties have been handed out

 

[eddiesmith]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

So does that change the tune for all the whining about how only the Adelaide players got penalties and nothing for the fans???

 

[skam85]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

On the surface that's massive but John Cain Arena is hardly going to have massive photos of them strewn around the stadium to not let them in. If they want to buy a GA ticket, make up a name, whatever, they will tap their phone and walk straight through whenever they want.

It's really just a season ticket they're effectively banned from, again they can just grab a mate's.

Going by what I've heard I doubt they've ever paid for a ticket anyways.

 

[From The Pocket]

Hopefully Melbourne (and SE Melbourne) at least quietly put a barrier in front of that area (even if it's a full sized advertising board), like every other NBL arena in Australia has.

 

[hotchilli]

On the surface that's massive but John Cain Arena is hardly going to have massive photos of them strewn around the stadium to not let them in. If they want to buy a GA ticket, make up a name, whatever, they will tap their phone and walk straight through whenever they want.

It's really just a season ticket they're effectively banned from, again they can just grab a mate's.

Going by what I've heard I doubt they've ever paid for a ticket anyways.

Outside of banning them from attending games what other punishment can the league truly hand down to fans?

 

[Royces Hart]

Outside of banning them from attending games what other punishment can the league truly hand down to fans?

Could give them free Bullets memberships.