The NBL (National Basketball League), Australia’s premier basketball competition will be restructuring at the end of the season. They intend to reduce the number of teams to 8. Players may also get reallocated in a draft type system.
As you may or may not be aware, the Brisbane Bullets folded due to financial difficulties. Also, the Sydney Spirit are in severe financial difficulty and may no longer have a presence for next season. Consequently, the NBL has asked for tenders for business partners for these two key markets in Brisbane and Sydney. A truly national league cannot exist without a key presence in two of the biggest cities in Australia.
This gap in the market presents a unique opportunity for ball clubs like the Digital Dream Team to capitalise on. In order to apply for any vacant franchise license, we must get our club into order.
As a result, we have plans to restructure our player management and administrative responsibilities for the team. This is to ensure that we can build a strong and healthy club for the future. To lay down the foundations for a successful franchise, we have designated new responsibilities to key individuals within the ball club.
As it is our first year, we will expect there to be a turbulent season. New players, new management, new uniforms, a small but invisible fan base, injuries to key players/unavailability. Many of these appointments are informally in place, and this press release merely will formalise some of these positions.
New Positions
- Coach: Matt / Aaron
- Training: James. Responsible for venue & organising.
- Director of corporate communications / public relations: Jamie. Responsible for blog, yammer and email.
- Photography: Vincent / Tristan. Taking pics, posting online onto blog, flickr, etc…
- Video: Jamie / Aaron. Posting online on Youtube, blog, etc..
- Match reports: Various, mostly Matt
- Finance: Matt
- Uniforms: Aaron
- Scouting: Matt / Nick / Aaron. Scouting opposition, new talent and cheerleaders.
- Business Development: Peter Wright. The person to speak to about corporate sponsorship, corporate opportunities, etc….
- Maintaining rivalry with Melbourne Office: Matt / Stephen
Positions vacant:
- Head of Fan Club
- Strength & Conditioning coach
- Nutrionist
For applications for the above positions, please respond to this blog or email your resume to Matt. Do not under any circumstance call the office as we are already flooded by calls by recruiters and headhunters. Applications will be considered on merit and experience.
For further details please contact our newly appointed Director of Corporate Comms, Jamie.
