This piece of idiocy in the Guardian caught my eye:
Huh? Are these people really as daft as they sound?
If the object was to break the game in America then shouldn't the first requirement be to hold a creditable tournament in the US with some TV coverage that's not buried on channel 9999.
Even if breaking the game in America is half way feasible (which I think it's not), then wouldn't it be better to put on a 20/20 exhibition between say an Indian/Australian/West Indies All Stars of some sort. There's a sizable and growing Indian population here and there are a lot of West Indian immigrant families so conceivably there's an audience on which to build a fan base, but I think even that's a long shot.
I dunno, how can somebody so rich be so dumb?
What say you cricketing wallahs?
According to Giles Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, one of the principal purposes of last week's game in Antigua was to break America. (italics mine) "We have to see if we can develop that market," Clarke said, which suggests those involved in last week's events have learned nothing from the experience of the Pro Cricket League. Even worse, they have learned nothing from Stanford's experiment in Fort Collins, Colorado, earlier this year, when he spent £2m (£250 per head) on trying to get the locals interested in the game. Its success can be judged by the opening paragraph of a recent story in the town's paper: "When it comes to cricket - at least as far as Fort Collins is concerned - it's nothing but crickets."
If the object was to break the game in America then shouldn't the first requirement be to hold a creditable tournament in the US with some TV coverage that's not buried on channel 9999.
Even if breaking the game in America is half way feasible (which I think it's not), then wouldn't it be better to put on a 20/20 exhibition between say an Indian/Australian/West Indies All Stars of some sort. There's a sizable and growing Indian population here and there are a lot of West Indian immigrant families so conceivably there's an audience on which to build a fan base, but I think even that's a long shot.
I dunno, how can somebody so rich be so dumb?
What say you cricketing wallahs?
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