heater31 wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:Perhaps SACA should merge with ATCA and in the 2nd season formulate a 10 or 8 team promotion/relegation system.
Clubs will maintain their identity, players that wanna push for state selection will hopefully move to div 1 clubs.
I can hear the scoffing around the Grade Cricket committee table and the SACA board room now......
All that is going to encourage is what happens on a small scale now. Clubs with funds poaching the players of clubs with out funds! Any interstate First Class recruit is only going to speak with 2 or 3 clubs and take which ever one offers him a house rent free or cash to pay rent....
Yep, and the better players play in div 1 so they play against better opposition each week.
Clubs will need to be more financially viable to compete in div 1, we've gotta stop settling for mediocrity. WE can't continue to do the same thing and achieve a different result, we need to force changes.