In reply to archangel

" know of Melbourne trying to promote the game,(really the life of the club) and I know of Kingston CC having family cricket events back then but no one else."

Where the club 20/20 tournament? Where the schoolboy 20/20 tournament? Where is 20/20 in school house cricket?

In reply to sabina

Club 20/20 that is JCA responsibility.

Schoolboy 20/20 : That is JCA and ISSA to work out.

School 20/20; That is the individual Principals and Sports Masters/Mistresses to organize.

It seems there is no culture of cricket at any of those levels.

Blame the West Indies Cricket Board (of control) they are the ones who have mismanaged the game in the region for decades, there has been no improvement at all over the years, now we are at a stage where there is no commentary of regional games. They do nothing to promote the game in the region , they do the opposite and fight the players for what is theirs.


Soon there will be no cricket being played in this region, our FC season has now been boiled down to each team playin each other once. What a travesty , the WICB must be removed and replaced by a more competent governing body. Our cricket is dying , the people in the region need to stop complaining and do something about it.

In reply to archangel

More like no brains.

Cause plenty man talk bout cricket on the sports talk shows. Far more than any other sport.

In reply to sabina


That's the paradox.

In reply to archangel

No. It shows there is interest. It's not lack of interest incricket which is the problem but lack of time.

People got no time these days. They want something they can watch for a couple hours and then go home.

20/20 is the thing. But our admins are blind.

the WICB in WI cricket has become irrelevant to the future of the game in the region, It its time to replace this incompetent body and its money eating staff.


The WICB is a an organization established as a means of supporting the rich lifesyles of its staff and employees while neglecting the game in the region........


from the millions of dollars that disappeared from the skydeal, to the digicel fiasco, these people are incompetent and must be replaced. They care nothing about the game in the region or its future.

where has the money gone?

In reply to Dekkah



Dekks great post but I must quibble with the above quote. Asking people to pay for audio coverage is a non-starter. There is no sport I know of that does are could sustain itself if the fans are asked to pay for basic audio coverage. Any product has to be marketed and part of the basic marketing of a sport is to provide means for casual fans to follow the sport. If this is not provided the sport will die.

You just cannot expect to financially support a sport on the backs of the few diehard fans. People will find alternative entertainment if they cannot follow your sport for free. That goes for West Indians, Americans, Europeans and anybody else.

the way I see it this only opens up a real opportunity for commentary by other means. Inluding the web, Web radio is not that too difficult.

But I agree with the comments, lack of planning and people to take the risks. Capital is sometimes a real problem though. :roll:

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Thankfully there is some recognition of the seriousness of this problem.

The diminishing trend in local cricket coverage in the West Indies started years ago, in the late 70's.

Up till then there were regular broadcasts of ALL first class matches, including tour matches against territorial youth teams, called the Colts matches. In addition, there was live coverage of Jones Cup matches between Demerara and Berbice, which enjoyed first class status. In addition, there were different teams covering each match for each station carrying coverage!

Added to that, all the West Indies youth matches (called BAT matches in those days) were covered, as well as many limited overs Club matches, such as those sponsored by Rothman's (cigarettes) in Guyana.

As politics changed in the region, however, cricket coverage became progressively worse. It was as if the new elite, left-leaning and all, decided that cricket, the Boy Scouts, and a few activities inherited from the British, were vestiges of colonialism that had to be exorcised with all other similar "unclean" things British.

Whatever the reason, cricket - like most other activities in the West Indies, will only flourish with strong political backing. This continuing lack of coverage is but another grave symptom that such backing is just not there.

Norm

In reply to Norm



You are saying that cricket cannot stand on its own? That it needs government to provide a crutch for survival? Well if the only means to give life to cricket is for the government to get involved then I say let it die.

Any sport that cannot be sustained by private enterprise is a sport that does not deserve to survive.

In reply to Zikdaman

Zik,

That private enterprise involvement has to be built on a proper political and legislative framework, not on anybody's "crutch". The New York in "New York Yankees" has a lot of political meaning in it.

Norm

I am at the once unthinkable point of view;West Indies cricket need a private owner. I would love to be that guy /and or girl but frankly at this moment I cannot foot the bill. Therefore I would fully support the ousting of the WICB by a private individual who is willing to bring West Indies cricket back to the top of the mountain where it belong.

(I know the WICB is a so-called private or non public body) However it is run by charity, corruption, incompetence, insularity and other ills which is not working for the benefit of the game, the people nor the players. The last straw for me was this current tour to India where the players are forced to wear Digicel clothing without compensation. Utter utter bullshit.

Allen Stanford you have my support.

Wesley

In reply to Norm



Norm, what are you saying that caribbean governments need to do to provide the political and legislative framework so that private enterprise can be involved in the sport of cricket?

In the Caribbean, most people take the attitude that things will work themselves out...the same attitude displayed by WICB...there is no creative ideas...no thinking outside the box....folks take up position and just expect things to happen by themself....

That's why American and other toursits love the Caribbean...the easy laid back don't have a care in the world attitude...only thing is that attitude is there 365 days a year, while for the tourist it's only a 2 or 3 week experience...