Barça have a basketball department and a few others do. Real, Bayern, Monaco, Sporting, Benfica, Porto, Fenerbahçe, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, Partizan Belgrade, and Red Star Belgrade all compete with them in the top-flight EuroLeague.
The sport isn’t as big as football in Spain, Germany, France, Portugal, etc but those clubs feel it’s worthwhile to compete in.
It will bring in a chunk of revenue for those clubs, just as the diversification around the Etihad with hotel, restaurant and shopping complex will do. CFG also owns shares in the Goals cage footie business
Why not add a basketball team to the ever-growing CFG monolith?
Each to his own I find it a total turn off.8500 Seat basketball sounds good. I wish we took basketball more seriously in this country. It's an exciting sport!
True, but there was also a time where women’s football attracted single to double digits. Now it attracts similar crowds to the men’s game, where stadium capacities allow for it.Not sure the timing is great for that.
There was a time in the 90s when Manchester Giants were playing some home games at what was then called The Nynex Arena and getting crowds upto about 15,000.
These days I think it’s a big crowd if they scrape more than a few hundred.
True, but there was also a time where women’s football attracted single to double digits. Now it attracts similar crowds to the men’s game, where stadium capacities allow for it.
We invested in the game and helped it grow. We can be part of that with any sport, these things all go in cycles to some extent, other than with football which is the national sport, not to mention the most popular sport globally.
The euro teams do just fine, with the right corporate guidance
Sorry but that is absolute bollocks. The womens England team get great crowds but the WSL crowds are crap except for the odd high profile game held on weekends when there are no mens gamesTrue, but there was also a time where women’s football attracted single to double digits. Now it attracts similar crowds to the men’s game, where stadium capacities allow for it.
We invested in the game and helped it grow. We can be part of that with any sport, these things all go in cycles to some extent, other than with football which is the national sport, not to mention the most popular sport globally.
The euro teams do just fine, with the right corporate guidance
Those are the games held in higher capacity stadiaSorry but that is absolute bollocks. The womens England team get great crowds but the WSL crowds are crap except for the odd high profile game held on weekends when there are no mens games
Look as the games held at the smaller stadiums - attendances are shocking.Those are the games held in higher capacity stadia
So, exactly like the men’s game?Look as the games held at the smaller stadiums - attendances are shocking.
The problem with womens football is the lack of competition in the league. 4 teams so much better than the rest that it makes 90% of games a waste of time.
Sorry but that is absolute bollocks. The womens England team get great crowds but the WSL crowds are crap except for the odd high profile game held on weekends when there are no mens games