Alistair Dobson

It grew in the last MOU.

We added significantly more money in that, but quickly it's becoming less competitive than we need it to be globally.

So part of the work we're doing with the ACA now is if we were to move into a privatized model and more capital or an injection was to come into the game, how do we best apportion that to different parts of the playing group?

From my perspective, clearly putting as much of that into the BBL and WBBL salary caps is going to be important because that underpins the ability for us to put the best teams on the field.

Yeah, we've got to work day and night to make sure we keep our best players playing in Australia because, you know, whether it's, you know, every year we have test players coming in and out and that's been a part of the life of the BBL for 15 years now.

But having our best, particularly our white ball players, playing in the BBL is what's made the competition great.

So it's almost our number one priority is to focus on that group of players and ensure that they feel valued and are part of our competition and, in fact, keep being the backbone of our league.

That's right in front of mind.

I think the club's been on the record that they're looking at different venue options, home venues.

Their agreement with Marvel Stadium was up after last season.

They've been looking at options.

It's a bit early to make any announcements, but I think we'll finalise that with them in the coming weeks as we start to launch and release schedules during July.

But that was on the cards regardless of, I guess, the recent...

discussions around the club, but, uh, we'll work through that with him.

I'm not going to run ahead of that.

That's obviously a discussion between the Renegades and their venue options.

I think they're definitely looking at what the alternatives are.

I think Marvel's been a great home for the Renegades for a long time and

despite or, you know, in spite of some of the challenges, you know, from an on-field perspective with the service and the wicket, it's been great to go and watch games there and players have enjoyed it.

But, you know, the competition's continuing to evolve and the Renegades want to make sure they've got the best mix of home grounds.