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Old 11-04-2008, 09:29 AM in reply to Notts Exile's post starting "Presumably the ECB could then set up..."
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Originally Posted by Notts Exile View Post
Presumably the ECB could then set up it's own 20/20 tournament and demand a window for it, too? It would set a very dangerous precedent.
There's been talk of that, but I don't really see how it would be done. How many players can they possibly attract, who don't play County Cricket or IPL anyway? Besides which, they've already got a very successful T20 tournament with some international players- it's a formula that's worked for them, and why they'd need-or want- to switch to a franchise system I don't know.

Besides, I don't see that there's much choice. Whether you love it, hate it or just don't care, the fact is that it's here for at least the next couple of years. If you want to avoid the risk of players choosing club before country, then realistically you'd have to create that window to allow players to fulfil both commitments.
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