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Canberra Capitals Coach Paul Goriss Says Women's NBL Needs TV Deal

Women's basketball will "slide further behind rival sporting codes" if a deal is not done to broadcast Women's National Basketball League games live on television, Canberra Capitals coach Paul Goriss believes, according to James Hall of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Netball and Australian football "continue to be booming markets for women's sport" and both will have new leagues televised in '17, while the Women's Big Bash League has "lifted the profile and income capabilities of cricket." The Australian and New Zealand netball championship was able to reach a broadcast agreement through major sponsor ANZ in '08 and Goriss said that "it was time the WNBL did something similar." Goriss: "I'm sure everyone is trying to get it done but sooner or later something has got to happen because it is a good product and the league is quality in terms of the closeness of the games week-in and week-out. The quality is there from the players and the quality of the game is there, it's just about being able to get it out to the people and get it on TV." The income stream from a broadcast arrangement has "also allowed netball and cricket to increase wages for their athletes" (SMH, 10/23).

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