100% agree Jarrod. We have some quality writers in NZ who fill the role of detail-oriented writers, but they also have their time split amongst other sports and platforms to earn enough money to survive. The Niche Cache is a great example of this, covering pretty much everything but rugby, but despite this, they have recently had to push…
100% agree Jarrod. We have some quality writers in NZ who fill the role of detail-oriented writers, but they also have their time split amongst other sports and platforms to earn enough money to survive. The Niche Cache is a great example of this, covering pretty much everything but rugby, but despite this, they have recently had to push for more money as they don't have enough coverage. Allowing them to write without also having to take on their own marketing I imagine would be a dream for them.
Yeah talent not a problem in most of these small nations. The media structure is. And then CI/CB dropped the ball. Dylan Cleaver doing good work on his emailer. But still has to worry about promotion, getting new subs and covering other sports.
The Bounce is a great read, but definitely isn't able to do the beat work on the provincial teams as such because of it's need for generality. Having someone like Dylan full-time in cricket writing would be incredible but obviously it needs external investment in a global way as the market for that niche is too small to take a gamble on. I also enjoy the way he can bring more of the systemic things to light, whereas NC go more into analytics (as a generalisation). I'm really hoping this idea goes somewhere, it'd be a dream for fans
100% agree Jarrod. We have some quality writers in NZ who fill the role of detail-oriented writers, but they also have their time split amongst other sports and platforms to earn enough money to survive. The Niche Cache is a great example of this, covering pretty much everything but rugby, but despite this, they have recently had to push for more money as they don't have enough coverage. Allowing them to write without also having to take on their own marketing I imagine would be a dream for them.
Yeah talent not a problem in most of these small nations. The media structure is. And then CI/CB dropped the ball. Dylan Cleaver doing good work on his emailer. But still has to worry about promotion, getting new subs and covering other sports.
The Bounce is a great read, but definitely isn't able to do the beat work on the provincial teams as such because of it's need for generality. Having someone like Dylan full-time in cricket writing would be incredible but obviously it needs external investment in a global way as the market for that niche is too small to take a gamble on. I also enjoy the way he can bring more of the systemic things to light, whereas NC go more into analytics (as a generalisation). I'm really hoping this idea goes somewhere, it'd be a dream for fans