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Originally Posted by Ninjaman
England are better than they used to be and so their crowds (and interest) are going up. |
Crowds for Tests have been exceptional this year, but as someone who watches Cricket at the Oval, I know that you need to get your Test match application in before January to get tickets. We often have full houses in Englnad for Test cricket.
However, we do not normally get Full Houses for County games and the demographic is normally Old men. But for Twenty20's you get full houses and the crowd demographic is younger and contains more women. Getting people into to see County games is crucial for the long term viabilty of the Test and ODI team
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Originally Posted by Ninjaman Now when you bring in close to $30 million!! I see vultures, my friend. |
I do agree here, the money needs to be handled well, and needs to get to the grass roots.
I am not against this guy making money though - if the tournament is a success and it gets people watching and enjoying this great game, why not make some money out of it as well. I do not feel he will make a lot in the short term though
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Originally Posted by Ninjaman But until the WI puts in place a system that adequately nurtures its pplayers and looks after their physical, mental and financial needs, then they'll always be occupying this lower rung. |
I agree and maybe you need this type of investment. One of the problems I see is that the American sports can offer big bucks, where as Cricket dosen't so if you are a guy looking to use sport for a career what do you choose Baseball or Cricket? One could pay you millions, one does not. Maybe if you can start paying some serious money it could encourge kids to take up Cricket rather than the American sports.