The logistics of getting the top players in the would be tough as well. They play internationally 1-2 tournaments a month for a week per tournament. If there is enough money though, they would come.
Probably using 'local legends' would be more beneficial to popularizing the sport in North America than importing pros, as well. Likely better for long-term profit.
The local legends is the necessary way, as there's no enough attraction for the well known pros to participate, at least, not at the beginning. However, with lackness of tournament results and difficulties to participating (never to metion the political issues in between different groups and clubs), it's very hard to determine who should be invited.
Lazy Buddy - now I see what you mean, and I agree 100% - that is what the World Team Tennis (WTT) league has done for years - not all the current stars play WTT, so they will find lesser known players, with at least one Marquee Player and/or local star on each team - many times, the Marquee Players are legends who have come out of retirement to play in the league - for example, Pete Sampras played this year for Newport Beach (he lives nearby), and in the past Monica Seles, Boris Becker, Tracy Austin have played once their tournament careers were over I also agree that there needs to be a local player on each team to create interest - Howard Bach, for instance, would be an ideal person to play on the San Francisco team and, you are right about getting people to play in the league, especially if they may have gone on to get jobs after their tournament careers finished - that's why we want to keep it to a two week or three week league, in case a former top player wants to play but now has a job - hopefully, that person would be able to schedule his or her vacation time around that league - Kevin Han would be a good example of someone like that There's also the questions of when is the best time of the year to do this - I had originally thought that immediately before or immediately after the US Open would be the best time, since there are some international players in the US at the time - however, when looking at the schedule, the US Open seems to be sandwiched in between the Worlds and the Japan Open The best months for the ABL would be June, July or August, from a facility availability point of view - since only one court is needed, high schools or colleges could be rented, and they are not that busy during the summer months - let me know your thoughts on when you think the best time of year would be also, when you get a chance, please go the the ABL web site, select Professional League, select Match Rules, and at the bottom of that page select Example Match - I recently edited this page: please let me know if it makes sense, and what your thoughts are on the format www.americanbadmintonleague.com thanks for your suggestions, I am finding them helpful! Donn
You guys all SUCK I have been talking about a league/team competitions and no one has said a single thing about it. :crying: (except for Donn!! ) Here is link. http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37231 Of course I was not thinking about somthing as big as the entire U.S. Don Good LUCK!!! Personally, I think USA Badminton should be supporting small local leagues instead of one big one. But again Good Luck. Also, do the best you can to be prepaired for lawsuits, because if you don't set it up right, you will be open. I am probably going to get flamed for this, but WHAT ABOUT MY POSTS????:crying: Toddster
he he I can't compete there. Plus I need to get in a different kind of shape before I can compete there (other than round, because Round is a SHAPE!). Seriously, I need to better develop my quads, hamstrings, and core muscle groups (midsection) before I can play at SGVBC (my knees are bugging me these days also{damn getting old sucks}). I know SGVBC is a good place to play at, but when I was in better shape (than I am now), my back always hurt after playing at SGVBC (I must admit that I have always had back problems, too much diving as a goalie in soccer). I will Private Message you with more questions DinkAlot. I knew someone would flame me, it just figgures it would be DinkAlot (just kidding). Thanks, Toddster
I bet it's because of the college food (well lack of good food) you've had to experience. Just admit that you had chips instead of the nasty pasta =P But seriously about back problems, go try doing yoga once a week, it does wonders for it and if your man enough try ballet for those legs while strengthening your back. My doctor told me that I need to do excercises that have more of a fluid motion to help my back strain and joint pains.
American Badminton League to debut 2009 Found this news on Anna Rice's site where she described receiving an email invite to join the upcoming American Badminton League! Let's see if it would come to fruition! I hoped so!
Hmmm, I wonder who the sponsors are. Seems ambitious for such a small prize pool (in terms of $$). Nevertheless, I hope seeds can be sowed for bigger and better things. A small aside, you think they could have come up with a more original logo. UGH!
sounds really good. hopefully a step towards growing club/league popularity like in europe and asia. i wish ottawa would have one so i can watch the matches xD
haha funny i was just reading about that earlier on her website as well, wonder in the future when it kicks off which other cities will be among the 1st to join as well as which players will be representing the currently listed ones.
I believe.. ..this league was first posted in this thread, below, in 2006: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39138
Thanks and I did a search for ABL too before creating the new thread. Maybe one of the mods can merge the two threads.
any updates? I heard there was a tounament at Manhatton beach club this month than one at SGBC in March. I can not find any dates on there web site
National Badminton League (formerly American Badminton League) Hi everyone - this is Donn Gobbie - I started the American Badminton League (ABL) 10 years ago, and the name has now been changed to National Badminton League (NBL) so that we can market in Canada. There are two components to the NBL: Recreational Leagues and Professional League. The Recreational Leagues start this summer, with mixed leagues for juniors, adults, and seniors. Anyone can organize a league, so if it interests you, please visit the web site at: www.NBLbadminton.com As for the Professional League, we will begin this year with a one-day event called the NBL Pro Classic and it will be held in the Los Angeles area on Monday, July 6 (right before the US Open). There will be four teams with at least two men and two women on each team, playing the exciting NBL format on one court. Players who have indicated an interest in playing include Howard Bach, Tony Gunawan, Raju Rai, Bob Malaythong, Andrew Dabeka, Mike Beres, William Milroy, Anna Rice, Charmaine Reid and others. In 2010, the NBL Pro League will start with at least four teams. We have had interest in pro teams in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston and New York. We may have two conferences (East and West) with the top two teams from each conference competing in the NBL Finals. For more information on the NBL Pro Classic and NBL Pro League, visit the NBL website at www.NBLbadminton.com
^^Cool..It's finally rolling out..^^ ..you guys have finally come up with some teams to start the competition/league. Looking fw to the July 6th exhibition in L.A. A few other queries: -I wonder who will be the sponsor(s)?? -And do you know where will the event (the one on July 6th) be held at?? OCBC?? -If the plan goes through for next yr, how many matches will each team play/season? It should be interesting to see how the travel and logistics will pan out..Also, I didn't know the Detroit area has quite a bit of interest/following in badminton
NBL Pro Classic Badminton Warehouse is one of our sponsors - they are sponsors of the NBL Recreational League and the NBL Professional League. Everyone who participates in an NBL Recreational League will receive special discounts on rackets and shuttles from Badminton Warehouse. We will be adding more sponsors this summer. The venue for the NBL Pro Classic cannot be announced yet, but we will be able to do so very soon. Our first choice is a high school in Orange County. We will have at least four teams in the NBL Professional League next year - we may have more, but four is a minimum. Each pro team will play every other team in home and away matches. So, with four teams, each team will have three home and three away matches. Of course, if we get more than four teams, there will be more home and away matches for each team. Prize money will be awarded based on individual results and team results. Thanks for your interest, hope to see you at the NBL Pro Classic. For the latest updates on the NBL Pro Classic, the NBL Professional League and the NBL Recreational League, visit: www.NBLbadminton.com
why mess with the serving rule and why mess with the scoring system? why goes to 17 points instead of the international standard of 21 points? this will be very frustrating for the spectators as well as the players.
