(05-31-2015, 01:12 AM)Bada Wrote:(05-31-2015, 12:06 AM)pj57 Wrote: Changes are absolutely necessary....we cant survive much longer on the current FC structure. If not the provincial tournament, the current FC tournament needs a quality based structure which includes reducing the number of teams playing and better pitches.
It's impossible to cut it down to a reasonable number of teams. Club owners will go berserk.
We need another tournament that features the very best in SL. It doesn't have to be a provincial structure. Just call it something else.
I understand the clubs relegated would go berserk....as did NCC couple of years back but a hard decision has to be taken if our cricket is to move forward. If not our cricket will suffer, funds from sponsorship's will dry out and clubs themselves will suffer in the end.
The clubs will protest what ever tournament that is created above them because they will lose their clout. I am all for a tournament that feature the very best but I can't see it happening realistically. Have a maximum of 12, preferably 10 teams in the top most FC tournament and a second tier on a promotion/relegation basis.