From what I’d heard the Saudis were really looking to get into cricket in general, Durham was seen as an easy option especially if the hundred team came along with it later, and also the regional links to PIF
Buy into us on the cheap now and reap the rewards later, build our hotel as sweetener too
But to be really honest are we as Sunderland supporting Durham fans/members really a large amount of the fanbase? Got to be loads of mags go to games, or people that couldn’t give two hoots about football or where the money game from
Probably just a vocal minority
I’d say that c50% of the crowd
has an SAFC affiliation. How many of that would be aware/ politicised enough to be bothered is probably a more worrying number.
I wouldn’t go anymore, not that my three visits a season would bother them.