Right, now before you leave any pesky comments, they have already made plans to shorten the season, the Australian test players are all getting involved, and the whole comp is kind of picking up in general. But this video was written before the season started and I couldn’t really alter it. So some stuff in here seems outdated but there you go the sun rises tomorrow. Happy thanksgiving
Chanel 7 has kept the rights contrary to you comment about them wanting to offload the product and also you should look at the test schedule for next summer..
Feel like this video came a year late, seen nothing but positivity from almost everyone this year, crowds growing, everyone on my twitter feeds watching & loving it, even with lots of big names injured. BBL is on the up again imo
mate the BBL is growing so much this year. The average crowd attendance last year was about 7,000 whereas it has jumped right up to almost 16,000 and that gets dragged down because of poor crowds in Hobart, Marvel and spotless stadium. Optus stadium gets almost 30,000 per game. Whilst Adelaida oval, SCG, and the GABBA get about 20,000 per game. MCG gets about 15,000 per game so this year has actually been a huge success.
I remember BBL I think 4 and 5 , the one with Brett Lee bowling his last over ever and then Moises failing the run out, amazing scenes. When it's like you DID NOT want to miss a match, and because every match was on 10 it was easy to get interested and stay interested. Then moving games to Foxtel didn't help either. In my opinion if it had never gone to ten, it would have never had those glory days era years at all, it would have just chugged along continuing barely being noticed. One match a night, on the same channel and mostly the same time was amazing, basically for lack of a better word a month long reality show. Seriously, you've now got some games going past 12am on the east coast. Idk who they think is watching
Another problem with the BBL in my opinion is the advertising of matches, I attended a few of the ICC World Cup games in Adelaide during 2022 and to the best of my recollection, not once was the Australian test summer of Cricket or BBL mentioned at the venue on the loudspeakers or on any of the LED advertising boards around the oval, even if these matches were in October/November and the Tests/BBL not starting for a month or so, the lack of effort to get any word out there isn't doing them any good.
I did an MCG tour in the lead up to the World Cup and they mentioned that when the World Cups are contested the ICC takes temporary ownership of all the grounds in use, and it is them that dictate everything at the venues, such as food, drink, advertisements. Cricket Australia does not get a say in anything regarding World Cups, nor do the State Cricket Governing Bodies nor the Venue owners
@@jakesaddo There you go, thanks for that! Even during the Test match at AO, there wasn’t much mentioning of the BBL and that was all Cricket Australia managed.
The advertising of matches is a problem for all cricket Australia matches. The ODI services verses the West Indies, for example, wasn’t advertised at all and no one even realised it was on. I think this stems from Cricket Aus traditionally relying on tv networks advertising their games for them. They don’t do anything themselves
As we now know, they have reduced the games to 10 which I think is a huge positive, along with this, I do think this season the crowds have improved (even if its slightly) esp for a few teams like adelaide and brisbane. So i think its heading in the right projectory which is positive news! I'd also argue the cricket this season has been pretty good and entertaining for the most part
I'm a bit late, but I think there's probably something else important to note. I remember, growing up with the BBL at the games were packed both with families but also with people enjoying a night out. I was one of those kids that got into it early and went to every home match. As I have grown up, it's seeming to be targeted more and more towards kids. Perhaps more noticable to me as I grew up, but still something noted to me by my parents becoming more and more structured towards kids, especially when I've had "nights" at the cricket with my friends and it's just not that same vibe as it used to have. A chance to hang out with friends, have a few drinks, chat while getting to watch the game is such a great market that the BBL could also tap into to give it a different flavour too. It's great to have such a child-friendly and -marketed game, but the vibe of people going out to hang at the cricket would be something to return toward.
The crowds are beginning to grow, for example the NYE match between Strikers and Stars was packed, 40k attended and it was a very close game, not a thrashing like many others.
That game had 38k, the sydney smash at the scg also had 38k the sydney smash at sydney showground had 20k which is max capacity. Pretty much every game this season has got over 10k except games in small towns like hobart, coffs harbour, cairns, launceston.
I've been to a few BBL games in a couple of cities this season and while it's not exactly the same I don't think the product has taken a massive hit. Sure covid has delayed the international talent pool a bit but it's still respectable quality. Hopefully by 2024 the covid issues will be long gone. If you don't enjoy BBL cricket the same way anymore, and I don't, there's a simple answer to that. We all just got older. With it's bright colours and all the sound effects and the ground and everything it's really an event for kids, though can still be enjoyed by older teens and adults when at it's best. Good work on this series mate, hopefully we might see another cricket video before footy season rolls around 🤞
I couldn't agree more. I'm 16, and a week ago I went to the Heat game against the Scorchers, and had already realised the target audience of the comp: children. Fascinatingly, i went to a WBBL game (also against the Scorchers) at AB Field, and the sold-out 10K felt so much better than the 16K at the Gabba. The women's game felt more... grown up. I hadn't been to a (men's) game since the start of BBL09, in which I was lucky to be a ball kid, and even comparing then to now, it just felt better then. CA seem to think that the only way to get people into cricket is to make it seem like a show, with cricket on the side, despite good old-fashioned Tests getting consistently decent crowds.I wish they took a page out of the IPL and made the comp more 'grown up.'
great takes, I also think the CA should try to work with the bcci for Indian players. Maybe Just 1 or 2 per team. would increase Crowds and Viewership significantly
@@mikespearwood3914 T20 cricket isn’t boring tho, I think old mate is tryna point out that when mainstream Aussies think of cricket they still think of Test not T20
@@foleyyy6220 yes, the narrative will change soon. But it does not help that free Aus cricket is the test matches. Cricket fans would be happy, but the avg sport fan may not like it.
