An unofficial derivation of Basketball Australia’s new logo, photoshopped to integrate the national colours of Australia. Unfortunately I think it looks a little bit too much like Football Australia’s logo.
Over at Hoops.com.au, Isaac Forman has come up with a fantastic idea to help push Basketball Australia in the right direction. This is the perfect example in itself, of the latent ingenuity that is out there in the basketball community, just waiting to be harnessed to drive the sport in the right direction.
Isaac has proposed the concept of a Basketball Ideas Summit to bring together the experts of the basketball community to provide the “Wisdom of the Crowds” and hopefully cover “things like local club marketing, broader league marketing, players, parity, branding, grassroots, financial viability of clubs, future planning, game nights, etc.”
The idea involves a collaboration of approximately 100 minds across various disciplines. I think this is a brilliant concept, as it not only brings in more angles on the issues the sport faces, but it is essentially a cost-free solution. To get an idea of how successful this could be, all one needs to do is check out the discussions that take place on Hoops and Ozhoops Boards — there are plenty of very passionate fans out there that have stuck with the sport through thick and thin and have a wide range of specialities that could be put to good use. You would have to think that we could bring in the knowledge of fans, club officials, referees and opinionated players such as John Rillie and Chris Anstey.
If you’re passionate about the state of play, I’d encourage you to join the discussion over at Hoops on this topic.
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Meanwhile, for inspiration, here is a flashback to the 1980’s when the NBL was at it’s peak — very fond memories.
