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Re: Twenty/20 - its here to stay Funny you should say that because the majority of Americans don't watch the SuperBowl because of the game, especially if its between two teams that dont have a very big following, but watch it for the commercials. Go figure.

Re: Twenty/20 - its here to stay Avg. attendance for a game or for the season?? Soccer is played in stadiums, hockey in arenas. Therefore you have a seating capacity issue. Plus you have the issue of price for a ticket to go see a hockey game, compared to the cost to see a soccer game...

Re: Twenty/20 - its here to stay ESPN may have dumped hockey, but Fox Sports, a major cable sports network in the US, does show hockey, aside from OLN. Why are you comparing Stanley Cup (US/Canada Championship) to FIFA Cup (World Championship)?? That makes no sense. Of course the...

Re: Twenty/20 - its here to stay What do you mean by that? My statement was in reference to Swamis statement that 20/20 will easily rank higher than hockey or soccer. And I actually do think cricket can become a mainstream sport here. It is a competitive sport and a marketable sport. It...

Re: USACA marketing deal a hoax Well, I guess the one million dollar championship is out of the picture. :) Maybe the USACA should start buying some lottery tickets.

Re: Twenty/20 - its here to stay No way any kind of cricket will rank higher than hockey here in the US. Not when you've got the Great White North above us. Soccer maybe, but it will be a long road to climb. 20/20 is definitely the version of cricket Americans will embrace the most out of...

Re: here's your chance, ICC I agree. Control and strategy are key in making a great baseball pitcher, not just 100mph fastballs. As I am sure it is the same way in cricket. Training Major League Baseball players to play cricket will take quite a bit of time, especially pitchers because...

Re: only Yanks can revitalize world cricket Chandu- Wow...$100 million "golden pot"? Now we're talking! Why are you comparing Oreck vacuums and Vegemite to the sports industry here in the US? Those are 3 totally different industry markets here. And yet you want to continue to badger me...

Re: only Yanks can revitalize world cricket Chandu- The $1 million I am referring to comes from the $10 million that "Centrex" is supposedly bringing in the US to promote cricket(see my post #66). I could care less about the laws of supply/demand and basic economic principles. Businesses...

Re: only Yanks can revitalize world cricket If you are saying our current national champions aren't much to be desired, it is probably because there is no incentive for them to really play at a high caliber level. It is more of a recreational level of play. I think if you flash $1 million in...

Re: only Yanks can revitalize world cricket And when I mean Grand Final event, I mean like a national tournament with lots of teams involved. Not just throwing two teams on the field and giving $1 million to the winner. Sorry if I wasn't too clear on that.

Re: only Yanks can revitalize world cricket Popular demand for those sports(golf, tennis, bowling) was driven, and is being driven, by big money and high paid endorsements from companies like Nike, Adidas, Taylor Made, Brunswick,...you name it. There is nothing of that kind for cricket here in...

Re: only Yanks can revitalize world cricket You want to know why the majority of Americans don't know about cricket or don't care about it? There are no incentives!! Why do we play golf? Because we want to be like Tiger Woods and make millions. Why do we play baseball? Because we want to...