by st_brendy » Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:58 pm
I don't think the ECB would have much choice but to keep the normal t20 competition running (albeit maybe in a reduced format, with say only 5 - 10 group games), if a franchise competition were to come in.
Just having a franchise competition would take t20 away from, in all likelihood, ten county grounds. In some areas of the country, particularly in the south, members of the public could find themselves miles away from their closest t20 cricket - to the extent that they might never again attend a t20 match. The number of families and non-t20 lovers attending t20 cricket would fall drastically in some areas, potentially having a knock-on effect (be it now, or in the future) on one-day and four-day attendances. The original reason why this country created t20 would then cease to exist, save for potentially eight areas of the country.
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