Good video, as you noted I think the season shortening, return of test players and crowds has improved things drastically this season. There have been a number of terrific matches this season (Matt Short’s chase comes especially to mind) and I’ve been genuinely semi-interested in the season for the first time in about 5-6 years
Love the follow up mate! It’s scary to see it heading towards the old state based big bash which was a disaster towards the end. Here’s hoping that’s not the case here!
Crowds are up, 20% more viewers in 2022/23 on Fox, a lot of close finishes the BBL is going well at the moment...but a few more international players and 2 teams from NZ....then I reckon it would be amazing.
Extremely great video. I'm glad that BBL14 will bring in a shorter season, but I'm not a fan of the 3 game finals season and personally think they should make it four games like the IPL. (1v2, loser players winner of 3v4) Also the season NEEDS to be played DURING the holiday season, not before, not after. This season, the season opener started a couple of days before the school holidays and the season ends after the school holidays. I personally think that the season should finish before the Australian Open starts (or before the finals of the Australian Open starts) as it could possibly help boost TV viewership alongside attendances for Stars and Renegades. The Seven/Fox/Kayo deal also needs to be addressed as some games aren't free to air, which definitely affects viewership of the league. And keep in mind that from BBL14 onwards, only 33 games out of 44 will be free to air on Seven. 25% of games are accessible through a paywall, which is extremely disappointing. But we can all see that the competition is starting to get it together thanks to the decisions Cricket Australia are making. This is just my opinion.
If you've only got 4 teams in finals, just make it a proper semifinal system (1v4 and 2v3, winners play the final). It should be played in the month of December only. How awesome would a New Year's Eve final be?
It was great to see for next season that the BBL season will have less games, also another problem was the slow over rate which they had addressed this season.
Shortening the season is the single best thing that can be done for the BBL. It's gotten stale and there are too many games. Short and sharp is what T20 cricket needs.
Not always 20k+, but every game has had more than 10k except for games in small towns. The new years game and the sydney/melbourne smashes had 38k each.
I honestly think the league is already on the way up this season, crowds have doubled (admittedly easy to do), and the competition is pretty even - no team is truly out of the tournament
Half the games not being on free to air also didn’t help since some people couldn’t watch every game and also the different commentary team on fox and 7 meant that the good commentators were diluted compared to when they were all on 10
I think a fair assumption of why quite a few people have reservations to go to games is that if it is a blowout, you could be there for less than 2 hours. I would absolutely love to see an introduction of back-to-back games. Would be awesome to be able to spend a full 6 hours watching the teams play twice on the weekend
@@amireallythatgrumpy6508 may be rare but it still plays on people's minds it seems. That being said that is from my limited question to friends and family about it
Sydney is an issue with regards to weather now , so wash out games need a solution. I think adopting a round robin, carnival style tournament, starting in cities that are less likely to get high rainfall in Summer , Adelaide, Perth , Brisbane, Melbourne , Cairns maybe Darwin . Much like the old tri series with Australia A in 50 over. Go around the country. Top 4 play off. Shortens the season. Packs a lot of games in. Spectators get value for money. Cities would get a good dose of cricket. Teams would have to perform all the time to make finals. Start games on a Friday afternoon, dusk and then night. Then on Saturday . Camp moves on the Sunday. Whilst kids are on school holidays, go to mid week. I think start around Xmas , finish mid to late January. Promotes tourism. Go see your team play interstate People are generally moving around over Xmas anyway. The BBL is now competing with the UAE and other leagues . So the product needs to be appealing no matter what's decided.
Two more reasons that get over looking when it comes to the popularity of the BBL going down. Reason one the TV rights deal is awful, and not in the way you think it is, but the reason why it's awful because having games exclusive Kayo/Foxtel always hurts the popularity of the sport, because they are behind a paywall, which some people can't pay for, or don't want to pay for it because of other reasons that I don't want to get into. Reason number two sandpaper gate yes I know it's almost been 5 years later, but there is still a lot of people in this country upset over it, and it's led to this very difficult relationship with the Australian public for Australian cricket, and the BBL popularity has taken head because of it.
I agree! If a sport is behind a paywall I won’t watch it. I think the AFL does the best with providing a good showing on free to air tv. Sandpaper gate still has put a bad taste in my mouth. I like the aussies winning just like any other Australian but as a kid watching cricket in the 2000’s I remember it being fun. You had dizzy with his celebration, Warnie being a character and Hussey just seemed to love being anywhere near the sport. They were serious but seemed to not take themselves so seriously. Still a cricket fan but find myself not watching much of it anymore (that includes all forms).
