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Women's National Basketball League Clubs Fear Player Exodus If Season Is Switched

Women's National Basketball League clubs "have come out against a winter season -- the top recommendation of an independent review of the league," according to Roy Ward of THE AGE. Clubs "fear a move to playing in winter would result in an exodus of athletes" to the U.S. basketball competition. Basketball Australia and the Australian Sports Commission "released the WNBL review on Wednesday with its author offering 53 recommendations to make the league more financially secure and better promoted." A key recommendation was that "the WNBL move from an October to March season to April to July." A winter season "would run directly against the WNBA." BA CEO Anthony Moore said that "the league and clubs were acting on many off-court recommendations while changes like the winter season would go to a WNBL working party of officials and key people." BA "was also told to better market the WNBL and move towards centrally funding the league" (THE AGE, 3/31).

KBL REFORM: In Seoul, Baek Byung-yeul wrote to revamp the league's falling popularity, Korean Basketball League Commissioner Kim Young-ki said that "he would reform elements of the league in order to make it more popular." He said, "Basketball fans are not so interested in the local league because there has been a marked decline in the quality of play in the KBL." The 79-year-old commissioner, known as a basketball pioneer in South Korea for his contribution to the popularization of the sport, "attributed the declining popularity to the players and coaches of the 10 clubs who have been only been focused on winning games." Kim: "To keep continuing their careers, players and coaches tend to focus on defense more and more. I don't want to blame them because they all play to win. But I want them to be more aggressive when playing, as I believe that is the best way to make the game more fan-friendly" (KOREAN TIMES, 3/26).

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