Howie

I was a bit surprised that it all come out the way that it did.

I would have thought that it would have been a Cricket Australia directive all put together as a package on how to go about it and run it and sell it off.

So I was very surprised in that regard.

And I think that by doing it that way, it created a little bit of anxiety for the players and everybody around Australian cricket and Victorian cricket.

But the more you dig into it, I think it's,

What it's doing is just clearing the decks for a new owner to be able to come in.

It doesn't affect the playing group.

All contracts are going to be honoured from what I've heard.

But at the same time, there's still a lot of things to go on in the background for this to be able to get over the line.

Have you got enough squirrelled away to join our syndicate and buy the gates?

I certainly don't.

I know that you do.

You're buying up property all over Australia.

But at the same time, I don't think that we're in the ballpark to be able to compete with some of the owners that have been floated around.

Now, Finchie, I'm with you.

I thought Cricket Australia would just come with this format and say this is how things are going to roll, but they haven't.

And we've got some states that want privatisation, some that don't, some that want to see how it go, and some that want to just dip their toe in the water.

How is that possibly going to work?

Your guess is as good as mine, Chief.

I've got no idea how you could have a half-privatised competition.