akira2291
Club Cricketer
1450, signed (im the only one living in germany from us?!)
Off spinner said:So I say, stop whingeing, sign up to Sky Sports and take comfort from the fact that the ?33 you are paying Sky each month is supporting the future of English cricket.
I see you've been suckered in by the ECB's spin.Off spinner said:This is going to make me very unpopular, but I am pleased to see the ECB making a sensible decision about funding the sport through to 2009.
Imagine what would have happened if they had accepted Channel 4's offer? We would have seen funding slump in the key areas such as the England team, junior cricket and the National Academy at Loughborough and this would undoubtedly lead to a decline in the standard of England's performance over the next 4 years.
It's a sad fact of being a cricket supporter that it's a desperately underfunded sport in England and we're mostly the ones to blame for not pouring our hard-earned cash into our local teams the way football supporters do. It's no surprise the ECB have to grant TV rights to the highest bidder to keep the game afloat.
So I say, stop whingeing, sign up to Sky Sports and take comfort from the fact that the ?33 you are paying Sky each month is supporting the future of English cricket.
stevie said:Those children will grow up wanting to be Wayne Rooney, Shaun Wright-Phillips or whichever young players are coming along in the next few years.