No other sport, other than cricket, allows domination by some teams

[Bigboii]

It's seems except for the big 3 no other team is good enough (except for NZ but I believe they're going through a golden generation and it wont be that way 4-5 years down the line)

No other team has any say or money to make thier voices heard, in almost no other major sport you see big money/markets dominante a sport in this unprecedented way where you can't pass anything without the big boys and thier approval

It's outrageous! and because of that I feel bad when I watch the matches in a sport where I feel the game is rigged against the small markets from the beginning

You won't see LA lakers or Knicks dominating the NBA and it's system
Won't see that in NFL that's for sure, they'll slap the s*** out of big market owners if they get out of line

Don't know about soccer or Fifa but I would like to think it's the same thier

No one in the family is watching cricket moved on to basketball, american football

I asked they said the sport is very much an Indian sport through and through and Pak proformances over the years don't help

But even in CT they refused to watch the final! due to the way they felt about the sport and the direction it took towards big market domination

Don't think they watched a single game since 2013

 

[JaDed]

Lakers have dominated for long enough.. Golden state when they went on a buying spree did the same..

I was checking records of NFL, Baseball bro what lol.. considering the amount of teams in NFL few have dominated as well..

In cricket out of 10, 3 -4dominante.. now you can calculate the % for NFL,NBA

 

[Bigboii]

Lakers have dominated for long enough.. Golden state when they went on a buying spree did the same..

I was checking records of NFL, Baseball bro what lol.. considering the amount of teams in NFL few have dominated as well..

In cricket out of 10, 3 -4dominante.. now you can calculate the % for NFL,NBA

Not sport domination, that's normal

Big Markets absolutely dominating board room decisions of organization

Don't think any major sports comes close to that (or atleast not sports I watch)

That's what's making me lose interest I don't think it's a level playing field

 

[JaDed]

Not sport domination, that's normal

Big Markets absolutely dominating board room decisions of organization

Don't think any major sports comes close to that (or atleast not sports I watch)

That's what's making me lose interest I don't think it's a level playing field

Any example? Also cricket was always dominated by Aus Eng ..

 

[Stewie]

Any example? Also cricket was always dominated by Aus Eng ..

Except international cricket is not franchise sports, where rich franchises buy out top players to make their teams better.

The gulf in quality of international teams is a worrying sign for the overall health of an international sport.

 

[Bigboii]

Any example? Also cricket was always dominated by Aus Eng ..

Just look at ICC for the pat 10-15 years of Big 3 domination, it's hard not to find any example!

Exactly the second part this sport from the very beginning was built for the few started with the wealthy

Than Eng, Aus domination now they put india into the mix and wallah

You have a receipie for few dominating other countries in every aspect of the sport

But know with other sport option we realizing hey this sport is stupid and we have much better options
But back in the eday you just had to accept the Aus, Eng and move on with it
No wonder except for 10 countries no one cares about this sport hell even those 10 countries for most of tham it's not even the major sport

 

[Stewie]

do we want the game globzalized first or do we want to make sure it doesnt die out in the few countries it is being played in right now?

Look at Ireland and Afghanistan. They have the test status but how many tours/series are they getting, or how well are they developing?

 

[Greenstorm]

Decline of Pakistan and Windies teams is a big factor. They used to bring natural flare and talent thats missing these days.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Decline of Pakistan and Windies teams is a big factor. They used to bring natural flare and talent thats missing these days.

Definitely!

The quality of both teams has gone down the drain.
In both cases, corrupt and incompetent boards are the major reason.

Even Sri Lanka had a great era with some solid players. They have gone down too.

 

[Greenstorm]

Additionaly, I don't think it has much to do with the hagemony of big 3.

In last decade, the rise of social media has shaped the global culture in such a way that sports and other forms of art/entertainment have lost their charm.

I remember Olympics and Fifa WCs used to be global celebrations but now they are just another competition. (Last great global tournaments were Beijing olympics and Fifa 2010 WC.)

Cricket and hockey doesn't have characters anymore. Same with football, apart from few older guys, there is much of muchness. WWE has become a shadow of itself.

Movies and films along with music have regressed.

Global culture is in decline since about 2013-14.

Sorry for the rant

 

[JaDed]

Additionaly, I don't think it has much to do with the hagemony of big 3.

In last decade, the rise of social media has shaped the global culture in such a way that sports and other forms of art/entertainment have lost their charm.

I remember Olympics and Fifa WCs used to be global celebrations but now they are just another competition. (Last great global tournaments were Beijing olympics and Fifa 2010 WC.)

Cricket and hockey doesn't have characters anymore. Same with football, apart from few older guys, there is much of muchness. WWE has become a shadow of itself.

Movies and films along with music have regressed.

Global culture is in decline since about 2013-14.

Sorry for the rant

Individualistic society.. which is great, power to all, create content and watch what you want to.

Internet the great equalizer!

 

[bones]

Cricket is definitely boring to me now as well but not because of the dominance of the big teams. Domination in sport is quite common, Manchester United, Schumacher, Djokovic, West Indies all had extended periods dominating their sport with no peers most of the time.

The reason cricket is boring is because it fails to do deal with the things that are killing the game. ODI should have gone the way of dinosaurs about 10 years ago, yet here we are still having this as part of the calendar.

Then there's the issue of time wasting at the end of innings/matches. How often have we seen teams slow down a game to the point where an over takes more than 10 mins, Dhoni and the Indians are especially guilty of this.

Then the's the problem with weather, too dark, rain, wet outfields are so common and there's no workaround. Other sports can carry on, cricket doesn't.

Cricket does a lot right, but the things it does wrong outnumber it.

I used to be a huge fan of cricket up until about 2007. After the 2007 World Cup and Bob Woolmer's death I moved on to other sports. Now I watch Tennis and Snooker more than any other sport. I watch a bit of football but close to no cricket.

 

[bones]

American sports are no better. It's just advertisements followed by more advertisements with a bit of actual play shown. There's a reason why the rest of the world doesn't follow American sports so fondly.

 

[Greenstorm]

Individualistic society.. which is great, power to all, create content and watch what you want to.

Internet the great equalizer!

Individualism should have promoted more characters/originality but opposite is happening. Everyone is copying everyone and it makes sense (excessive exposure to each other through internet).

Most footballers have similar haircuts now. Most Pakistani-Indian cricketers have same facial hair style.

 

[offstump]

A bit of actual play? They show the entire game in every sport.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Additionaly, I don't think it has much to do with the hagemony of big 3.

In last decade, the rise of social media has shaped the global culture in such a way that sports and other forms of art/entertainment have lost their charm.

I remember Olympics and Fifa WCs used to be global celebrations but now they are just another competition. (Last great global tournaments were Beijing olympics and Fifa 2010 WC.)

Cricket and hockey doesn't have characters anymore. Same with football, apart from few older guys, there is much of muchness. WWE has become a shadow of itself.

Movies and films along with music have regressed.

Global culture is in decline since about 2013-14.

Sorry for the rant

Another reason is ... there is just WAY TOO MUCH cricket being played all the time and everywhere.

I remember the days where there was ONLY ONE international series being played between two teams at at one time. And there was NO OTHER cricket to watch.

So the entire cricketing world would follow that series, but now, quantity has taken over quality.
Test, ODI, T20, T10, T5, T1 ... everything is on the TV 24/7.

 

[Gotham Cronie]

You're comparing franchise sports with national sports.

The right comparison would be when the Champions League T20 was being played and look, all the IPL teams dominated.