Durhamfootman wrote:they add runs anyway, so presumably they mean add more runs. Getting rid of the free hit sounds like a brave thing to do (as Sir Humphrey might have put it)
Durhamfootman wrote:I'm trying to imagine what would happen if a side needed 6 off the last ball to draw and there was a 5 run penalty for a wide... the bowler would just throw the ball behind him, wouldn't he?
Durhamfootman wrote:presumably this is just the ECB having public musings to see what, if anything, flies
sussexpob wrote:Another thing is, with 8 teams sucking in bigger geographical areas, if taking the kids and wife before they turn to pumpkins is that important, than how do they factor in the increased travel time for many fans to get to their nearest team?
I mean, to look at it very personally, I could either go to Hove which is round the corner from where I used to live, leave at 21:30 after the game and be home by 21:45.....
Or I could be forced to travel to the Rose Bowl, 70 miles away in Southampton, leave at 2100 hours and not get back once traffic at the ground is factored into the 90 min journey, by what, best case scenario 2300 hours? And that factors in the costs of travel, the effort of travel, the parking costs, the time Id have to leave..... Sussex get good attendances at home, I wonder how many would be willing to make that journey regularly?
Ok, could go London, but to make that journey for the start you are having to hit trains at peak hours, so that is costing what, at least £50-60 for a return pp. And then again, its not saving me time is it.
And after I have travelled to the Rose Bowl, I get to support the Hampshire Hammers or the Southampton Steel or someother shite......
Now call me a miserable whiner, but I dont think I would be alone in suggesting the average Sussex fan would not be seen dead supporting a home team at the Rose Bowl, carrying the name of their historical enemy county or a rival city......
So yeah, what happens when that is replicated over every county?
Sh*t idea. All of it.
Alviro Patterson wrote:
In a nutshell
Similar scenario for Durham fans whose nearest franchise is in Leeds, a relatively long and expensive train ride on the East Coast Mainline.
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