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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/20/rival-league-forges-ahead-in-fresh-twist-to-british-basketballs-civil-war This has been mentioned by @gingerjon and others in the rugby league section so I thought a thread was in order. The details are that the British basketball teams that you might be familiar with are at odds with a tender winning group from America for a Great Britain Basketball League. They have ambitious plans of some free to air matches to drive up interest, magic style weekend at big city big arenas and a much bigger league altogether that may or may not include the existing clubs like Leicester Riders, Newcastle Eagles etc. There’s direct quotes from one party in the article at least so feel free to check them out above and I’m sure there’s much more elsewhere that could be posted to balance out the views. Interesting times and if the ambitious plans are realised, while backed by American money and know how, then it could have ramifications as a competing ‘non-football’ sport. FWIW, I have a fairly passing interest in the NBA and have seen a regular season game at Orlando and Western Conference playoff game at San Antonio (the latter more feverish in atmosphere than the former). I have never taken too much interest in domestic basketball, but these plans sound interesting with an emphasis on creating events and drumming up greater interest levels.