@@Snakey8181 the only character in the test team atm is marnus. he actually shows how much he loves the sport and playing for his country. the rest just feel like robots
The main things that ruins the BBL for me anyway is the players changing teams. The scorchers are meant to be veterans and feared all throughout the tournament. The sixers are meant to be able to do anything. The Renegades are meant to be a team that can absolutely rip open a team, but only in certain situations. The Thunder are meant to have very deep, and strong batting. The Heat are meant to make it to the finals from one player doing well. The Hurricanes are meant to be a wild card team. The Strikers are meant to either be very strong, or in the bottom two. The stars are always meant to hold the records. But it just doesn't fell like that anymore.
With the shortening of the games and the power plays it's really going to help next season, now they've gotta insentivise loyalty to a team to the players and we're good. Also, just my opinion, if the networks really want more games why don't they invest in a new team or two? Darwin, Gold Coast???
Gold Coast don’t have a history with creating good teams (GC Titans and GC Suns). That would be a good idea to have more than 7 games per season but less than 14, however I don’t think there is enough local talent for more than 8 teams.
Here in the UK we love to watch BBL but this season has been a long drag I won’t lie. It’s too long (which is being changed) the squads lack any real overseas talent this year and it feels like most games are one sided. However some new players have come out who look exciting so that’s intriguing. Don’t think it helps that we have BBL, BPL, ILT20, SA20 all on at the same time
It’s awkward because they can’t really move the big bash to a different time of year. The AFL is played during the middle of the year, the iconic tradition of Aussie tests are played over Christmas, so Big Bash has to be played over the Christmas holidays which clashes with the Test season, when the franchise was first made it was seen as a good thing because more families would be available for crowds at games.
I feel like a big problem is their relevance, even though throughout the winter AFL and NRL steal the limelight. The BBL has to try and remain relevance throughout the off season. How the first game of the BBL season is a first game. They should take a page out of the AFL’s book and have a big rivalry first game. Also getting people excited for the season is key.
Great video once again. The player loyalty is definitely an issue. I also think international players should have to stay most of the season instead of 4-6 rounds.
Maybe an 11 game season where you play every team once then 4 teams twice so you can medium out the tv revenue loss, maybe make the Melbourne derby Guaranteed to happen twice and the Sydney clash, and spread the rest out
I think is by the same guy who tried to make a doco about the decline of Australian rugby that no-one watched and no-one paid for. I'm going back to watching the BBL live. I've been enjoying the latter half of the 22-23 BBL season on TV. And that was after I watched the Thunder get bowled out for a record low 15 runs at Sydney Olympic Park. Private school toffs. They really are disconnected from the rest of Australian society, aren't they?
For what it’s worth I don’t watch tv anymore. I will watch a highlights package on the app but that’s about it. My kids also don’t know what free to air tv is. Their forms of entertainment are so far removed from what mine was. Would like to know the cost for a family to go would be plus food etc.
would love to see a video about odi cricket and how that has fallen from being loved to non existent. no australia day game, not games after the test matches, very disappointing
ODI’s are just seen as an inferior version of t20 now. If you want to watch old fashioned cricket you watch tests/first class, if you want to see guys bash 6s then watch t20, ODIs are stuck in the middle. Before t20 existed, ODIs played the role of a faster form of cricket but they were since replaced.
@@stantonclark naah T20's don't provide what ODI's provide, it being a middle ground between the traditional test format and the T20 format is an intriguing thing to me... If the pitch is sporting with something for both the bowlers and batsmen, a 50 overs game between 2 strong evenly matched teams can be much more exciting and engaging than a T20 game on the same pitch between the same 2 teams. I would watch a game of 50 overs cricket rather than T20 game any day, provided I have the time...
I for one find it bewildering that the competition marketed itself as this techboligically futuristic and innovative take on cricket, yet hasn't had any real changes or new gimmicks since it's inception. It's such a contrast. Zing bails, ref cams and player mics were creative. It's almost as if all the creative and risk taking people within CA have left along with those who understand what breeds competition and passion (I admit those people probably never existed, and those obvious oversights didn't make themselves known til later). It doesnt make sense how the same backroom staff can be so progressive 10 years ago, yet have literally zero of what made them work since. Pretty pathetic really. The organisation could do worse than hire some disrupters from other sports around the world
The players who are playing in big bash don’t have enough talent to compete at this level . This year very poor cricket has been played in most games . Bring back the big international stars and make the season small .
The player distributed is very important Perth scorchers has all the players that are not likely to play tests yet are still international quality that is you they are successful a good league need to have that anything can happen factor
I agree with this, there are far too many games now and I don't recognize any of the players in my favorite teams anymore. Not to mention I'm sick of having KFC fried chicken splashed on the screen for half the match. Get rid of female commentators from the Men's league and get rid of male commentators from the WBBL. As a long time cricket fan I can't take female commentators seriously as it's impossible they have the long term first hand experience on the topic of men's cricket. People like Ricky Ponting know their shit and thus what they have to say is based on many years of experience directly related to what's going on. So Limit the games back to what it was, make the games matter, maintain the same players, less greasy fried chicken sponsorship, use commentators that actually have experience and expert knowledge in the form of the game they are talking about and less wokeness.
