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Club Statement: ECB Domestic Structure

Always makes me chuckle. All games for Cheshire. Tim Bostock

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He was educated at in Liverpool on a scholarship, excelling at both cricket and rugby union whilst there. His 96 not out in 1979 remains a piece of folklore at the school.
 
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Aidan11 said:
It's all smoke and mirrors.

These proposals are a con to get the 16.4 as the main domestic competition of the future with the rest of the domestic programme moved to the margins.

They are so pissed off at how T20 took off in India but not here that they are desperate to make this new format England's showpiece cricket tournament.

Every sensible cricket fan can see what's happening but we are considered "luddites"

Those in charge at the ECB have sold these franchises for 30 pieces of silver offering the carrot that the counties will make big money from this.

That money won't last forever. Then what? Those in charge at present won't care. They'll have fucked off to their retirement villas by then.

Everything must be done to stop this happening. DONT LET THE ECB RUIN CRICKET.
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They’d have been able to get t20 to take off in this country if they’d just spend the hundred money investing in the blast, played the matches in the height of summer with the best players from around the world.
 
DonaldDownTheWing said:
They’d have been able to get t20 to take off in this country if they’d just spend the hundred money investing in the blast, played the matches in the height of summer with the best players from around the world.
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That would have meant Counties earning money themselves and re-investing within the game rather than.....
  • Reliance Industries Limited, the Ambani-owned conglomerate who run Mumbai Indians, are buying a 49% stake in Oval Invincibles. Surrey will retain 51%.
  • Knighthead Capital, a New York-based investment firm, are buying a 49% stake in Birmingham Phoenix. Warwickshire will retain 51%.
  • Cricket Investor Holdings Limited, a consortium of Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs, are buying a 49% stake in London Spirit. MCC will retain 51%.
  • Sanjay Govil, an Indian-American tech entrepreneur and the owner of Washington Freedom, is buying a 50% stake in Welsh Fire. Glamorgan will retain 50%.
  • RPSG Group, Sanjiv Goenka's conglomerate who run Lucknow Super Giants, are buying a 70% stake in Manchester Originals. Lancashire will retain 30%.
  • Sun Group, the media conglomerate who own Sunrisers Hyderabad, are buying 100% of Northern Superchargers. Yorkshire will not retain a financial interest.
  • Cain International, backed by Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly, and Ares Management Credit, both private equity firms, are jointly buying a 49% stake in Trent Rockets. Nottinghamshire will retain 51%.
  • GMR Group, the Indian conglomerate which co-owns Delhi Capitals, are buying a 49% stake in Southern Brave. GMR are also taking over host county Hampshire.
......making the money, along with countless linked people all making nice earners out of it.
 
Parkside said:
Disagreement is over share of tv rights which in this country is the major revenue for the Hundred. Hand them over to the Franchise and the only revenue is test tv and gate receipts. With average annual turnover for each county circa £10m, that promised £27m covers 3 years. And that £27m is looking very tenuous at present.
Yet we've still got posters on here championing the Hundred.
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I don’t know anyone who watches it, seriously, so I can’t imagine the TV viewing figures are up to much. If nobody is watching, where’s the money?! Can’t see it being lucrative for very long and sport on telly is very much a meritocracy, if no one is watching, they’ll pull the plug.
 
Raymondo said:
I don’t know anyone who watches it, seriously, so I can’t imagine the TV viewing figures are up to much. If nobody is watching, where’s the money?! Can’t see it being lucrative for very long and sport on telly is very much a meritocracy, if no one is watching, they’ll pull the plug.
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They are going to have to rebrand it as a franchise T20 otherwise those that have bought the 16.4 franchises will lose a lot of money very quickly. I don't know anyone who watches it or has a passing interest.

If the 16.4 is so popular, why has no other country adopted it?
 
What a load of cack.

Losing a few key players to England could pitch a club into relegation trouble and ultimately losing those players.
 
GordonMuchallNo1Fan said:
Yup been rumoured for a while. Inevitable it'll happen and that will be my lot. Bostock and North are pushing me and many other members to that decision maybe sooner than planned
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There will be adjustments to the cricket calendar in the next few years that will miraculously create some 'free' days. There will be expansion of the 16.4, either by creating two new franchises or adding fixtures. PIF will almost inevitably seize that opportunity. We will be playing in white/green before long.
 
SuperSub said:
We all know the top brass at DCCC's ultimate aim is to disenfranchise as many members as possible so that they will face less resistance when bringing in the Saudis
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I’m still a tad sceptical about the Saudis coming in. They’re pulling back on a lot of sporting investment & they were rumoured to have balked on a fairly small price tag for Newcastle Falcons.
CraigyWatt said:
Simple solution to this.

Put the 16.4 in the bin.

Play County Championship, T20 and One Day tournaments.

Won't happen I know. But the 16.4 is the worst thing ever introduced to cricket. It's 20 balls less than a T20. What's the point?
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I just want us to have one T20 tournament in the calendar, it’s clear we can’t sustain two tournaments, especially when Cricket is on a down swing when it comes to popularity.
 
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DonaldDownTheWing said:
They’d have been able to get t20 to take off in this country if they’d just spend the hundred money investing in the blast, played the matches in the height of summer with the best players from around the world.
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Would they? I keep getting told this. But even if it was possible, the counties had 20 years to do so. And they could never agree on a competition format that achieved it. It’s the counties that want to have their cake and eat it really. It’s the counties that want both tournaments that cause the fixture congestion.
 
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wish the ECB pushed and allowed as many England players to play the blast as they seemingly do for the Hundred, Attendances would be higher especially in the old window the blast used to have i.e. when schools were off
 
Fleagle said:
Would they? I keep getting told this. But even if it was possible, the counties had 20 years to do so. And they could never agree on a competition format that achieved it. It’s the counties that want to have their cake and eat it really. It’s the counties that want both tournaments that cause the fixture congestion.
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The counties didn’t and don’t have the money that the hundred has.
 
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