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Northants...T20 Blast winners |
Then you have the fact that the best players will be drafted into this City competition. Will that do the county four day game any good? We have seen the impact on club rugby in Wales when the franchise system kicked in. Compare that to club rugby in England, where they kept the club based system with traditional teams and hotbeds of support in places such as Gloucester or Leicester. Bath v Gloucester certainly stirs the passions due to years of history and memories.
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Root...a Blade |
Then you have the counties who will be split. Joe Root has already gone on record saying he doesn't want to play for something with the name Leeds in, due to his Sheffield United roots (pardon the pun). Root may have been talking tongue in cheek when he said it but it raises a moot point. Lancashire supporting Liverpool fans following Manchester? Yeah right. It's manufactured crap. I certainly don't care about artificial clubs and the majority of cricket fans don't either. I want Middlesex v Surrey, Gloucestershire v Somerset, Lancashire v Yorkshire.
So why the rush to get this through so quickly? Why gag the chairmen of the counties and have such secrecy? Why is there such a rush to get Sky's deal extended? The success of the Big Bash in Australia is down to the fact that it is on terrestrial television. The game is accessible to all and not just those who can afford a satellite dish. It has been well marketed but the Aussie administrators took a long term view and not just the one with the biggest bucks on offer in the short term. They have been rewarded handsomely for their bravery.
Certain counties are being offered up to a million pounds to sign their futures away and to get the City T20 pushed through. It tends to be the ones who are in trouble who are supporting this myopic view. Put lobster thermidor in front of a starving man and he won't turn it away. The ECB could be hatching the lobsters for the future though so that these counties can eat for years. Not just one quick meal to remove the pain of hunger but sustainable futures.
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Why the rush? It stinks. Money and television rights are at the heart of this and we are being conned. The good of the game is not being considered, just a quick buck to be made and the English public will be paying for years. Without a full process how can we be sure that we aren't signing away the golden goose of our beloved sport? Who even wants this new competition? People with a vested interest in making something out of it.
If you love county cricket, like I do, you'll not want this deal rushed through like this.
Total shambles by an ex Yorkshire member who is looking to be popular and remembered for change - do we remember Mr Stanford? Any similarities do we think? The counties really enjoy the current T20 format and if the members of counties cannot be kept informed by their own Chief Executives about what is proposed then there is no hope for the game we all love. I have had a response my County's chief executive saying "Unable to discuss this development We do not think it is right we are unable to share matters with you" Colin Graves you are a disgrace to the game and need to come clean - something that Mr Stanford did when he went to court!!
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