rich1uk wrote:
no it suggests there are a lot of bored people who wanted something more interesting to watch than Jeremy kyle or homes under the hammer
Isn't that why fta is valuable? Because it can do that.
rich1uk wrote:
no it suggests there are a lot of bored people who wanted something more interesting to watch than Jeremy kyle or homes under the hammer
Arthur Crabtree wrote:rich1uk wrote:
no it suggests there are a lot of bored people who wanted something more interesting to watch than Jeremy kyle or homes under the hammer
Isn't that why fta is valuable? Because it can do that.
rich1uk wrote:who says they have no exposure to it ?
isn't playing the game in schools exposure ?
isn't being able to go along to a local club exposure ?
isn't having a highlights package on FTA in prime time, as we do for home series exposure ?
what would be the point in having all these assumed masses flocking to schools or local cricket clubs to play if said schools and clubs have no money for coaches or equipment ?
rich1uk wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:rich1uk wrote:
no it suggests there are a lot of bored people who wanted something more interesting to watch than Jeremy kyle or homes under the hammer
Isn't that why fta is valuable? Because it can do that.
but at what cost ?
Arthur Crabtree wrote:rich1uk wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:rich1uk wrote:
no it suggests there are a lot of bored people who wanted something more interesting to watch than Jeremy kyle or homes under the hammer
Isn't that why fta is valuable? Because it can do that.
but at what cost ?
The greater risk is if they don't.
rich1uk wrote:this whole argument boils down to would the amount of money lost by having cricket on FTA damage the game more by not being able to fund programs like chance to shine, not being able to support counties and grass roots cricket as opposed to some romanticised notion that kids are going to pick up cricket bats and balls from being able to see cricket that they otherwise wouldn't because of it being limited to subscription TV
all of that without any real proof that having it on FTA would actually achieve that opposed to the real tangible impact the reduced funding would have
bhaveshgor wrote:rich1uk wrote:this whole argument boils down to would the amount of money lost by having cricket on FTA damage the game more by not being able to fund programs like chance to shine, not being able to support counties and grass roots cricket as opposed to some romanticised notion that kids are going to pick up cricket bats and balls from being able to see cricket that they otherwise wouldn't because of it being limited to subscription TV
all of that without any real proof that having it on FTA would actually achieve that opposed to the real tangible impact the reduced funding would have
Might be wrong but the funding won't get cut if there FTA Cricket.
the only reason FTA is being mention by ECB is because unless number improve the Government will cut funding to grass root cricket.
Football,Rugby and Cricket have been threatened they could lose half or all of their funding if participation number don't improve and it is pretty much expected fund will drop in the next cycle which have been reduced every 4 years anyway because Sports England are not happy with numbers playing cricket.
FTA is the only option ECB got that will make them get number up and protect the funding from Sports England.
Sports England only care about number and results, FTA is the only one that guarantees increase numbers.
rich1uk wrote:how much money does sports England provide to cricket compared to what would be lost by the ECB if they lost the SKY money ?
blaming the changes just on no FTA completely ignores all the other multitude of reasons kids don't play sport as much now and imo its wishful thinking and naïve idealism that bring cricket back to FTA will create the surge in participation that would be needed to balance out what would be lost from the programs that the SKY money funds now
rich1uk wrote:the other side of this argument is having England games on FTA would potentially penalise your hard-core cricket fans
would SKY be prepared to invest the sort of money they do on coverage, on getting the rights for things like a series between NZ and SL or SA and WI if they weren't also getting the marquee home series ?
no way would FTA broadcasters pick up that slack
rich1uk wrote:bhaveshgor wrote:rich1uk wrote:this whole argument boils down to would the amount of money lost by having cricket on FTA damage the game more by not being able to fund programs like chance to shine, not being able to support counties and grass roots cricket as opposed to some romanticised notion that kids are going to pick up cricket bats and balls from being able to see cricket that they otherwise wouldn't because of it being limited to subscription TV
all of that without any real proof that having it on FTA would actually achieve that opposed to the real tangible impact the reduced funding would have
Might be wrong but the funding won't get cut if there FTA Cricket.
the only reason FTA is being mention by ECB is because unless number improve the Government will cut funding to grass root cricket.
Football,Rugby and Cricket have been threatened they could lose half or all of their funding if participation number don't improve and it is pretty much expected fund will drop in the next cycle which have been reduced every 4 years anyway because Sports England are not happy with numbers playing cricket.
FTA is the only option ECB got that will make them get number up and protect the funding from Sports England.
Sports England only care about number and results, FTA is the only one that guarantees increase numbers.
how much money does sports England provide to cricket compared to what would be lost by the ECB if they lost the SKY money ?
blaming the changes just on no FTA completely ignores all the other multitude of reasons kids don't play sport as much now and imo its wishful thinking and naïve idealism that bring cricket back to FTA will create the surge in participation that would be needed to balance out what would be lost from the programs that the SKY money funds now
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