Quote: wire-quin "Just when crowds at RL are declining with or without Covid, what a brilliant job England Cricket has done with the introduction of the Hundred.
Healthy crowds, various channels showing it, mixed audiences at the ground, Big brand sponsors, music, excitement......... SL and Rimmer get to Old Trafford and take some notes & Stop looking for excuses.'"
Few points:
- Crowds are about as good as cricket's existing competition (T20 Blast) so it has not been a revelation that way.
- RL is more of a mixed sport than most.
- It's a franchise completion that has negatively affected existing clubs, do you want RL to become a franchise sport?
- It has been hugely bankrolled by the ECB. Money RL simply doesn't have.
- It currently has a novelty factor, which will wear away.
I agree RL needs a shake-up but the only good thing about The Hundred is putting the sport on free-to-air TV.