Agree. How can we expect to professionalise when the broadcast is so poor 🤦🏼‍♀️

Is it too much to ask??!!

Death, taxes and Sky Sport's feed going down during a final #NationsCup #netballchaos

Icon.

Hang it in the Louvre #thetraitors #thetraitorsuk

Nather. Fake Welsh accent reveal. "I'm a priest, not a saint." Hopelessly suspicious traitors... this is going to be fun #thetraitors

This has had me giggling all afternoon. It was posted by @lisagillmore.bsky.social on X, but unfortunately she is not very active here, and I just have to share it.

"Planning Christmas dinner like"

I feel seen

Honestly, I think there is a lot of expectation and pressure on the EN leadership to get this right. Their only frame of reference for "what good looks like" is SSN so they've looked there for inspiration. I just hate any org. crying "innovation" when it's not. It's a buzzword to attact sponsors.

a man in a suit and tie says i gots to know ALT: a man in a suit and tie says i gots to know

I confess, I've gone back to see the super shot chat 😬

Throwing in a highly divisive, unproven new rule which significantly changes the tactics and style of play is a choice that screams lack of confidence in the new "product". Fewer teams, fewer players, new clubs, arenas, new broadcast deals... was all of that not enough? 3/3

I find the "new league, new rules" mentality surprising. NSL 2.0 is an evolution of an existing competition within a sport that has one of the highest participation rates of any sport in the UK and one where we are internationally competitive. 2/3

Tamsin has spoken re #NSL super shot... I have infinite respect for TG and goodness she knows more about netball than I know about breathing, but... "A new league deserves new rules"? Seems a bit arbitrary 🤷‍♀️ 1/3

I know! I'm very much a Gary fan (and always will be!) but that was really rubbing salt in the wound.

I know how you feel. TBF I could see Claire's excitement when she first started, but she received a lot of negative comments and went v quiet on Twitter. It's more than one person - there are some really experienced people at EN / NSL so perhaps we just need to trust they know what they're doing 🤞

Based on what I've seen on Twitter / X, Debbie has been an outspoken advocate for the Super Shot for well over a year!

Yes I'm sure she is. The sad thing is I don't think fans or clubs are resistant to change if it'll help grow the game, but for whatever reason they aren't consulted or taken on the journey.

Karen Greig says no! Shocking yet not surprising sadly...

The Netball Super League introduces the two-goal Super Shot ahead of new rules and innovations for the 2025 season The Netball Super League will introduce the two-goal Super Shot for all games in the 2025 season. As the Netball Super League (NSL) relaunches in 2025 at the

Also... apart from lack of faith in the #NSL "2.0" product, poor fan/player/coach consultation, claiming innovation when copying SSN... by far the most annoying thing here is claiming it's a "two-goal" shot. Nope. A goal is a goal. It's either worth 1 point or 2 🤷‍♀️

www.netballsl.com/2024/12/06/t...

Signed!

Ah, what a great way to engage your key stakeholders!

It's so frustrating! To be fair to EN, they have been doing more fan research recently, and you'd hope that would lead to making data-driven decisions... but this doesn't feel like something that would have majority support from knowledgeable fans. If it ain't broke... 🤷‍♀️

I completely agree - the NSL boasts of this being "innovative" but they've just borrowed another league's concept 🤦🏼‍♀️

We already have #Fast5 with a varied points / distance format - why not develop that as a sister competition and specialist format for players that suit the style of play?

Were coaches and players aware of this when building the squads for the new season? Were players selected based on their ability to thrive under this format?

England Netball's statement mentions stakeholder engagement - I'd love to know what fan and player participation there was in this.

So... the #NSL has announced that the super shot will be introduced to our top flight domestic competition from 2025. As ever, the message is about attracting "new fans" rather than trying to engage with the audience of 1.3m regular players who know and love the sport #netballchaos

NOW it feels like Christmas...

Tell people you're a netballer without saying you're a netballer:

I just rolled my ankle playing the floor is lava with my stepdaughter...

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