Here 'she' goes again on the 606 board, July 25/08:
@englads2fan: I'm fine with competent business people running cricket. I would also welcome any of the ex-players you mentioned working for the ECB.
However, cricket fans also need representing. The infamous TV deal of 2004 would NEVER have been allowed to happen if fans' representatives and those who actually play the game (e.g. club cricket) had been consulted first. Monies would have been found for development AND space would have been made for live coverage on terrestrial TV. Who decided on the mutual exclusivity of these interests?
Cricket's profile has withered since live free-to-air TV coverage was lost in late 2005, IMHO. The game's delicate balancing act has been blown out of the water. Currently, all kinds of self-serving nonsense - avarice, "bottom-covering" behaviour and duplicity are allowed to go on unchecked. At home and away.
A WATCHDOG that represents the interests of fans that go to the grounds, support club cricket and /or watch or listen to the game (with satellite or without) and brings cricket's servants and administrators TO ACCOUNT is now absolutely essential.
There - I said it. Rant over... sorry
Glad 'she' got that off her chest. She and I are are as one on this particular subject.
You go, 'girl'(!)
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