Comments on: EPL: counties or regions?

By: Ceci

Ceci — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:29:57 +0000

What’s mine is yours sire

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:01:15 +0000

Can we save that picture to accompany a future update, Ceci?

By: Suave

Suave — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:11:54 +0000

Ceci, that is pure genius.

You should be damed for that.

Please make it so King.

By: Ceci

Ceci — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:52:32 +0000

Not riding in glory yet – but on his way..

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q102/cecimas/kingbobby.jpg

By: A P Webster

A P Webster — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:09:44 +0000

Should Rob get his England call-up, then pictures of him riding a triumphant wave of glory atop his capybara steed will be forthcoming.

On the IPL, then I agree mostly with Suave – a ticekt for the Roses 20/20 match is already about a bazillion quid, so ticket prices couldn’t really go up much.

As for TV revenue, once the novelty wears off, then I doubt that mnay people outside of the UK would be any more excited about an EPL than Miriam’s cat is about the IPL.

By: Gaz

Gaz — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:28:42 +0000

I think the big player here is TV rights, rather than fans going into the ground. I’d assume they’d be able to sell an EPL to India, Australia, Pakistan etc, if there was enough player representation from those countries.

By: Suave

Suave — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:16:53 +0000

What bothers me about this whole shebang, is that most clubs make up a huge percentage of their income, from 20/20 already.

The 20/20 cup finals day is already sold out, their are barely any seats available for any of Essex’s t20 games. They can’t really squeeze any more out of the fans, so how are they going to increase the revenue?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:41:10 +0000

Biggest detractor i saw with IPL is the lack of any reason whatsoever to support your local team. Even a lot of the younger guys around India have gone to other franchises than their nearest one. In the EPL when it’s Hussey and Sangakarra vs Macullum and Chanderpaul, who do you bother supporting, even if one of them happens to be named after a city only 100 miles from you compared to 300…

I’d say it *should* be as local as possible where possible to start with, to let better teams be better from the off, rather than spreading the talent too fairly. Sports aren’t about fairness, they’re about mockery and misery.

By: Gaz

Gaz — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:26:32 +0000

‘Gaz, do you envisage these city franchises starting from scratch and recruiting players or do you see them as being amalgams of counties?’

I’d see them starting from scratch. If you combine Three Counties to make one team, then a squad is going to have 60 players, which is alright if it’s 20/20 rugby they intend to play. Also, players don’t really have ties to any particular city at the moment, so their wont be conflicts of interest. With my City setup there you could have the ’star players’ as well, Colly for Newcastle, Pietersen for Southampton, Bell for Birmingham etc etc

I’d honestly just go with a carbon copy of the IPL.

By: ceci masters

ceci masters — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:13:04 +0000

Please don’t torment me King. I am teaching a class of beginners the joy of text and cannot do lovely pictures of Major Key riding in triumph.

Your serious journalism upset me too – t’aint natural – until I read the bit about reducing cricket prices and the ECB refusing Sky money hahahahahahahahhaa…..