1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Netball having a bit of a player eligibility tete a 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: tete at the moment, the players Association want to move 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: the a n z AT Premiership are to before or 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: after the Australian Super Netball comp So is this doable? 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: Jenny Wiley, as Netball New Zealand's Boston is with us. 6 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: Good morning, Good morning, with this whole kerfuffle around movement 7 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: of competitions and players offshore and eligibility et cetera. How 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: much trouble is netball in as a sport. 9 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: Look, Netball's really strong and I think we're we're working 10 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: through a bunch of issues at the moment and it's 11 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: not lost on us that it seems like lots of 12 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 2: moving parts, but we're really excited about the direction that 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: it's heading in. 14 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: Can the competition be moved or not? 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: Yes, it can, and I think if we were going 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: to explore that further, along with other options, it would 17 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 2: be from twenty twenty seven onwards. We have Commonwealth Games 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 2: smack in the middle of July of next year, so 19 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: our competition next year will kind of play out around 20 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: the same time it is now. 21 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: So if you move and take the comm games into account, 22 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: do you then have to take the com games into 23 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: account the next time round. If you move it and 24 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: it closes again. 25 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: Well, that's one of our challenges is we don't control 26 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 2: the timing of the comm games and it makes it 27 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 2: really difficult from a broadcast and commercial perspective when it 28 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: does keep on moving. So ideally you'd have some certainty 29 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: and colm games would set outside of the window, but 30 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 2: again that comes down to location and who's going to 31 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: stay in and who's going to pull out us and 32 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: so we're kind of at the whim of how those 33 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: you know, the common federations plan it. 34 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: And if you did move the comp is it realistic 35 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: to expect top line Australian rock stars would come and 36 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: play here or not. 37 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: Well, our intention is we want to have a competition 38 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: that is attractive to both Kiwis to play in and Australians, 39 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: and we're already seeing some of Australians come and play 40 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: here because the opportunities are available to them. So if 41 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: you were, you know, similar to a cricket model IPL 42 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: where the top flight player can go and earn a 43 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: living throughout the competition structure, as opposed to one paymaster 44 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: in one location. 45 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: What's your assessment of the top flight players that we 46 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: have that have gone is and their effect on damaging 47 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: the competition. 48 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 2: Well, I think it's twofold. You want athletes that are 49 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 2: in country giving back to your community, but at the 50 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: same time you want them to be able to develop, 51 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 2: and a lot of them are young women that you know, 52 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 2: the oees are important and being able to go and 53 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 2: do things outside of netbook are important. So the challenges 54 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 2: you've got to bring through talent, You've got to create 55 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 2: those personalities, but at the same time look after those 56 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: unique cases where they do have the opportunity to go 57 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: and develop and live overseas and do something a bit 58 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 2: different with their lives. 59 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 1: Does your gut tell you this will work out well 60 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: in the end or you don't know. 61 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: Look, it's a bit of a moving feast, but we 62 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 2: as a sport are finding the landscapes really challenging and 63 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: we are having to think differently, and that means looking 64 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: at our commercial and broadcasting in a different way, but 65 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: having to really work with like minded entities around that 66 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 2: actually value women's sport, because that's one of the biggest 67 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: things that we face into But Nepels one hundred years old, 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,839 Speaker 2: our community is growing. It's growing by ten percent year 69 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 2: on year, which is phenomenal given our quantity of people 70 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty thousand participants. And so our job 71 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: is to make sure the longevity of this elite game 72 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: for our those really top flight athletes. 73 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: Well, I'm Jenny, appreciate it. Jenny Wiley out of Netball 74 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: New Zealand this morning. 75 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 76 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: news talks there'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 77 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.