I'm split over the T20 format in general. On the one hand, it's fun to see some big hits but on the other the oversaturation of it (e.g. having a World Cup EVERY YEAR, 2 games for every tour plus all the domestic competitions) means the novelty value wears off pretty quick. I like ODIs too but I hate the 7 match series that keep getting scheduled.
I watched most of the games in the first couple of weeks but that slowed to a trickle and now I probably won't bother to even watch the final, despite my franchise, the Scorchers, being in it. It's hard to say what exactly has put me off. Partly it's the franchises, meaning I don't have state-ties to fall back on in caring who wins neutral matches. Partly it's the incredibly commercial nature of the competition: just about everything that can be sold has been sold, and a few things have been made up just to sell them (Sorry Weetbix, I don't care how many sixes have been hit in the competition, only how many the team has hit in the match/needs to hit in the match to win). Even the Power Play has a sponsor. I half expect next year to hear something like, "Okay, it's the final over and the Scorchers need 18 to win off it. Remember this over is brought to you by Vodafone, 'Vodafone: Do you like us yet?'" Player names have been shoved down to the bottom of the shirts to give sponsors the prime of place on the back which I could tolerate if it weren't for the fact that whoever designed the shirts absolutely sucked at their job. Putting aside the all-round general crappiness, the names are unreadable even on television, I can't imagine being able to read them at the ground. If I want to know who's fielding the ball, I have to hope it gets mentioned.
Partly its the nature of the beast affecting the commentary. Every little thing gets so hyped up by the commentators that there aren't any highs and lows in the game, everything's at the exact same manufactured 'excitement!' level and all it does is make everything boring.
Fair enough, the BBL had some of these issues before the revamp, but they seem to have gone up to 11 since. I haven't felt at all inclined to attend any of the matches, even if I'm alone on that point. [/rant]
And for the record, so no one tries to dismiss me as an old fart, I'm 21.