A lot has been said in the media recently about the survival of the NBL, Australia’s premier basketball competition. A restructuring of the league had several clubs opting out which threatened to cause the whole competition to collapse. In a country where basketball isn’t high on the sporting ladder, it’s important to make sure that the game grabs the attention of Aussie sports lovers.
Things have started to turn around over the past few weeks but in the middle of the confusion came rumours that the Perth Wildcats could be facing extinction. Thankfully that’s not the case but they are seeking extra corporate sponsors to sure up their future. The Perth Wildcats is the most successful professional sporting team in Perth, Western Australia with 4 national championships and 20 consecutive finals appearances over the last 25 years.
The developments and progress towards the 2009/10 NBL competition is progressing well. Whilst the Wildcats have outlined some key criteria for participating, we are very committed to playing this season.
However, as we seek to build a sustainable club, we can not rely solely on the generosity of our owner and chairman Jack Bendat.
The Wildcats do more than play basketball. We pride ourselves on our community engagement at schools, hospitals, juvenile detention centres and work in remote and regional communities.
Whilst we seek sponsorship for the high-profile activities on game night, we also want WA companies to sponsor our community work.
Over the last week, I have witnessed first-hand the great support we have across our state and the vacuum our absence would leave.
I hope what we do is important enough for Western Australians to get behind us in a real and meaningful way through corporate sponsorship. – Nick Marvin – CEO Perth Wildcats
Yesterday during my morning programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM I spoke to the Chief Executive Officer of the Perth Wildcats, Nick Marvin, who outlined where the competition is heading and spoke about the future of the Perth Wildcats.
One of the most impressive aspects of the Wildcats is the culture that is evident in the team members and support staff. In a time when we continue to hear about the bad behaviour of sports people both on and especially off the field, it’s extremely refreshing to hear about the values that drive Perth’s premier basketball team.
If you’d like to hear what Nick had to say about basketball, Perth Wildcats and the responsibility of modern sports people, just click the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
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I hope it all works out well for the Cats!
It would be so sad if there was no NBL and no Wildcats. I reckon they need to put NBL games back on TV cos I found my interest declining when I could no longer watch their games.
Thanks Rodney, great stuff. I’ve been a hard core Wildcats fan since 1987 and have seen all the ups and downs of the NBL. I like the vision that Marvin presents, it is commercially and ethically sound, and is a big turnaround from where the Cats were a few years ago.