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Heartfeltdawn

I hope whoever designed this page and graphics and everything has a Twitter history full of jokes about the Chinese. 

https://www.thehundred.com/info/entertainment-at-the-hundred

For sheer vomit commercialism, it manages to beat the 2016 Greene King Christmas guide to employees. That's some going. 

jpfamps

Heartfeltdawn said:

I hope whoever designed this page and graphics and everything has a Twitter history full of jokes about the Chinese. 

https://www.thehundred.com/info/entertainment-at-the-hundred

For sheer vomit commercialism, it manages to beat the 2016 Greene King Christmas guide to employees. That's some going. 

Wow that is shocking.

Looks like an 8 year old's homework.

Heartfeltdawn

jpfamps said:

Wow that is shocking.

Looks like an 8 year old's homework.

Going through the merchandise section is even more depressing. I don't think I've ever wanted anything to crash and burn and fail more than The Hundred.

jpfamps

Heartfeltdawn said:

jpfamps said:

Wow that is shocking.

Looks like an 8 year old's homework.

Going through the merchandise section is even more depressing. I don't think I've ever wanted anything to crash and burn and fail more than The Hundred.

What a load of old tut!

Yeah, I have to admit I'm not really enamoured of The Hundred.

It looks to me that the ECB regret missing out of the riches of a franchise Twenty20 tournament, and are vainly hoping to avoid making this completely obvious by inventing another format using the excuse that said format will make the game easier to understand, despite making the rules more complicated.

I can't really see how The Hundred would be any more attractive than a francise Twenty20 tournament which could attract the top stars from around the World.

Stuckfast

jpfamps said:

It would have been 1988 or so I played against Granta.

Oh -- well before my time in that case. I only started playing there mid-90s.

jpfamps

Stuckfast said:

jpfamps said:

It would have been 1988 or so I played against Granta.

Oh -- well before my time in that case. I only started playing there mid-90s.

I can't remember playing Granta in late 90s, which does not exclude the possibility I did!

pedalo

I remember getting loads of emails the week when the hundred tickets were going on sale urging me not to miss out as if tickets are going to be like gold dust. Very ambitious marketing! 

I’ll give it a chance but not particularly interested in it succeeding. Just seems like a sticking plaster over the ECB giving away rights to T20. 

sixstringsupplies

It has come to light that another England player in the current squad posted offensive tweets as a 16 year old.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/another-england-men-s-player-found-to-have-posted-discriminatory-content-1265504

Imagine if it was Joe Root! 

Edit: yet to turn 16 at the time. https://wisden.com/stories/news-stories/another-racist-tweet-posted-by-current-england-player-emerges

Heartfeltdawn

jpfamps said:

It looks to me that the ECB regret missing out of the riches of a franchise Twenty20 tournament, and are vainly hoping to avoid making this completely obvious by inventing another format using the excuse that said format will make the game easier to understand, despite making the rules more complicated.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45515806

"The England and Wales Cricket Board has applied for overseas trademarks for the format for its new competition, which is to be introduced in 2020.

Nations planning to run their own version may have to seek ECB approval.

The ECB has filed to trademark "The Hundred" in India, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and is understood to be considering other countries.

The tournament's format, which is set to take place over 100 balls per innings, will be trialled from Friday.

An overseas trademark could mean that the ECB could demand payment from other international boards that want to play a version of the 100-ball format.

However, it is thought to be too early in the development of the format for the ECB to consider charging for its use.

Still, the ECB sees the application for a trademark as prudent given the investment, research and marketing that has so far gone into or will go into the new competition."

crunchman

Heartfeltdawn said:

jpfamps said:

It looks to me that the ECB regret missing out of the riches of a franchise Twenty20 tournament, and are vainly hoping to avoid making this completely obvious by inventing another format using the excuse that said format will make the game easier to understand, despite making the rules more complicated.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45515806

"The England and Wales Cricket Board has applied for overseas trademarks for the format for its new competition, which is to be introduced in 2020.

Nations planning to run their own version may have to seek ECB approval.

The ECB has filed to trademark "The Hundred" in India, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and is understood to be considering other countries.

The tournament's format, which is set to take place over 100 balls per innings, will be trialled from Friday.

An overseas trademark could mean that the ECB could demand payment from other international boards that want to play a version of the 100-ball format.

However, it is thought to be too early in the development of the format for the ECB to consider charging for its use.

Still, the ECB sees the application for a trademark as prudent given the investment, research and marketing that has so far gone into or will go into the new competition."

What stupidity.  Other countries will keep playing 20 20 rather than pay the ECB.

Heartfeltdawn

crunchman said:

What stupidity.  Other countries will keep playing 20 20 rather than pay the ECB.

One of the things that makes a league grow is overseas television contracts. Even for something like the IPL, if it's kept to purely domestic screens then that applies a growth limit. Imagine the Premier League if it only screened to Brits in Britainshire (sic). 

Where is the potential market for The Hundred overseas?

