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Originally Posted by Aurelius  I've already gone on about this ad nauseam on another thread. |
I don't think at the moment you can comment on the expanding 20/20 to 'ridiculous excess', as the matter is far to important.
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Originally Posted by Aurelius I will just say this, though. Do you imagine that your favourite resteraunt is as profitable as the nearest McDonald's?[...] I doubt it. However, it still attracts customers, many of whom presumably return to it. |
My "favourire resteraunt" has more strings to it's bow than McDonalds, or Test cricket.
Most such eating houses provide accomadation and rooms for functions to bring in more cask, so with respect this analogy is not valid.
To your second point I think you have strengthened my arguments, "presuamble return to it" - by definition means that 20/20 is going to take supporters awat from Test cricket, in order for them to return.
Question is: What happens if they don't return - I suggest this scenario would mean the end of Test cricket.
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Originally Posted by Aurelius It may not be the most profitable business, but it still has a strong customer base |
This may be correct at the moment with people like myself and Rachael, but believe me advertising works - and when 20/20 does take off World wide, then a brand new audience will take the place of the cricket traditionalist - simple because of the TV and media cover it will attract.
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Originally Posted by Aurelius So in short, I consider it far more likely that Test cricket will exist as a niche market than die out all together. And look around you. Niche markets not only exist, but many of them thrive. |
So you are saying that it's OK that Test cricket once the mainstream of International and domestic cricket should be confined to a "Niche Market"?, well such markets are based on
fads and as such are vunerable.
Some people will find this acceptable - I don't.
It could be said that I had gone "ad nauseam" with my attacks on the ICC, and judging by ackers thread
here - it rather looks like those attacks were prophetical.
It does no harm IMO to band a drum on a point you believe in, even to the point at excess.