by meninblue » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:42 pm
southwood wrote:Adi wrote:captaincolly wrote:Adi wrote:Is it not possible that if Durham Management market the game well, revenue issue can be sorted.More advertisement boards on boundary, give the name of some company to one stand, or like Wankhede sell couple of boxes to corporate and get money. There may be more ways to get revenue. Here in India 1 Ranji match a day is telecast. Have Durham earned through broadcast rights and advertisements?
I think the problem is that Durham lost lots of money on test matches and the costs of staging them are extreme. Debt also racked up because of necessary ground redevelopment - installing lights etc.
Most other international grounds are struggling but they survive either because someone has come in and put money in, council had stepped in to help with debts etc. Durham also struggle to sell T20 tickets for the domestic competition.
Ticket revenue is not that much even in India when compared to revenue through rights given for broadcasters and on the ground advertisements. This revenue goes to BCCI i suppose but it is so much that BCCI can take care of probably every ground. The management need to see why BCCI is financially very successful. There could be some ways which ECB are missing.How good is ECB doing financially. Is it in a position that it can solve issues of counties which are facing operqating cash crunch.
The ECB appear to rely very heavily on the TV money provided by SKY, sponsorship and revenue from Test and ODI ticket sales . They are very reluctant ,as shown by their approach to the Durham situation, to support Counties over and above the fees they pay to counties each year .This is ,in essence ,a subsidy which is the principal source of income for the Counties. They also provide grants for some ground improvements eg helping counties improve the ground drainage and providing the capital cost of floodlights for certain stadia.
Their stance is not to bail out counties financially as they believe they should in general be self supporting
The ECB do support cricket financially at all levels ,from Test to local recreational clubs and Women's Cricket , in a wide variety of ways provided it falls within the criteria.
The ECB is in a position, as the games governing body in England and Wales , but it is a matter of what they do and how they do it that will determine whether they can solve the issues. It is important to note that the ECB is governed by representatives of the 38 first-class and minor counties and the MCC. It is headed by the Management Board (with fifteen members), a First-Class Forum (for first-class cricket) and a Recreational Forum.It has to persuade all its constituent parts to agree on a a course of action - not an easy task with different and competing agendas often each part.
Thanks. So i see it is almost the same as that we have here.
Test FL's - 8 , ODI and Tests Combo FL's - 1, ODI World Cup - 1, ODI FL's - 7, ODI and T20i combo FL's - 1 ,
T20 Franchisee FL's - 7, T20i Cup FL's- 1, T20 FL's- 5 , 50 Overs Domestic FL's - 1, 40 Overs Domestic FL's- 1