Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
In terms of short-term financial benefit, yes - exactly like the Sky deal.DanielFullard said:Ha.
For a club like Durham we would benefit far more in financial terms from having the ashes here. You seem to be suggesting that Skys deal means that any money from hosting the ashes is relatively nothing......which is untrue. Skys deal is not that big and even though it provides an essential amount of money to the counties the actual hosting of a Ashes match would be of infinite more benefit to a club like Durham.
In terms of long-term attraction of the future fans who are going to keep the game afloat with their eyeballs, the Sky deal does a massive amount of damage, sharing-out the Tests does an infintessimal amount of good.