Post by coverpoint on Sept 14, 2014 15:47:39 GMT
Interesting post on the Derbyshire messageboard:
Looking out on a beautiful autumn Sunday,it brings home the insanity of this current cricket schedule. To put it into some sort of perspective,between the beginning and the end of the season,Derbyshire will have clocked up a total of 31 weekend days without cricket.
That is a staggering figure and clearly illustrates the folly and missed opportunity of the present system. Since the end of July,our schedule includes a grand total of 2 Sundays. That,s it. July saw us play a total of 24 days cricket during the month. August saw just 8 including the first day of the CC2 match V Worcs which started on the 31st. Kids are off school in August and the best time for parents to take them to matches is over the weekend. Hasn,t this basic fact occured to the powers that be?. The final three CC2 matches start on Tuesday or Monday in the case of Surrey. The 8 group matches in the RLC Cup saw 6 of the matches played during the week with most weekends left blank.
I simply cannot see how anyone can possible believe this is the way forward.The same senario applies more or less to all counties. The current schedule makes no economic sense and minimises the opportunity for a majority of people to actually attend matches. How can anyone pretend this is right?. What ever financial figures are posted by the various counties,they can be certain the figure will be much lower than it could have been had common sense prevailed. In business you maximise your profit opportunities and those that don,t usually pay the ultimate price. Can cricket really afford to wait until 2017 to effect the necessary changes?.
Looking out on a beautiful autumn Sunday,it brings home the insanity of this current cricket schedule. To put it into some sort of perspective,between the beginning and the end of the season,Derbyshire will have clocked up a total of 31 weekend days without cricket.
That is a staggering figure and clearly illustrates the folly and missed opportunity of the present system. Since the end of July,our schedule includes a grand total of 2 Sundays. That,s it. July saw us play a total of 24 days cricket during the month. August saw just 8 including the first day of the CC2 match V Worcs which started on the 31st. Kids are off school in August and the best time for parents to take them to matches is over the weekend. Hasn,t this basic fact occured to the powers that be?. The final three CC2 matches start on Tuesday or Monday in the case of Surrey. The 8 group matches in the RLC Cup saw 6 of the matches played during the week with most weekends left blank.
I simply cannot see how anyone can possible believe this is the way forward.The same senario applies more or less to all counties. The current schedule makes no economic sense and minimises the opportunity for a majority of people to actually attend matches. How can anyone pretend this is right?. What ever financial figures are posted by the various counties,they can be certain the figure will be much lower than it could have been had common sense prevailed. In business you maximise your profit opportunities and those that don,t usually pay the ultimate price. Can cricket really afford to wait until 2017 to effect the necessary changes?.
