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As he should have been.
Not sure where Paul is getting his information from. The club will vote on 10 June. My gut feel is it will be a close vote.SS,Paul Amy is tweeting as if the merger has been approved,are you in a position to confirm?
And that $100K per region will bring out quality adminstrators................................Hard to understand why anyone would have wasted their time going on it in the first place. Who would have thought that driving across towns takes a bit of time, that it's hard dealing with councils, and that the various associations think they do a pretty good job on their own and don't want to toss their history into the bin. Mind blowing revelations.
Where to?Rohan Wight gone from Ormond, couldn't keep everyone and get Harrison.
Hard to understand why anyone would have wasted their time going on it in the first place. Who would have thought that driving across towns takes a bit of time, that it's hard dealing with councils, and that the various associations think they do a pretty good job on their own and don't want to toss their history into the bin. Mind blowing revelations.
1 comp makes for a much more streamlined and efficient use of available resources. No one could argue against that.
If all the best players outside of premier cricket are playing in the one comp that will also strengthen the league and fast track development of the juniors.
I personally would like to see the top grade not bound by geographical borders.
1 comp outside Premier 1st & 2nd and Sub District 1st & 2nd would be idle but won't happen clubs like Ashburton Willows will never play against the likes of Yarrivlle Club or Bonbeach same goes for Cranbourne playing the likes of La Trobe Uni or Middle Park or playing a Ormond 3rd X1 keep DDCA , ECA , VTCA with maybe restruct the South section with clubs also looking at MCA for lower X1
I think you are right on the money there panther, except that it's 5 comps not one, the best players don't play each other because clubs are permanently stuck in their zone, and there is no top grade proposed. That, and the fact that only one comp, the smallest, actually likes it means what was proposed isn't happening. Sorry about the bad news.
Would appreciate you bringing me up-to-date RTG. I thought the Dandenong comp also liked the CV model's concept. Can I take it that when it came to the crunch, only the Willy comp was in favour. I also make the point that, unlike the turf-only comps, Dandy and Willy would not have had to give up their history (initially at least), as they would have continued to have many teams in their synthetic divisions.
Westland I have only seen one comp reported as being in favour, the Willy comp. As we know, VSDCA, VTCA, and MCA have all publicly stated they are against. I have not seen a public position from either ECA and DDCA but I think it fair to assume they would support it as they would, as you point out, operate essentially unchanged (plus a club here minus a club there). If the WDCA, ECA, and DDCA all are in favour, it means zero while the VTCA and VSDCA are against.
Westland I have only seen one comp reported as being in favour, the Willy comp. As we know, VSDCA, VTCA, and MCA have all publicly stated they are against. I have not seen a public position from either ECA and DDCA but I think it fair to assume they would support it as they would, as you point out, operate essentially unchanged (plus a club here minus a club there). If the WDCA, ECA, and DDCA all are in favour, it means zero while the VTCA and VSDCA are against.
Important thing is to remember that it isn’t the VSDCA or the VTCA who voting for it, nor does it need to happen in all 5 regions straight away. The DDCA and the ECA are essentially being given $100K to continue to operate business as usual – bar, as you say +/- a couple of clubs. They'd be mad not to do it, in my opinion
The DDCA are on the record as being in favour, as are the WDCA. The ECA I think are against if the majority of associations don’t vote in favour, but the indications are the clubs are in favour. And as I said, it isn’t the associations who are making the call
If you told them it was ready to go in 16/17, I'd reckon the clubs in the VTCA South would join up tomorrow
Correct – the $100K is given to the region towards a full time administrator, and associated costs. But surely the infrastructure in an existing comp is already there. The DDCA already have a HQ, and computers and mobiles etc – and their current executive/future board will continue to be paid the honorarium they presumably already get– so it is $100K on top of the income they already generate from clubs, sponsors etc. Now let's say they spend $90K on full time /part-time administrator(s), straight away they've got $10K on top of their existing funds for them to do whatever they want.Correct me if I'm wrong. That 100k is to appoint a full time administrator and the current administrators work on a volunteer basis?
I think from the perspective of local cricket. The biggest potential benefit would be a potential stronger working relationship with local councils that would potentially come out of having stronger advocacy from cricket victoria. Could be wrong though.
Correct – the $100K is given to the region towards a full time administrator, and associated costs. But surely the infrastructure in an existing comp is already there. The DDCA already have a HQ, and computers and mobiles etc – and their current executive/future board will continue to be paid the honorarium they presumably already get– so it is $100K on top of the income they already generate from clubs, sponsors etc. Now let's say they spend $90K on full time /part-time administrator(s), straight away they've got $10K on top of their existing funds for them to do whatever they want.
So an existing association, effectively given free reign over the region they currently preside (ECA/DDCA and possibly VTCA in the north and SECA if they wanted to take over the South) would be mad in my opinion, not to be all over it