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Post by tbsteve on Mar 27, 2024 2:08:18 GMT
Or maybe just let the 100,000s that enjoy it, continue to do that, with a 2XI style comp for FC lovers at the same time. But shorten it so that it doesn't take the whole summer.
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Post by newby on Apr 2, 2024 18:26:01 GMT
Latest from the ECB seems to indicate they are sticking with 8 teams for the present and looking to get outside money in to support the individual teams, rather than selling off any of their stake in the actual competition.
Perhaps it indicates they couldn't get the price they wanted for plan A.
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Post by byased on Apr 5, 2024 22:48:27 GMT
I suspect the ECB will not give up on the competition, even though no other country seems interested in following the format. Maybe expand with some government funded teams like High Speed 2 Rockets, or Trussenomic Maths Debators?
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Post by newby on Apr 6, 2024 9:37:41 GMT
I think the ECB are stuck between a rock and a hard place in terms of the hundred. They want to keep control of it, but they would like someone else to come in and throw their money at it. The ECB have plenty of other loss leaders to throw their own money at.
Turning it back in to a T20 format sounds tempting, but T20 is absolutely at, or very close to saturation point and it might be it's novelty value that saves the hundred in the end.
I don't know what the answer is, they have a TV deal until 2028 which seems an awfully long way away.
My only suggestion is to keep the local players as local as possible and not send them to play for teams at the other end of the country.
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