sam_ahm
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There is so much talk about 'context' these days and apparently most bilaterals they say 'lack context'.
I want to understand what is the context of these T20 leagues? Random teams no one knows about or remembers (I barely know any team names other than IPL teams) , same players playing in multiple leagues for just about any team, there is hardly any team loyalty. What exactly do you achieve when you win a random T20 league as a player? What does it prove for the franchise?
They don't develop any players, there are barely any home players that play for their city. Even if some Trent Rockets win the hundred or some MICapetown win in RSA, what does it prove? The UAE league will literally be a 6 or 8 World XIs playing against each other. Why should I be bothered about which World XI will win?
why should I support them just because they've put my city name in their franchise name?
Most fans have no loyalty for their city franchise or it doesn't matter much to them as to who wins, some have player loyalty, like supporting any franchise in which their favt player is playing (this fan following is also mostly because the player has done well internationally and hence you've become a fan) , if he changes franchise, fans shift their loyalty.
Just some random T20 league is played every month, same players keep rotating without any logic, literally meaningless games, I don't find much of a 'context' here, it is just a money making exercise, which is working as of now, but do you guys think they can sustain long term interest of the fans?
I want to understand what is the context of these T20 leagues? Random teams no one knows about or remembers (I barely know any team names other than IPL teams) , same players playing in multiple leagues for just about any team, there is hardly any team loyalty. What exactly do you achieve when you win a random T20 league as a player? What does it prove for the franchise?
They don't develop any players, there are barely any home players that play for their city. Even if some Trent Rockets win the hundred or some MICapetown win in RSA, what does it prove? The UAE league will literally be a 6 or 8 World XIs playing against each other. Why should I be bothered about which World XI will win?
why should I support them just because they've put my city name in their franchise name? Most fans have no loyalty for their city franchise or it doesn't matter much to them as to who wins, some have player loyalty, like supporting any franchise in which their favt player is playing (this fan following is also mostly because the player has done well internationally and hence you've become a fan) , if he changes franchise, fans shift their loyalty.
Just some random T20 league is played every month, same players keep rotating without any logic, literally meaningless games, I don't find much of a 'context' here, it is just a money making exercise, which is working as of now, but do you guys think they can sustain long term interest of the fans?