It was fresh and a spectacle... then everyone realized its.. just... Cricket.... good OL boring cricket.. "An Individual game that Pretends to be a Team game"
is it beyond fixing now though, we had a world cup here with the worlds best players and a limited amount of games and still that seemed to have very low interest from fans and average attendances
There is bbl going and Australian test series at the same time, it is so disappointing to see that step from CA. They are not putting their players to support their own league. So much to say… but I will not it doesn’t matter
wood love yo see you cuver the thi sumers of test games an how evey one thinks the sport is desd over here in the west cos of the test mach that was play mid week were school were still siting an evey one is at work that was inthe news head lines for days over here
Cricket in Australia is in a bad place in all codes no characters no experienced seasoned players and get rid of all the toxic players first then the Australian people will follow our teams especially when the toxic winging im above the world players are gone lets see the players that just want to represent their country because they are Australian alone
BBL needs to shorten the season by like 3 games ( per team ) so 11. U play each team once ( minimum ) and then Renegades as an expample u play Stars twice ( rivalry ) and then based of ladder pos should the other games be decided. Like the AFL the higher u finish the harder the fixture. ( and i know the BBL only has 8 teams but it's just a concept )
Raiding and retaining are not mutually exclusive, you can raid and then retain. Klinger, Tye, Richardson, Berrendorf, Agar, Turner, Simmons, Bancroft, Marsh, Ingliss
Theres too much fkn cricket full stop. The sport is slowly dying in Aust. We only really care when we play England. I grew up in the 80's and loved watching cricket now i have little to no interest.
The team identity aspect is a very good point. Players changing teams every season ruins this
That happens in every sport
It's more that the teams change so much in the same season
Right, now before you leave any pesky comments, they have already made plans to shorten the season, the Australian test players are all getting involved, and the whole comp is kind of picking up in general. But this video was written before the season started and I couldn’t really alter it. So some stuff in here seems outdated but there you go the sun rises tomorrow. Happy thanksgiving
great video still could tell this was earlier but you are definitely one of the best australian sports youtubers ❤
Chanel 7 has kept the rights contrary to you comment about them wanting to offload the product and also you should look at the test schedule for next summer..
Try to have it play away from the main ground as well, Coff Harbour, Carrara, Metricon, Albury etc were so packed as soon as a game came there.
Thanksgiving!?
Dude ur a joke
Feel like this video came a year late, seen nothing but positivity from almost everyone this year, crowds growing, everyone on my twitter feeds watching & loving it, even with lots of big names injured. BBL is on the up again imo
mate the BBL is growing so much this year. The average crowd attendance last year was about 7,000 whereas it has jumped right up to almost 16,000 and that gets dragged down because of poor crowds in Hobart, Marvel and spotless stadium. Optus stadium gets almost 30,000 per game. Whilst Adelaida oval, SCG, and the GABBA get about 20,000 per game. MCG gets about 15,000 per game so this year has actually been a huge success.
I remember BBL I think 4 and 5 , the one with Brett Lee bowling his last over ever and then Moises failing the run out, amazing scenes. When it's like you DID NOT want to miss a match, and because every match was on 10 it was easy to get interested and stay interested. Then moving games to Foxtel didn't help either. In my opinion if it had never gone to ten, it would have never had those glory days era years at all, it would have just chugged along continuing barely being noticed.
One match a night, on the same channel and mostly the same time was amazing, basically for lack of a better word a month long reality show. Seriously, you've now got some games going past 12am on the east coast. Idk who they think is watching
Another problem with the BBL in my opinion is the advertising of matches, I attended a few of the ICC World Cup games in Adelaide during 2022 and to the best of my recollection, not once was the Australian test summer of Cricket or BBL mentioned at the venue on the loudspeakers or on any of the LED advertising boards around the oval, even if these matches were in October/November and the Tests/BBL not starting for a month or so, the lack of effort to get any word out there isn't doing them any good.
I did an MCG tour in the lead up to the World Cup and they mentioned that when the World Cups are contested the ICC takes temporary ownership of all the grounds in use, and it is them that dictate everything at the venues, such as food, drink, advertisements. Cricket Australia does not get a say in anything regarding World Cups, nor do the State Cricket Governing Bodies nor the Venue owners
@@jakesaddo There you go, thanks for that! Even during the Test match at AO, there wasn’t much mentioning of the BBL and that was all Cricket Australia managed.
The advertising of matches is a problem for all cricket Australia matches. The ODI services verses the West Indies, for example, wasn’t advertised at all and no one even realised it was on. I think this stems from Cricket Aus traditionally relying on tv networks advertising their games for them. They don’t do anything themselves
CA have a similar issue with Tests; the recent West Indies test Perth barely anyone knew about.
As we now know, they have reduced the games to 10 which I think is a huge positive, along with this, I do think this season the crowds have improved (even if its slightly) esp for a few teams like adelaide and brisbane. So i think its heading in the right projectory which is positive news! I'd also argue the cricket this season has been pretty good and entertaining for the most part
I'm a bit late, but I think there's probably something else important to note.
