robkitchuk
Central Defender
Thanks for describing the NEDCL as going to the wall. Since the DsL stole our clubs when it was founded. It could be said that the Dsl ruined local cricket. Finds tin hat and ducks for cover.And yet the system worked perfectly well with many more people attending games than now.
It could be argued that the DSL actions led to more competitive cricket with good Coast league sides determined to beat Senior League teams. These days can you really see teams from the DCL having a chance to beat Soluth Northumberland. In fact I bet they dont even enter the same competitions.
Seaham Harbour survived for years in the Senior League even though their facilities were not the best. By all accounts their facilities have massively improved yet they are going to the wall under this system. It is undeniable that there are more clubs failing and folding under this system and that can only be bad for local cricket.
Cricket is not like football it can take time to develop cricketers. Which team is likely to give a young bowler a chance to bowl in their first team if relegation is hanging over the head?-None. So the system is counter productive to developing young players.
We have moved from a system of very competitive leagues to one where we have one league of a good standard dominated by teams with money and the rest of the leagues are quite frankly a very poor standard.