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I would be in favour of 3 divisions/conferences for the county championship. Hadn't thought of expanding it to include some minor counties. Even split the current 18 counties into 3 would work for me - I appreciate this would see a reduction in the number of games to just 10 each. But maybe was of season play offs of some kind could be introduced too?
Also need to utilise the out grounds for counties again to make it easier for more people to get to a game to watch cricket. Appreciate this would be unlikely for T20 as revenue would be decreased with capacity likely to be less than at the counties main home, but worth a go with the 50 over comp surely - especially on a weekend or if scheduled in the school summer holidays.
My approach here is that divisions of eight work. Also there are financial questions over the viability of some counties. If the third tier is arranged in such a way to ease financial pressures (part-time if required, played on big clubs grounds etc) then this fulfills both. Also, brings National Counties and European countries into the mix. Top division = the Premier League, Second division = the Championship, Third Division = National League.
I would be in favour of 3 divisions/conferences for the county championship. Hadn't thought of expanding it to include some minor counties. Even split the current 18 counties into 3 would work for me - I appreciate this would see a reduction in the number of games to just 10 each. But maybe was of season play offs of some kind could be introduced too?
Also need to utilise the out grounds for counties again to make it easier for more people to get to a game to watch cricket. Appreciate this would be unlikely for T20 as revenue would be decreased with capacity likely to be less than at the counties main home, but worth a go with the 50 over comp surely - especially on a weekend or if scheduled in the school summer holidays.
My approach here is that divisions of eight work. Also there are financial questions over the viability of some counties. If the third tier is arranged in such a way to ease financial pressures (part-time if required, played on big clubs grounds etc) then this fulfills both. Also, brings National Counties and European countries into the mix. Top division = the Premier League, Second division = the Championship, Third Division = National League.