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Rick DeMent's avatar

Seems to me that going more global would help. You mentioned it but I would be interested in your thoughts on what would happen if there were simply no rule in place limiting the number of non-Indian players. Would it become more like the NHL, the top professional league in Ice Hockey that just happens to be played in the US and Canada . Or do you think that less emphasis on it being an "Indian League" would blunt it's appeal in India making it less profitable?

It seems to me that the % of players would still be Indian in any case like in the NHL where 40+ percent are Canadian players.

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Jarrod Kimber's avatar

It's already the NHL or NBA, just with the local rule in it. If you had 20 teams, India would still produce the majority of the players, but because it is run by the BCCI, and not as a separate organisation, you may never have that rule flexed. Though I assume as it grows and develops it might happen naturally.

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Rick DeMent's avatar

I keep forgetting the level of government control over sports in current and former commonwealth countries. from a US perspective it seems kind of bizarre. I take the idea that the federal government would never have any say in who the NBA who can hire for granted.

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Jarrod Kimber's avatar

The NBA is a private company though, the BCCI is a government board that started a cricket league. If it started like the NBA, the government would have no/little say.

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Rick DeMent's avatar

I would imagine thought that trying to start a league like the IPL in a country with an institution like the BCCI would be difficult if not impossible.

Is the Hundreds tournament in England sanctioned by the England\Wales Cricket

board? Does that board have similar powers as the BCCI?

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