Robert Craddock

That's why Queensland, the colour they hate most is blue because it's New South Wales.

The Brisbane Heat are in blue.

Yep.

But I just felt that this was, you know, going back in time.

Gerard, when you and I grew up, I think I was 18 years old before I read a copy of the Melbourne Papers, The Age or The Herald Sun, because there was no internet.

Papers didn't cross the border.

Rivalries were big.

But to suddenly start this Victorian team and expect people to rally behind it, I think you're really overlooking what the stars brought in particular.

The one thing you want in a competition is teams that people love, and the second thing is teams that people hate.

That was great with the Stars.

People got off on the fact they'd never won the competition.

They were the Collingwood of the Big Bash.

Even if you felt something towards them when they played, and that's so unusual in a T20 competition.

So the demise of the Stars particularly is very, very painful.

Well, it's so fragmented, Gerard, isn't it?

Because Victoria trying to push this through for the start of next season.

Other states are saying, hang on, we haven't even agreed on private ownership yet.

We haven't even gone to the players to let them agree on it yet.

We haven't had formal evaluations of what teams are worth.

And, you know, there's concerns on a lot of fronts.