Damian Barrett

In cricket, in the big bash, it's going to be 46 weeks.

They're not really franchises where you go to bed worrying about or sweating the result of or going to work still arguing around the water cooler that the Stars got beat last night.

It's an entertainment product a bit more than it is a

with the exception of the Scorchers in Perth who are a little bit different and maybe some others, one or two others.

So, yeah, I'm a bit surprised that the Stars brand is going.

Having said that, you know, they'll figure it out.

The Renegades will probably be overpriced and sell.

you would think an Indian owner would come in and buy it.

It means money will come in.

What do you think?

At least they're going to be separate clubs long last.

We've talked about this being a problem in the last few years of how they're run by the same administration and the same

Yeah, it's a tricky one to unpack.

I think you would think the renegade buyer will probably keep that brand.

You know, there's not deep fan bases behind them.

Stars had at least a head start on that and would have been probably the one to keep.

There's been a push for the Bushrangers brand to come in for Melbourne.

It feels a little bit too male-skewed for mine, given it's a male and female-skewed brand.

Back when you were the beat guy for the Sheffield Shield.

It was back in the Darren Berry, Darren Ramshaw, Liz Stillman, Simon O'Donnell era.