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India shot down Test championship
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silentstriker
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We know for a fact England were against it as well. That's because England and India have the biggest TV revenues and were not keen on sharing it. Australia was for the championship (they proposed it).
It's sad but couldn't they work something out without having to share the revenue? The concept is so much superior than the current FTP.
It's sad but couldn't they work something out without having to share the revenue? The concept is so much superior than the current FTP.
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Yeah, seems a strange deal-breaker.
That said, I'm not really a fan of the Test Championship idea. Would eventually just devalue any matches that aren't "championship games" IMO.
silentstriker
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Good - there shouldn't be any matches that aren't championship games. Test cricket needs something like this, where even "dead" series has something bigger to play for.
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I think it's ODIs he doesn't give the time of day. Maybe both.
Craig
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Both IIRC.
silentstriker
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You don't have to play more matches necessarily. Just that the matches you play would be for something. But it might be that you play more matches, in which case, there is always those 7 ODI crazy-fests that you can remove.
And I don't have any time of day for T20 or ODI.
silentstriker
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Because they'd have to make room and play sides more than they do - sides that aren't as lucrative.
silentstriker
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Probably ODIs. Every Test country would have to play every other within a four year window.
SJS
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I dont see why they should not split the sides into two halves. India, England, Australia and South Africa in one and they play longer series against each other and shorter ones against the other four viz Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nzland and Windies. The second four also play against themselves of course.
The TV rights can be split on one of many different criteria but basically no team should be asked to give up far too much more (in proportion to what they earn for the pool) and the fact that the bigger teams play fewer matches against the smaller ones will automatically reduce some of the complaints about having to accommodate the smaller teams.
The idea proposed by ICC is not a bad one at all. FTP is not going to work anymore. Its in everyone's interest to come down to the table with an attitude that we ALL need this to work out. Anyone holding on for just their own interests will eventually lose out too if the game suffers. India and England can not do this by themselves. And rebel players from the other sides, if they do take on their boards and start something in competition to allow them to participate in defiance of their boards will lose out in the long run since India (and even England) will squeeze the players groups even harder than they are doing the ICC.
The TV rights can be split on one of many different criteria but basically no team should be asked to give up far too much more (in proportion to what they earn for the pool) and the fact that the bigger teams play fewer matches against the smaller ones will automatically reduce some of the complaints about having to accommodate the smaller teams.
The idea proposed by ICC is not a bad one at all. FTP is not going to work anymore. Its in everyone's interest to come down to the table with an attitude that we ALL need this to work out. Anyone holding on for just their own interests will eventually lose out too if the game suffers. India and England can not do this by themselves. And rebel players from the other sides, if they do take on their boards and start something in competition to allow them to participate in defiance of their boards will lose out in the long run since India (and even England) will squeeze the players groups even harder than they are doing the ICC.
Fusion
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He broke it down in terms of monetary status, not quality. The big four are Ind/Aus/Eng/SA. They will continue to play each other more frequently than the "lesser" halves.