Waking up too early on Christmas Day you race to the tree and set about opening your presents. Of course you went straight to the biggest one and you gasped with delight – a brand new NBL basketball contract. Wasting no time you set about showing as many people as possible, even showing three games live which made you the most popular guy in Australia.
However, as time passed you got bored with the NBL and started hanging around the wrong crowd, especially that Packer boy. He showed you the likes of Airline and Cops while disregarding your favourite toys, in particular the NBL. What happened to you?
Sure we all change when we get older but just like a pubescent teenager you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up. Will you be a rebel and keep your sporting side alive or will you conform like all those other squares and show tele-crap like Fear Factor and forgotten movies? It looks like you have made your choice when you decided to play with Bad News Bears and Aeon Flux over the weekend instead of the NBL.
And don’t say that you haven’t forgotten your roots by giving us lip service with half an hour sports highlight toys because it just makes you look desperate. Let me guess, when the NBA comes back you are going to give it the cold shoulder as well. For shame.
Going over your weekend timetable I calculated that only 35% of your playtime is full games. Sure that doesn’t sound too bad but the baseball World Series games are on at half past midnight and the NBL starts at half past ten so realistically the only sport on at a reasonable time in the NFL. Lucky for you that your old staple, the MotoGP, was back from the shop our things could have turned ugly.
I know you made an agreement with old man Basketball Australia to play with the NBL so late, and he can be greedy at times, but you used to love him. When people criticised him for his poor workmanship you were the first to stand up and defend. Now it’s all about how many people see you and that is called being an attention whore. That’s not something you want for a reputation.
This letter has been very negative but I don’t like to call someone out without giving them a solution and lucky for you I have one. Do you remember the Fox Sports triplets? They are ones that took the A-League when no-one else wanted it and brought it back into the spotlight. They also took care of the NBL before you took it away. Well, why not give it back? I heard their parents are super rich and have heaps of useless toys that you could use and I’m sure a swap could be in order. Maybe trading the NBL for Police Ten 7 and Most Shocking and they may even throw in some old movies that no-one watch, just the way you like them.
Don’t like the NBL being sent to Pay TV? No problem! I’m sure Seven or Nine would like to have a go at the NBL, now more than ever with their new digital children. There is nothing more ‘Mate’ than live sport and the NBL is primed for a breakout season if given the chance.
So please One HD, give the NBL to someone who will nurture it and play with it at a normal time instead of forcing it into the neighbour’s garage. No doubt there will be people who are put off this idea because they don’t like Mr. Foxtel for various reasons but I’m certain that there are enough people out there to make it all worthwhile. Don’t do it for me, do it for the NBL because it has loads of potential and given a change it could do great things. Do you want to be the one that stood in its way?
Love,
Kyle Abbott
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