Barney Ronay
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There is no way back.
You go through that door and it is finished.
You're staring into the abyss and the abyss is staring right back into you.
You don't get to change it.
It's gone.
It's gone forever.
And this thing...
It's revenue and nothing else.
It's kind of a lump sum and nothing else.
It doesn't have to happen.
I don't know why anyone doesn't actually state that it's not necessary for professional sport to endlessly grow and make more money in the short term.
Because that model of capitalism is all about using up the product you have and moving on to the next product.
It's not about surviving for 150 years.
Cricket will still exist even if there's no money to repaint the changing rooms.
It's still going to exist.
It doesn't need to constantly make more money.
And it's important to say this now before you lose control of it.
Because it's gone now in England.
The counties are finished.
They really are finished.