And added is another page from the rancid T100 website. 

"Welcome to The Hundred Rising – a brand new programme of 100 exciting opportunities offering up-and-coming talent a platform to showcase their skills and gain valuable experience working or volunteering on this summer’s must-see sporting and entertainment event."

"Committed to providing CV-enhancing opportunities to help people get ahead despite the challenges of the last year, The Hundred Rising will offer 100 chances to get involved in bringing The Hundred to life.   The Hundred Rising is launching with 32 paid positions on offer to be a Rising Host, Rising Reporter or Rising Content Creator at this summer’s competition.

More roles will be announced in the lead up to the competition across seven host cities – Birmingham, Leeds, London, Nottingham, Manchester, Southampton and Cardiff. There will be four release dates in total so keep an eye on this page to see the latest opportunities as they go live. Check out the current live roles below now!" 

https://www.thehundred.com/rising

it continues on another page:

https://www.thehundred.com/news/2130645/help-produce-the-hundred

"This opportunity gives budding stage and event managers from across England and Wales the chance to volunteer as key members of the Event Presentation Team for The Hundred this summer. This volunteer role will give you first-hand experience of live event production on a major sporting event and provides an opportunity to learn valuable skills to enhance your CV."

All this money that's going into the hands of well paid male players and yet the website's still making pitches like every shithouse restaurant/venue asking bands if they'll play for free and pay their rent with exposure. Look at us, we're so inclusive yet we're also happy to get people to work for free. 

pedalo

Crikey

Heartfeltdawn

@pedalo as you might guess, I both waffle far too much on this thread and despise the very being of The Hundred

scrumhalf

But the 100 is aimed at people who are not yet cricket fans, so presumably they are forging ahead and making the market (people for whom T20 takes soooooooo long that it needs to be reduced.).

Good luck to them. It'll end in tears and will cost the domestic game dear.

jpfamps

scrumhalf said:

But the 100 is aimed at people who are not yet cricket fans, so presumably they are forging ahead and making the market (people for whom T20 takes soooooooo long that it needs to be reduced.).

Good luck to them. It'll end in tears and will cost the domestic game dear.

And can't understand Twenty20, so need a simpler format.............

pedalo

Heartfeltdawn said:

@pedalo as you might guess, I both waffle far too much on this thread and despise the very being of The Hundred

haha the crikey bit was agreeing about the working for free part - an outrageous expectation that boils my blood!!!

Heartfeltdawn

pedalo said:

Heartfeltdawn said:

@pedalo as you might guess, I both waffle far too much on this thread and despise the very being of The Hundred

haha the crikey bit was agreeing about the working for free part - an outrageous expectation that boils my blood!!!

I tweeted the official T100 account this morning who confirmed that the production assistant jobs are all voluntary and unpaid. 

With all the talk of inclusivity and the idea of keeping ticket prices low in order to snaffle 'mums and kids' as Strauss memorably put it, using unpaid labour like this is disgusting. 

The original salary bands were:

In the men’s competition the seven salary bands are: £125,000, £100,000, £75,000, £60,000, £50,000, £40,000 and £30,000. The Wildcard pick will be paid £30,000. Captains will receive a bonus of £10,000. The total salary money per franchise is £1million.

In the women’s competition, salaries are close to the Women’s Big Bash and are much smaller. In fact, the highest salary band in the female version is half the lowest band in the men’s tournament.

The women’s seven salary brackets are: £15,000, £12,000, £9,000, £7,200, £6,000, £4,800 and £3,600. The captains will receive a £1,200 bonus.

Players can put a reserve price on themselves in the draft.

This was dropped by 20% for men in 2021 following last year's cancellation. Women's salaries were not cut. Players did receive 11.5% for doing nothing last year. 

Now I'm not against volunteers. Loads of clubs and organisations use them. My old theatre job did but we gave all volunteers food and drink vouchers to use whenever they wanted and organised special evenings just for them. Lancashire's ad for volunteers this summer says they'll pay £5 travel expenses and free food is on offer. 

https://mmusv.com/vk/volunteers/my_opportunities_info_ur.htm?pid=10010236

The Hundred on the other hand doesn't sound anything more than exploitative. 

Heartfeltdawn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57399018

https://i.imgur.com/uZ4l1Dc.png

"Now, though, as a venerable competition entering its 19th summer, the Blast, which begins on Wednesday, is facing a challenge like never before. The long-awaited Hundred is on the horizon, with a remit to attract new, younger and more diverse followers, with flash marketing, city-based teams and just 100 balls per innings. The Indian Premier League and Big Bash have shown, though, that there is still plenty of juice to be squeezed from the T20 format."

Stop it Auntie, you're an embarrassment. 

Heartfeltdawn

This is brilliant and I' looking forward to future episodes. 

scrumhalf

Heartfeltdawn said:

Stop it Auntie, you're an embarrassment. 

Do you think the Beeb might be showing one or two games form the Hundred?