sussexpob wrote:Not the same as Sport Wales covers a different area, and as such may see giving money to Wales only professional cricket outfit as benefiting the sporting fabric as a whole.
Its an interesting point, and I agree to some level, but the unique politics of the UK make it different.
yeah, not sure I be happy if I was welsh and my money was getting wasted in Glamorgan considering the money not exactly been well spent, Swalec is essentially a white elephent, Glamorgan doesn't exactly have a great squad or the money not being spent to make Glamorgan successful and if anything the money only being spent for political reason or to make Cardiff a major sporting city in the uk.
Didn't they bid some stupid amount for Sri lanka and West indies test matches and essentially over paid a lot for 2 Ashes test and then couldn't afford it since glamorgan county games are not well attended even the T20 struggle to be a sell out and then get bailed out by the council and then get an unbelievable sponsorship deal that looks dodgy like the ones in football to beat the financial fair play rules.
something doesn't look right in Glamorgan considering they got loads of sporting bodies or association interested in cricket in wales and Glamorgan plus it is quite hard to explain how the county being in strife financial problems around 2010/11 and then they could suddenly afford another Ashes test and Champions trophy games and 2 or 3 international games a season with no apparent money problems.
wouldn't surprise me in the future if it was found they were loads of conflict of interest in Cardiff getting games or money from the council or sport wales or even the national body of cricket in wales.
Like does Cricket wales for being the governing body of Wales cricket being a company limited of guarantee mean it can basically fund Glamorgan so much since it fulfilling its purpose of increasing participation and support of the game in wales and with it being a company limited of guarantee it doesn't have to worry about losses.
if so that is pretty much unfair to the english counties since ECB don't exactly fund counties like Cricket wales do.
So essentially Glamorgan getting money from the national cricket body of cricket in wales, ECB, Sky, The council which the cricket wales helped bring in and a very good sponsorship deal again help by the Cricket wales boards.
Really doesn't sound fair, not sure how Glamorgan not done well in county cricket with how much money being spent in Glamorgan.
For me Cricket wales role needs to be clarified since they are a separate body to Glamorgan but are influential in the ECB circles and get a lot of money from welsh governments and the sports wales body.
Although you are right in that with Glamorgan being the only professional side, Cricket wales essentially puts most of its money to it.
http://www.cricketwales.org.uk/uploads/ ... preads.pdflooks like a lot spent in the academy and youth programmes in Wales.