I remember, growing up with the BBL at the games were packed both with families but also with people enjoying a night out. I was one of those kids that got into it early and went to every home match. As I have grown up, it's seeming to be targeted more and more towards kids. Perhaps more noticable to me as I grew up, but still something noted to me by my parents becoming more and more structured towards kids, especially when I've had "nights" at the cricket with my friends and it's just not that same vibe as it used to have.
A chance to hang out with friends, have a few drinks, chat while getting to watch the game is such a great market that the BBL could also tap into to give it a different flavour too. It's great to have such a child-friendly and -marketed game, but the vibe of people going out to hang at the cricket would be something to return toward.
The crowds are beginning to grow, for example the NYE match between Strikers and Stars was packed, 40k attended and it was a very close game, not a thrashing like many others.
Yeah I went to the Sixers/Scorchers game at the SCG last Sunday and it was a huge crowd! Great game too.
YEAH its great.
Same with the NYE day game at the Gabba with the heat and Sixers.
That game had 38k, the sydney smash at the scg also had 38k the sydney smash at sydney showground had 20k which is max capacity. Pretty much every game this season has got over 10k except games in small towns like hobart, coffs harbour, cairns, launceston.
yeah basically every grounds apart from Sydney Showgrounds and marvel stadium get rlly good crowds
I've been to a few BBL games in a couple of cities this season and while it's not exactly the same I don't think the product has taken a massive hit. Sure covid has delayed the international talent pool a bit but it's still respectable quality. Hopefully by 2024 the covid issues will be long gone.
If you don't enjoy BBL cricket the same way anymore, and I don't, there's a simple answer to that. We all just got older. With it's bright colours and all the sound effects and the ground and everything it's really an event for kids, though can still be enjoyed by older teens and adults when at it's best.
Good work on this series mate, hopefully we might see another cricket video before footy season rolls around 🤞
I couldn't agree more. I'm 16, and a week ago I went to the Heat game against the Scorchers, and had already realised the target audience of the comp: children. Fascinatingly, i went to a WBBL game (also against the Scorchers) at AB Field, and the sold-out 10K felt so much better than the 16K at the Gabba. The women's game felt more... grown up. I hadn't been to a (men's) game since the start of BBL09, in which I was lucky to be a ball kid, and even comparing then to now, it just felt better then. CA seem to think that the only way to get people into cricket is to make it seem like a show, with cricket on the side, despite good old-fashioned Tests getting consistently decent crowds.I wish they took a page out of the IPL and made the comp more 'grown up.'
@@kadosmp4 what do you mean by ipl being more grown up and bbl being a show with cricket on the side?
0:26 Heaps thought you were going to say 5 and a half people haha. Ive been waiting for this, keep up the good work.
great takes, I also think the CA should try to work with the bcci for Indian players. Maybe Just 1 or 2 per team.
would increase Crowds and Viewership significantly
bcci has very strict rules on indian players playing in bbl, i think if a indian player plays in bbl they get a lifetime ban from playing for india
@@adventureandaccidents9305 why is that? im interested
@@fishfrogs8231 because they are jealous pricks
@@fishfrogs8231 I think its in an effort to monopolise talent for the IPL
@@bluerabbitjeevs clears things up, I've heard very poor things about BCCI
God I love it when Jagger uploads
Please make a video on why Australians are not able to/do not embrace t20 cricket even after winning the t20 wc .
Because it's boring?
More than 1 sport in Australia answers that
@@mikespearwood3914 T20 cricket isn’t boring tho, I think old mate is tryna point out that when mainstream Aussies think of cricket they still think of Test not T20
@@foleyyy6220 yes, the narrative will change soon. But it does not help that free Aus cricket is the test matches. Cricket fans would be happy, but the avg sport fan may not like it.
because test cricket has soul and real history, t20 is there to attract people less interested with shorter attention spans and get some money
i reckon that the crowds are improving for example the games at the gabba or in sydney
surely the ceo of the bbl watches this
Good video, as you noted I think the season shortening, return of test players and crowds has improved things drastically this season.
There have been a number of terrific matches this season (Matt Short’s chase comes especially to mind) and I’ve been genuinely semi-interested in the season for the first time in about 5-6 years
Love the follow up mate! It’s scary to see it heading towards the old state based big bash which was a disaster towards the end. Here’s hoping that’s not the case here!
Crowds are up, 20% more viewers in 2022/23 on Fox, a lot of close finishes the BBL is going well at the moment...but a few more international players and 2 teams from NZ....then I reckon it would be amazing.
Fantastic as always Jagger! Keep up the awesome work mate
Extremely great video. I'm glad that BBL14 will bring in a shorter season, but I'm not a fan of the 3 game finals season and personally think they should make it four games like the IPL. (1v2, loser players winner of 3v4) Also the season NEEDS to be played DURING the holiday season, not before, not after. This season, the season opener started a couple of days before the school holidays and the season ends after the school holidays. I personally think that the season should finish before the Australian Open starts (or before the finals of the Australian Open starts) as it could possibly help boost TV viewership alongside attendances for Stars and Renegades. The Seven/Fox/Kayo deal also needs to be addressed as some games aren't free to air, which definitely affects viewership of the league. And keep in mind that from BBL14 onwards, only 33 games out of 44 will be free to air on Seven. 25% of games are accessible through a paywall, which is extremely disappointing. But we can all see that the competition is starting to get it together thanks to the decisions Cricket Australia are making. This is just my opinion.
