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Author: | SuperCat [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:25 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
simpleminds wrote: Supercat might be polite but I Ain't MUGS Hey! As a Group 1 winner and a moderator what I say goes and I say you are! |
Author: | pjrhodes1970 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
err i dont think anyone on here has paid 2 grand for 1 day of cricket people who pay that amount of money can obviously well afford it so fair play to them i know of some people who have paid £1500 a head for a 5 course meal at royal ascot and miss half the racing guess for them the racing part was not the point of the day but fair play to them if they can afford to throw 3 or 4 grand on a meal with wine it seems to be the way sport is going the anoying thing about that is most of the people are there for a jolly and dont give a dam about the sport itself i think the 8o quid i paid is fair enough and its something i have always wanted to do to go to an ashes test so will thoroughly enjoy the whole day and experience the plan was Perth Melbourne or Sydney but old trafford will have to do for now odds on it will tipp down the whole day no prawn sandwiches here |
Author: | Shergar [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
The nail has been hit on the head Cricket like most sports today has become a casualty of GREED! Every sport in the long run will be finished off as a spectacle by money |
Author: | GS63 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
Shergar wrote: The nail has been hit on the head Cricket like most sports today has become a casualty of GREED! Couldn't agree more, and the impact of this is that top class sport is getting slowly but surely out of the reach of the common man - very sad indeed. |
Author: | pjrhodes1970 [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
GS63 wrote: Shergar wrote: The nail has been hit on the head Cricket like most sports today has become a casualty of GREED! Couldn't agree more, and the impact of this is that top class sport is getting slowly but surely out of the reach of the common man - very sad indeed. Never a truer word said its a sad state of affairs when the majority are getting priced out of sport and dont get me started on TV Fees |
Author: | Shergar [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
Football's demise can be traced back to the start of the Champions League There was nothing wrong with the European Cup as it was, but Sepp Blatter wanted a 'little love child' and the money spinning CL was born Players then wanted to be in it and wages rocketed, clubs had to be in it, so prices of tickets rocketed to pay for the players to play in it. Then the clubs and players complained of too many games, The League cup, F A cup, then even the World cup suffered. The players complaining of burn-out All this for a majority of meaningless games in the initial league stages. The only time it gets interesting is when it goes back to the knock-out stage. The IPL and the Aussie version of T 20 are in danger of doing the same to Cricket. You can not blame the players for wanting more money, but the authorities have got to get to grips with the amount of cricket played. Disillusioned Ian |
Author: | pjrhodes1970 [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:07 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
Shergar wrote: Football's demise can be traced back to the start of the Champions League There was nothing wrong with the European Cup as it was, but Sepp Blatter wanted a 'little love child' and the money spinning CL was born Players then wanted to be in it and wages rocketed, clubs had to be in it, so prices of tickets rocketed to pay for the players to play in it. Then the clubs and players complained of too many games, The League cup, F A cup, then even the World cup suffered. The players complaining of burn-out All this for a majority of meaningless games in the initial league stages. The only time it gets interesting is when it goes back to the knock-out stage. The IPL and the Aussie version of T 20 are in danger of doing the same to Cricket. You can not blame the players for wanting more money, but the authorities have got to get to grips with the amount of cricket played. Disillusioned Ian You are spot on the champions lge is pointless before February you get the odd big match but does not mean much unless its do or die like the knockout stages I think there is plenty of room for 20 20 you cant argue with the financial pull of t20 crowd numbers etc. i think ODI's need to go the new rules just show how floored this type of the game has become keep tests and t20 and dump ODI and that ICC (pointless) Champions Trophy which England host again in July a 7 week long world cup has always been ridiculously long if i was in charge i would have it this way Give Ireland test status each Test playying nation has to play 7 tests at home 7 tests away each year 4 series per year so 2 & 5 or 4 & 3 test series each test playing nation faced each other every 2 years at the end of every 2 year cycle the no1 ranked test nation receive trophy T20 world cup every 2 years 9 test nations 1 qualifier (2 week long tournament) once every 4 years a new 2 innings t20 super cup 9 test teams 7 qualifiers (16) 3 week long tournament once every 4 years a test match world cup 1 innings 3 day matches knockout comp top 8 ranked nations qualify for tournament qf - sf - final 2 week tournament would be very interesting |
Author: | Shergar [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
My schedule would be a Five year cycle 6 tests against Australia, 1 year South Africa 1 year, and One of the best at the time test teams (India Pakistan or West Indies) Other two years would be two 3 Test series against the others No more than 6 home tests a year Each test series would be preceded by 1 T20 and 3 ODI's The split summer tests would have a triangular tournament of T20's and ODI's between England and the 2 nations of no more than 3 T20's and 5ODI's. This should be between the test series Winter should be in the same 5 year cycle keeping 6 tests against Australia and South Africa The ODI world cup should be every 5 years with 4 groups of 4 with quarters ,semis and final .no more than 6 games per team over 2 -3 weeks T 20 world cup would be the same format every 5 years 2 years after the ODI equivalent The ICC trophy should be just for non test nations, giving the best 4 instant qualification for T20 and ODI World cups |
Author: | dap1987 [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Too much cricket |
I agree with both of you on World Cups, they should mean something more and not be another one 18months later! make it like the Olympics or Football World Cup where its every 4 years so there is a massive build up to them! As for Tests, i agree with Ian, play the big nations more...whats the point in a 5 game series against Bangladesh and then a 2 game series with SA? What do you learn from that? I think they need to sort the Pakistan situation out as well, they cant keep playing in Dubai, if there not safe, get rid of them! Also DRS, it has to be a law, not a choice! Use it everywhere or dump it completely! |
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