Robert Craddock

that the money, I hope they don't undersell themselves by underestimating how many, some of these franchises, how much some of these franchises are worth.

Gerard, I'll tell you a funny little story.

I was in India one day and Sean Graff from Victoria was there and he had a meeting with some Indian Premier League people and they were just talking about, you know, the big bash and making a play for things.

And they said, how much is...

it worth?

And they said, what, to buy Victorian Cricket or to buy this?

And they said, no, the MCG.

We just thought, good to buy it.

What's it worth?

And Graffy nearly fell out of his seat because, you know, they just casually thought, oh, if we're going to have an interest over there, why not buy the whole ground?

You know what I mean?

And I've never forgotten that because it was a signal to how rich these people really are.

Like some of the big Indian conglomerates, it's money like we've never seen before.

So that will flow into Victorian cricket.

And let's just say this too, Victorian cricket was affected –

by COVID more than any other state.

And their financials really suffered as a result of that and have never fully recovered.

They need cash and I can see why they're doing it.

I'm yet to be convinced this is the right way, but they're having a dip.

And the pressure on Todd Greenberg is as great as any sporting administrator in Australia.