If you've only got 4 teams in finals, just make it a proper semifinal system (1v4 and 2v3, winners play the final). It should be played in the month of December only. How awesome would a New Year's Eve final be?
It was great to see for next season that the BBL season will have less games, also another problem was the slow over rate which they had addressed this season.
Ironically, despite it all, BBL has been great this year. Crowds and ratings on the up too. Great video nonetheless
EXCELLENT pt.1 and pt.2 mate!
Shortening the season is the single best thing that can be done for the BBL. It's gotten stale and there are too many games. Short and sharp is what T20 cricket needs.
Well it’s good that big bash is being shortened to 10 games now
well the BBL 12 final between Scorchers and Heat is one of the best finals there has been in a while
Tbh cricket Australia has been able to revive the bbl this year, Crowds are always 20k+
Not always 20k+, but every game has had more than 10k except for games in small towns. The new years game and the sydney/melbourne smashes had 38k each.
Very good video, BBL is very entertaining and I hope it will improve and become even more popular.
This is content that matters. Thanks for this!
babe wake up! Jagger skillbeck just dropped 😩
Awesome, clearly high effort content mate, congrats!
I think 14 game seasons are the right size, and that the early seasons were far too short, but I'm with you on just about everything else.
Always banging videos
I honestly think the league is already on the way up this season, crowds have doubled (admittedly easy to do), and the competition is pretty even - no team is truly out of the tournament
Besides the stars now
@@stantonclark Was about to say that lol
Most games have also been extremely close or high scoring, which is great to see
Half the games not being on free to air also didn’t help since some people couldn’t watch every game and also the different commentary team on fox and 7 meant that the good commentators were diluted compared to when they were all on 10
I love your videos I Watch them all so keep it up piz
I think a fair assumption of why quite a few people have reservations to go to games is that if it is a blowout, you could be there for less than 2 hours.
I would absolutely love to see an introduction of back-to-back games. Would be awesome to be able to spend a full 6 hours watching the teams play twice on the weekend
Such blowouts are a rare thing these days. It only happens once a season.
@@amireallythatgrumpy6508 may be rare but it still plays on people's minds it seems. That being said that is from my limited question to friends and family about it
Sydney is an issue with regards to weather now , so wash out games need a solution. I think adopting a round robin, carnival style tournament, starting in cities that are less likely to get high rainfall in Summer , Adelaide, Perth , Brisbane, Melbourne , Cairns maybe Darwin . Much like the old tri series with Australia A in 50 over. Go around the country. Top 4 play off. Shortens the season. Packs a lot of games in. Spectators get value for money. Cities would get a good dose of cricket. Teams would have to perform all the time to make finals. Start games on a Friday afternoon, dusk and then night. Then on Saturday . Camp moves on the Sunday. Whilst kids are on school holidays, go to mid week.
I think start around Xmas , finish mid to late January. Promotes tourism. Go see your team play interstate People are generally moving around over Xmas anyway. The BBL is now competing with the UAE and other leagues . So the product needs to be appealing no matter what's decided.
greed is only good for a few people in the short term, and in the long term ends out badly for everyone
Quality content. Well done.
CA needs to have a good hard look at themselves
The Perth Scorchers are awesome
Two more reasons that get over looking when it comes to the popularity of the BBL going down.
Reason one the TV rights deal is awful, and not in the way you think it is, but the reason why it's awful because having games exclusive Kayo/Foxtel always hurts the popularity of the sport, because they are behind a paywall, which some people can't pay for, or don't want to pay for it because of other reasons that I don't want to get into.
Reason number two sandpaper gate yes I know it's almost been 5 years later, but there is still a lot of people in this country upset over it, and it's led to this very difficult relationship with the Australian public for Australian cricket, and the BBL popularity has taken head because of it.
I agree! If a sport is behind a paywall I won’t watch it. I think the AFL does the best with providing a good showing on free to air tv. Sandpaper gate still has put a bad taste in my mouth. I like the aussies winning just like any other Australian but as a kid watching cricket in the 2000’s I remember it being fun. You had dizzy with his celebration, Warnie being a character and Hussey just seemed to love being anywhere near the sport. They were serious but seemed to not take themselves so seriously. Still a cricket fan but find myself not watching much of it anymore (that includes all forms).
@@Snakey8181 the only character in the test team atm is marnus. he actually shows how much he loves the sport and playing for his country. the rest just feel like robots
Agreed. You shove more games under a paywall and look what happened. The sport went downhill.
It was the dessert after the entree of one day cricket and the main meal of test cricket.
The main things that ruins the BBL for me anyway is the players changing teams.
The scorchers are meant to be veterans and feared all throughout the tournament.
