AndyZaltzHair
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They never pay out the full proposed amount of money. Bunch of hoax.
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So this rebel cricket breakaway league...
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Niall
International Coach
Yeah aren't some players still out of pocket for the last rebel league?
G.I.Joe
International Coach
It would appear that he intends to replace the current marquee event of cricket - the ODI World Cup with a 4 yearly T20 competition at the Olympics.
I can see the associate nations getting behind the proposal, considering that they've foolishly been locked out of the World Cup by the ICC. I don't see the Test nations falling in line. ODIs still make them more money than International T20. If Modi does get this rolling, it could mean a split in the world order with the minnows in the Olympic fold and the Test nations sitting it out. It would take a lot for the governments of the test nations to agree to replace the existing governing bodies with new ones in the Olympic charter.
I can see the associate nations getting behind the proposal, considering that they've foolishly been locked out of the World Cup by the ICC. I don't see the Test nations falling in line. ODIs still make them more money than International T20. If Modi does get this rolling, it could mean a split in the world order with the minnows in the Olympic fold and the Test nations sitting it out. It would take a lot for the governments of the test nations to agree to replace the existing governing bodies with new ones in the Olympic charter.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I think a cricket model designed purely to maximise profits would still have Tests as part of it; just a lot less of them.
Niall
International Coach
So the home Aussie and England Summer tests then.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha I think you'd still have some subcontinent Tests as well. People underestimate how much broadcasters like having five consecutive days of well-rating mid-afternoon filler at a time where they'd usually be almost no advertising revenue at all. T20s don't go long enough to really occupy non-peak hour timeslots, and while I think a lot of Tests would probably be replaced by strings of D/N ODIs in a purely for-profit model, scheduling Tests does still actually make some financial sense.So the home Aussie and England Summer tests then.
cnerd123
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Tests have so much more potential for money-making outside of just TV revenue too. For example; were the cricket boards to stream the Test over the Internet, with live scorecards and ball-by-ball commentary ala Cricinfo, they could make quite a bit through web advertising alone. Cricket Australia already monetises online highlights packages, no reason the other cricket boards couldn't. Throw in pre and post game analysis, interviews, and just keep all these on your site and there is quite a bit of money to be made from an event that lasts 5 days and has tons of passive followers. An ODI or T20 won't draw in nearly as much web traffic; simply because there isn't that much content to be sold.
Star Sports already does pretty well from their web services its seems; they basically stream everything now + carry lots of highlight packages, interviews, features and analysis. Test cricket fits perfectly into that.
Star Sports already does pretty well from their web services its seems; they basically stream everything now + carry lots of highlight packages, interviews, features and analysis. Test cricket fits perfectly into that.