Grand Slam of cricket: Secret plan hatched for new Saudi-backed T20 league

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

The difference is the way cricket is, Saudi spends money on sports their population is interested in, Boxing Wrestling, Soccer.. they don’t spend on Badminton, Cricket, hockey, Rugby because their population doesn’t care about it.

Also if they could attract the best they would had done that for soccer, but they aren’t able to to make Saudi league comparable to La Liga or EPL and this is after huge craze among local for soccer.

Saudis care about their population?? I dont think so.
They are investing in whatever helps them sports wash in front of the western world, because that's the only place that matters in terms of money. Cricket will be the first non-western centric venture they are going in.
Do you think an average Saudis knows anything about Golf or F1? If they even invest in Cricket, its a PR stunt and it shows they have little value for Indian perspective in geo-politics. China is not needed to courted as their people have no voice of their own.

Boxing and wrestling are always promoted by tyrants and dictators as it makes them feel like a grand Roman Emperor organizing a gladiatorial fights in the Colosseum.

Oil money will be gone, Hajj tourism money won't be enough to sustain the lavish lifestyle they are used to. MBS knows Saudis need to pivot and pivot hard like Dubai to retain any relevance in the coming decades.

 

[cricketjoshila]

The difference is the way cricket is, Saudi spends money on sports their population is interested in, Boxing Wrestling, Soccer.. they don’t spend on Badminton, Cricket, hockey, Rugby because their population doesn’t care about it.

Also if they could attract the best they would had done that for soccer, but they aren’t able to to make Saudi league comparable to La Liga or EPL and this is after huge craze among local for soccer.

It's easier to influence a individual sports than a team sports.

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

It's easier to influence a individual sports than a team sports.

I feel like it will go the way of Allen Stanford experiment that ECB did prior to coming of IPL.
Saudis are throwing money at every little thing that is making wave on the internet.
Recently they had some world Cup of esports too.
If Nodribek ends up qualifying for candidates, Saudis can think of dumping millions into chess too and host the championship match in Jeddah. But maybe its too nerdy for the Arabs.

 

[rpant_gabba]

Explained: The Proposed Saudi Arabia-Funded T20 League, And Why ECB Are Opposing It | Cricket News Today

Saudi Arabia is reportedly looking to invest upto USD 500 million in a revolutionary global Twenty20 cricket league, to rival the world’s leading T20 tournaments, including the Indian Premier League.

www.wisden.com

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

Explained: The Proposed Saudi Arabia-Funded T20 League, And Why ECB Are Opposing It | Cricket News Today

Saudi Arabia is reportedly looking to invest upto USD 500 million in a revolutionary global Twenty20 cricket league, to rival the world’s leading T20 tournaments, including the Indian Premier League.

www.wisden.com

Ohh the evil BCCI!!

 

[JaDed]

ECB already withdraws support​

Richard Gould, the chief executive officer of the ECB has already stated that the English cricket board would not back the league, stating insufficient free time on the schedule as the reason.

“With the busy international calendar, a host of established franchise leagues around the world, and existing concerns about player workloads, there is no scope or demand for such an idea,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday (March 18). “It's not something that we would support."


Reportedly, the ECB is keen to protect the Hundred, which recently sold franchise stakes to private investors. The BCCI and the CA would likely be eager to safeguard their respective T20 leagues as well.


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Lol .. so its England being the issue @HitWicket

 

[HitWicket]

ECB already withdraws support​

Richard Gould, the chief executive officer of the ECB has already stated that the English cricket board would not back the league, stating insufficient free time on the schedule as the reason.

“With the busy international calendar, a host of established franchise leagues around the world, and existing concerns about player workloads, there is no scope or demand for such an idea,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday (March 18). “It's not something that we would support."


Reportedly, the ECB is keen to protect the Hundred, which recently sold franchise stakes to private investors. The BCCI and the CA would likely be eager to safeguard their respective T20 leagues as well.


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Lol .. so its England being the issue @HitWicket

The cricket calendar is congested enough without making room for some Saudi sportswashing.

 

[Devadwal]

Kal phone pe puch ke batata hu. Stay tuned.

@Bhaag Viru Bhaag what's the new updates, you haven't posted anything after that