The sixers are meant to be able to do anything.
The Renegades are meant to be a team that can absolutely rip open a team, but only in certain situations.
The Thunder are meant to have very deep, and strong batting.
The Heat are meant to make it to the finals from one player doing well.
The Hurricanes are meant to be a wild card team.
The Strikers are meant to either be very strong, or in the bottom two.
The stars are always meant to hold the records.
But it just doesn't fell like that anymore.
With the shortening of the games and the power plays it's really going to help next season, now they've gotta insentivise loyalty to a team to the players and we're good. Also, just my opinion, if the networks really want more games why don't they invest in a new team or two? Darwin, Gold Coast???
It would be better if they replaced the Renegades with one of these cities. Maybe move the Thunder to Canberra.
Gold Coast don’t have a history with creating good teams (GC Titans and GC Suns). That would be a good idea to have more than 7 games per season but less than 14, however I don’t think there is enough local talent for more than 8 teams.
Great video mate, but unlucky that this season has been really good
Here in the UK we love to watch BBL but this season has been a long drag I won’t lie. It’s too long (which is being changed) the squads lack any real overseas talent this year and it feels like most games are one sided. However some new players have come out who look exciting so that’s intriguing. Don’t think it helps that we have BBL, BPL, ILT20, SA20 all on at the same time
And the Super Smash.
It’s awkward because they can’t really move the big bash to a different time of year. The AFL is played during the middle of the year, the iconic tradition of Aussie tests are played over Christmas, so Big Bash has to be played over the Christmas holidays which clashes with the Test season, when the franchise was first made it was seen as a good thing because more families would be available for crowds at games.
I feel like a big problem is their relevance, even though throughout the winter AFL and NRL steal the limelight. The BBL has to try and remain relevance throughout the off season. How the first game of the BBL season is a first game. They should take a page out of the AFL’s book and have a big rivalry first game. Also getting people excited for the season is key.
Great video once again. The player loyalty is definitely an issue. I also think international players should have to stay most of the season instead of 4-6 rounds.
Maybe an 11 game season where you play every team once then 4 teams twice so you can medium out the tv revenue loss, maybe make the Melbourne derby Guaranteed to happen twice and the Sydney clash, and spread the rest out
The Thunder need to be moved to Canberra permanently. And do we really need the Renegades?
I'd like to see an NBA finals series for the GF. Maybe make it a bit more high stakes + get some extra cash if there are less games.
in my opinion it needs more team like football(soccer) has with little towns having their own teams alongside a relegation system
I think is by the same guy who tried to make a doco about the decline of Australian rugby that no-one watched and no-one paid for. I'm going back to watching the BBL live. I've been enjoying the latter half of the 22-23 BBL season on TV. And that was after I watched the Thunder get bowled out for a record low 15 runs at Sydney Olympic Park.
Private school toffs. They really are disconnected from the rest of Australian society, aren't they?
I wish the channels did a better job advertising the BBL. I was shocked to learn a couple of weeks ago it had been on, I had no idea.
They need to somehow split up the scorchers core by perhaps setting each player a minimum salary based on past performances
I reckon having a BBL v IPL match or series would be record breaking for both Channel 7 and Indian TV.
Bring back the champions trophy and imagine mini ashesh the hundred vs bbl
that sounds hype af
BBL champion vs IPL champion would be amazing, but if a player plays for both BBL and IPL champions then which team would they pick?
Good vid, I like your insights
For what it’s worth I don’t watch tv anymore. I will watch a highlights package on the app but that’s about it. My kids also don’t know what free to air tv is. Their forms of entertainment are so far removed from what mine was. Would like to know the cost for a family to go would be plus food etc.
would love to see a video about odi cricket and how that has fallen from being loved to non existent. no australia day game, not games after the test matches, very disappointing
All the ODIs (9 of them) were played at the start of the season this year
ODI’s are just seen as an inferior version of t20 now. If you want to watch old fashioned cricket you watch tests/first class, if you want to see guys bash 6s then watch t20, ODIs are stuck in the middle. Before t20 existed, ODIs played the role of a faster form of cricket but they were since replaced.
@@stantonclark naah T20's don't provide what ODI's provide, it being a middle ground between the traditional test format and the T20 format is an intriguing thing to me...
If the pitch is sporting with something for both the bowlers and batsmen, a 50 overs game between 2 strong evenly matched teams can be much more exciting and engaging than a T20 game on the same pitch between the same 2 teams.
I would watch a game of 50 overs cricket rather than T20 game any day, provided I have the time...
I for one find it bewildering that the competition marketed itself as this techboligically futuristic and innovative take on cricket, yet hasn't had any real changes or new gimmicks since it's inception. It's such a contrast.
Zing bails, ref cams and player mics were creative. It's almost as if all the creative and risk taking people within CA have left along with those who understand what breeds competition and passion (I admit those people probably never existed, and those obvious oversights didn't make themselves known til later).
