New Posts For Thread: sky sports and the death of crickethttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricketwhen you hand over such a big sport to a subscripton channel and sign all the rights away you are giving the kiss of death to a sport. The only reason football hasn'tgone the same way is because its the national game. The world cup of cricket is on afrom top to bottom the sport is living in the pastso are some of us don't knock itNot having England players playing fro their counties is ridiculousSome things need to be managed, if everything is short termism and profit you kill ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=544005373#544005373from top to bottom the sport is living in the pastso are some of us don't knock itNot having England players playing fro their counties is ridiculousSome things need to be managed, if everything is short termism and profit you kill itThu, 19 Mar 2015 17:08:25 -0500from top to bottom the sport is living in the pastas boycott said when asked to describe england in 3 words this week; "i only need one, rubbish"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=544002405#544002405from top to bottom the sport is living in the pastas boycott said when asked to describe england in 3 words this week; "i only need one, rubbish"Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:33:24 -0500Fanciful to deny that SKY sports gaining exclusive coverage wouldnt lead to a drop in interest. I have never,and never will subscribe to SKY so my interest in cricket now is minimal. The ECB may say otherwise but as one prostitute is known to have sahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=544002389#544002389Fanciful to deny that SKY sports gaining exclusive coverage wouldnt lead to a drop in interest. I have never,and never will subscribe to SKY so my interest in cricket now is minimal. The ECB may say otherwise but as one prostitute is known to have saThu, 19 Mar 2015 14:32:18 -0500Mighty Whites, following from the Telegraph November 2014"The England and Wales Cricket Board has been surprised by results from its own commissioned survey which received 37,500 responses from cricket players around the country and revealed the numbhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=544001663#544001663Mighty Whites, following from the Telegraph November 2014"The England and Wales Cricket Board has been surprised by results from its own commissioned survey which received 37,500 responses from cricket players around the country and revealed the numbThu, 19 Mar 2015 13:35:34 -0500Morp : it was Roy Fredericks who trod on his stumps hooking the ball for six.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=543997029#543997029Morp : it was Roy Fredericks who trod on his stumps hooking the ball for six.Thu, 19 Mar 2015 04:55:08 -0500Also the disconnect between county and England players killed much interest here in the UKThis - 20 years ago I would watch Lancs and their line up was sometimes like watching the England team as they usually had 6 or 7 internationals playing includihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=543996675#543996675Also the disconnect between county and England players killed much interest here in the UKThis - 20 years ago I would watch Lancs and their line up was sometimes like watching the England team as they usually had 6 or 7 internationals playing includiThu, 19 Mar 2015 03:23:26 -0500good pointhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=543994613#543994613good pointWed, 18 Mar 2015 19:31:07 -0500There's just too much cricket. Who cares any more? Also the disconnect between county and England players killed much interest here in the UK. Plus the management and players in the England set-up are over reliant on slogans and data, and lack menthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=543994047#543994047There's just too much cricket. Who cares any more? Also the disconnect between county and England players killed much interest here in the UK. Plus the management and players in the England set-up are over reliant on slogans and data, and lack mentWed, 18 Mar 2015 18:50:08 -0500dressed in coloured pyjamas trying to slog your way to victory - says it allhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=543994007#543994007dressed in coloured pyjamas trying to slog your way to victory - says it allWed, 18 Mar 2015 18:44:33 -0500What was crucial for the premier league in 1992 was that the BBC still had highlights on MoTDSky actually outbid Radio 5 for the radio rights ,even though Sky had no radio station ! (the regulator told them to do one )Sky didn't want any radio coverhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30461671/sky-sports-and-the-death-of-cricket?post_id=543992653#543992653What was crucial for the premier league in 1992 was that the BBC still had highlights on MoTDSky actually outbid Radio 5 for the radio rights ,even though Sky had no radio station ! (the regulator told them to do one )Sky didn't want any radio coverWed, 18 Mar 2015 17:08:28 -0500