BASA selling out our teams?

The Adelaide 36ers were named such because Adelaide was founded in 1836. Last season the team's name was changed to the Adelaide 6ers. The name now holds little bearing on Adelaide's heritage.

Similarly, The Adelaide Lightning were named on an aspect of Adelaide's history, city planner Colonel William Light. Now, that aspect of hostory and pride has been lost under the watch of BASA and CEO Philip Sanders.

The women's team has not only lost a piece of heritage but an important aspect of pride. Besides the fact that the Fellas is a rediculous name, a team needs a personification of themselves: a symbol which represents the club. That use to be the lightning, a sybmol of strength. But now, how can the players be expected to invest their pride and strength into a commerical name with no significance?