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Stirling Mortlock (74)
The other problem as I see it is that we have lost the fight against NRL and in particular AFL. We are now competing against basketball and the A-League for a slice of the remaining pie.
And the NBL is on the up and up..........
They're certainly benefiting from the future NBA stars now choosing to coming down here to play prior to kicking off their NBA careers, as well as the amount of Australian players, particular Ben Simmons, carving up in the NBA..........
Their crowds are up, and I'm not sure what their ratings are like, but they do have to pay their own way to produce their broadcasts but they have the benefit of being on both SBS Viceland and ESPN.
But they get far more news media attention than rugby these days.