The Brisbane NBL Back ON Board Project today announced that an Expression of Interest (EOI) document was lodged with Basketball Australia ahead of last Friday’s deadline.
All current & prospective National Basketball League teams were required to submit EOI documents to Basketball Australian if they were interested in taking part in the revamped NBL.
Project Consultant Larry Sengstock said "The NBL Back On Board Group are keen to explore the possibility of securing an NBL licence for the people of Brisbane. They are interested in developing a Grass Roots model that will give young players a pathway to the elite level.
Sengstock himself a legend of the league as well as a world recognised sports administrator said that “Given Brisbane’s proud history in the NBL there is no doubt that having a Brisbane based team will be important to the League.
“Now that the proposal has been submitted to the Basketball Australia Board, it will be determined by their Board of Directors who will take part in the new NBL”.
“We have been able to identify commercial support for our proposal and believe that with support from the broader basketball community a Brisbane team could be back in the NBL.
Mr Sengstock added that although the project had been initiated by Basketball Queensland the proposal was for private ownership of the licence with Basketball Queensland providing the linkage to the sports grassroots.
2 comments:
Great news. Here's hoping we'll get to see some professional ball to watch in this town next season.
It'll be interesting to see the make up of the team and the coaching staff.
No doubt your blog will keep me up to date.
Hey Lachie,
Thanks for the message.
Yes, I was very pleased to see that Brisbane had got their EOI in. Fingers crossed something comes of it.
I'll definitely keep you up to date when I hear more.
Dodge Taylor
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