Next Generation

[kenneje]

We think this is bad now?

Within five years, Indian and investors will own teams in the IPL, the Hundred and maybe even the BBL, and players will be signed to exclusivity deals that will mean they won't play for their country at all.

We can say they shouldn't, but when $10m+ is on the table, the local cricket authorities won't be able to compete.

We've seen it in multiple other sports, so it's probably just a matter of time.

Can you give me an example of this happening to a sport that's foundations are in country v country competition?

Can't think of any myself, but would be keen to see a case study...

the ICC will need to have rules similar to UEFA - clubs can't block players playing for their country.

 

[western royboy]

I’ve been Ollie Peake for quite a while. He’ll leave the rest for dead.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Peake and Weibgen both look like they've got some talent paired with good techniques and temperament

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

The tri series was the highlight of the summer in the 80’s/90’s getting rid of it was a big mistake imo

They killed the goose that laid the Golden Egg

You might recall that "meaningless one day series" was something cricket fans bemoaned increasingly through the 90s on 00s.

Every test series had one tacked on. Games and series plonked in the middle of nowhere. Money spinners. Winter games vs Pakistan at Docklands. Then off to Sharjah for... something.

Games lost meaning. Format grew stale. Crowds fell, viewership fell.

Probably a lesson there for T20 cricket that I'm sure won't be heeded. At least CA scaled back the BBL (to a degree) after expanding the schedule for a season or two.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Can you give me an example of this happening to a sport that's foundations are in country v country competition?

Cricket?

Kerry Packer era

Not a stretch to see a similar war being fought down the track between T20 comps/franchises and the ICC/national bodies