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Yes as a previous member pointed out. The general public forget this is not real cricket, it is 'played' for entertainment. The cricket makes a lot of money from it, advertisers simply love it, tv stations are making plenty of money too. And the whole thing is just a bloody circus. But hey, everyones making lots of money, so apparently it's good for us all!

westaussieguy wrote: Yes as a previous member pointed out. The general public forget this is not real cricket, it is 'played' for entertainment. The cricket makes a lot of money from it, advertisers simply love it, tv stations are making plenty of money too. And the whole thing is just a bloody circus. But hey, everyones making lots of money, so apparently it's good for us all!

I don't think anyone disagrees with it being for entertainment and money only waguy. I guess you could argue that all sports are played for entertainment, still that's another debate I suppose. I like the 20/20 concept, but prefer the other 2 forms of the game. Still, no good going stodgy - pip, pip old chappie and all that. The young set are now influencing the direction of our sports - gotta live with it.

58shark wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: Yes as a previous member pointed out. The general public forget this is not real cricket, it is 'played' for entertainment. The cricket makes a lot of money from it, advertisers simply love it, tv stations are making plenty of money too. And the whole thing is just a bloody circus. But hey, everyones making lots of money, so apparently it's good for us all!

I don't think anyone disagrees with it being for entertainment and money only waguy. I guess you could argue that all sports are played for entertainment, still that's another debate I suppose. I like the 20/20 concept, but prefer the other 2 forms of the game. Still, no good going stodgy - pip, pip old chappie and all that. The young set are now influencing the direction of our sports - gotta live with it.

The marketeers, tv stations, and sponsors are influencing the direction of sport = MONEY

UNKA2 wrote:

58shark wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: Yes as a previous member pointed out. The general public forget this is not real cricket, it is 'played' for entertainment. The cricket makes a lot of money from it, advertisers simply love it, tv stations are making plenty of money too. And the whole thing is just a bloody circus. But hey, everyones making lots of money, so apparently it's good for us all!

I don't think anyone disagrees with it being for entertainment and money only waguy. I guess you could argue that all sports are played for entertainment, still that's another debate I suppose. I like the 20/20 concept, but prefer the other 2 forms of the game. Still, no good going stodgy - pip, pip old chappie and all that. The young set are now influencing the direction of our sports - gotta live with it.

The marketeers, tv stations, and sponsors are influencing the direction of sport = MONEY

Agree - yes, but only because it is accepted and liked. If no one watched the changing games, they would have to move back.