Dan, it is a gem, which I am so lucky to have found it out quite early. Such a deep and interesting article this is, covering mostly all the aspects of a T20 league and its structure, also with good references from soccer.
Re: promotion/relegation, in existing leagues of course it could only be T20 Blast applicable currently but there'd be nothing stopping a new league setting up in this way.
Also, just completed reading the article. I liked the way you emphasized on few points like player and staff payments (where GT20 has struggled big time with that), title sponsorship, rule variations and the Draft Events.
One point with which I disagree is the Promotion and Demotion, which can be only done for the T20 Blast. Other than that, a fantastic article.
A halfway house idea for promotion/relegation - could you have an extra team in the competition with the bottom team sitting out the next edition each year? So Superchargers would miss next year’s Hundred with West Country Warriors or whoever taking their place, but Superchargers would then come back for 2025 in place of 2024’s bottom team. You’d then get the jeopardy and interest at the bottom of the table, but without having to run a whole extra division.
Maybe a bit difficult for the new team to build a squad (guess they’d inherit the relegated team’s players) but should be sortable within the draft and inevitably that would be an issue whenever you have promotion in franchise leagues anyway.
All these are strong points to consider for anyone running a T20 league anywhere in the globe. I would also add hiring the right people in the right positions, on the field, in club/ground operations, and on the business side. In a previous post, you mentioned that a manager once told you they selected a player because he was a "good bloke." Of course, we are all human and sometimes we give deference to certain people and are partial to others, but that is not a way to run a professional sports organization, which if it is suppose to last must be run like a business. This is not a place for leagues to hire family, friends and associates and say wow 'look at our new T20 league' while they pick players up at the airport with rented luxury cars but then place them two in room at the hotel. Meanwhile, communication is poor during weather delays, ground operations are not effective, no webpage exists for fans to purchase merch, etc... No truly successful T20 league can be run like that.
Dan, it is a gem, which I am so lucky to have found it out quite early. Such a deep and interesting article this is, covering mostly all the aspects of a T20 league and its structure, also with good references from soccer.
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated!
Re: promotion/relegation, in existing leagues of course it could only be T20 Blast applicable currently but there'd be nothing stopping a new league setting up in this way.
Also, just completed reading the article. I liked the way you emphasized on few points like player and staff payments (where GT20 has struggled big time with that), title sponsorship, rule variations and the Draft Events.
One point with which I disagree is the Promotion and Demotion, which can be only done for the T20 Blast. Other than that, a fantastic article.
I've also heard GT20 Canada have struggled with paying players promptly and in full.
A halfway house idea for promotion/relegation - could you have an extra team in the competition with the bottom team sitting out the next edition each year? So Superchargers would miss next year’s Hundred with West Country Warriors or whoever taking their place, but Superchargers would then come back for 2025 in place of 2024’s bottom team. You’d then get the jeopardy and interest at the bottom of the table, but without having to run a whole extra division.
Maybe a bit difficult for the new team to build a squad (guess they’d inherit the relegated team’s players) but should be sortable within the draft and inevitably that would be an issue whenever you have promotion in franchise leagues anyway.
All these are strong points to consider for anyone running a T20 league anywhere in the globe. I would also add hiring the right people in the right positions, on the field, in club/ground operations, and on the business side. In a previous post, you mentioned that a manager once told you they selected a player because he was a "good bloke." Of course, we are all human and sometimes we give deference to certain people and are partial to others, but that is not a way to run a professional sports organization, which if it is suppose to last must be run like a business. This is not a place for leagues to hire family, friends and associates and say wow 'look at our new T20 league' while they pick players up at the airport with rented luxury cars but then place them two in room at the hotel. Meanwhile, communication is poor during weather delays, ground operations are not effective, no webpage exists for fans to purchase merch, etc... No truly successful T20 league can be run like that.