It doesnt make sense how the same backroom staff can be so progressive 10 years ago, yet have literally zero of what made them work since. Pretty pathetic really. The organisation could do worse than hire some disrupters from other sports around the world
I don’t know if this has anything to do with it but ever since the Ball tampering scandal the Bbl has fell off
It would be better if there were more then 2 teams
Great vid ❤
The players who are playing in big bash don’t have enough talent to compete at this level . This year very poor cricket has been played in most games . Bring back the big international stars and make the season small .
The player distributed is very important Perth scorchers has all the players that are not likely to play tests yet are still international quality that is you they are successful a good league need to have that anything can happen factor
Maxwell is one of the most talented players in field and with the bat ever
I disagree with you saying the draft was a good idea, it was a complete failure. The #1 pick didn't even play... nor did so many others selected.
Also, some international players were signed even after the draft, like Andre Russel
I agree with this, there are far too many games now and I don't recognize any of the players in my favorite teams anymore. Not to mention I'm sick of having KFC fried chicken splashed on the screen for half the match. Get rid of female commentators from the Men's league and get rid of male commentators from the WBBL. As a long time cricket fan I can't take female commentators seriously as it's impossible they have the long term first hand experience on the topic of men's cricket. People like Ricky Ponting know their shit and thus what they have to say is based on many years of experience directly related to what's going on. So Limit the games back to what it was, make the games matter, maintain the same players, less greasy fried chicken sponsorship, use commentators that actually have experience and expert knowledge in the form of the game they are talking about and less wokeness.
It was fresh and a spectacle... then everyone realized its.. just... Cricket.... good OL boring cricket..
"An Individual game that Pretends to be a Team game"
syd syd twice, mel mel twice, adel per twice, tas bris twice, once each the rest
Maybe because 20/20 sucks and it's always sucked from the beginning it was doomed to fail from the get go
Can u make more vids bout Australia sports
is it beyond fixing now though, we had a world cup here with the worlds best players and a limited amount of games and still that seemed to have very low interest from fans and average attendances
great vid though !!
only real crowds in the big bash at the minute are the strikers and scorchers
Still loads of games getting 20k+. The sydney and Melbourne smashes had 38k each.
@@stantonclark I was at the Melbourne derby at the G, an absolute shocking game..
There is bbl going and Australian test series at the same time, it is so disappointing to see that step from CA. They are not putting their players to support their own league. So much to say… but I will not it doesn’t matter
wood love yo see you cuver the thi sumers of test games an how evey one thinks the sport is desd over here in the west cos of the test mach that was play mid week were school were still siting an evey one is at work that was inthe news head lines for days over here
Make the wickets minefields, giving the bowlers an advantage rather than the batters and change the name to "Lots of Wickets". Should be a hoot.
Hilfenhaus left and relevance left, coincidence I think not
It should run from dec26th to Jan26th with a finals day on the last day.
No, the BBL does not want to compete with the Aus Open. Actually it would be fantastic to have a New Year's Eve final!
Cricket in Australia is in a bad place in all codes no characters no experienced seasoned players and get rid of all the toxic players first then the Australian people will follow our teams especially when the toxic winging im above the world players are gone lets see the players that just want to represent their country because they are Australian alone
Back to state teams - no need for two melbourne/sydney teams.
Get rid of one of the Melbourne teams (possibly replacing it with a NT team) and move the Thunder to Canberra.
add a domestic draft and stop players from playing if they cant play the whole year :/
It’s simply way too long. Runs out of steam halfway in and feels like a total drag until the playoffs.
It's just baseball without mitts.
Nope. Baseball is cricket with mitts.
BBL needs to shorten the season by like 3 games ( per team ) so 11. U play each team once ( minimum ) and then Renegades as an expample u play Stars twice ( rivalry ) and then based of ladder pos should the other games be decided. Like the AFL the higher u finish the harder the fixture. ( and i know the BBL only has 8 teams but it's just a concept )
It is already getting shortened to 10 either next year or the year after
Is josh brown a bad thing? That kinda makes It fun
Players like Josh Brown need to be more consistent. These are players that only perform once a season.
Could sign quality associate players
More cricket videos
They have shortened the league
Coults and stoin are just soft mate
In part 3 will you actually offer something constructive
Fundamentally wrong on the Perth Scorchers retaining talent. They've been raided harder than any other team and keep winning.
Raiding and retaining are not mutually exclusive, you can raid and then retain.
Klinger, Tye, Richardson, Berrendorf, Agar, Turner, Simmons, Bancroft, Marsh, Ingliss
Strong 💪
Make new video bbl is back ❤❤
It's actually better this year though so I don't think this is all that relevant
Look nice video but comparing bbl to soccer leagues makes no sense.
Theres too much fkn cricket full stop. The sport is slowly dying in Aust. We only really care when we play England. I grew up in the 80's and loved watching cricket now i have little to no interest.
Anything alive is slowly dying. That's how being alive works.
I stopped watching all cricket when they started taking a knee for blm then made Greta Cummins the captain
alright mate, i know the world's a bit scary for you
@@jaggerskilbeck not scary for me at all, still living normal . Not bending over for political correctness bonus points
@@ninjah2304 then what's the issue
There's nothing wrong with the BBL right now, it was fine before COVID which was the real issue, not anything rlse
The season is too long, most people agree on this.