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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Gerard Waitley.
Chapter 2: What is the snapshot overview for June 3?
Here's a snapshot of Wednesday, June 3. Cricket Victoria CEO Nick Cummins on the decision to abolish the Stars and Renegades.
We've thought about this very deeply in the context of BBL's sale, which has been widely reported over the last few months.
Chapter 3: Why did Cricket Victoria decide to abolish the Stars and Renegades?
Cricket Victoria has decided to sell 100%. of one of the teams, we're cognizant of the fact that when that team is sold, their name is likely to be changed. So if we use the Renegades as an example, the Renegades would change their name to another team.
We were concerned that the Renegades fans in this instance then may not support the new team, but then also because they'd spent the last 15 years hating the Stars, wouldn't support the Stars.
So what we felt would be most appropriate is to go back to where we were when the Big Bash first started, which is that we had a Victorian team, a team that played in the blue and white and represent all the Victorians.
So that's our intention, is to go back to the original BBL team that we had and have a team that is for everyone in Victoria, that wears the big V, plays there, would still be called Melbourne. It's a city-based team, but ultimately a team that all Victorians connected to Victorian cricket can get behind.
Do you have the right to close these teams and to make these choices without public or member consultation?
Yeah, we do. And I mean, critically, we have consulted members, not all members, but we ran extensive focus groups back in February, January, February around this about, OK, if we sold a team, would you support the other team? All fans said no, they wouldn't. would you support a team that was a Victorian team? And fans said, yes, they would.
And so we have consulted broadly because we came up with some theories, but we really needed to talk directly to members. So we spoke to Stars and Renegades members. We also spoke to Melbourne or Victorian-based fans of the Big Bash who don't actually support a team either way. They like the Big Bash. They go to Big Bash games, but they don't have a team.
And all three groups said that they... Well, certainly the Stars and Renegades fans said they would not support the other team, but they would support a team that played under a sort of Victorian banner.
And Cummins made the case for privatisation in the BBL.
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Chapter 4: What concerns did Cricket Victoria have about team name changes?
So we need to ensure that we are competitive in terms of our salary cap compared to those other leagues. Otherwise, players will either go and play in those other leagues or there's a possibility that they don't play at all, that in fact they earn enough money throughout the rest of the year that they may actually spend Christmas time just sitting on the couch playing
watching the tests and having a break with the family. That's real. There are lots of examples I can give where we're seeing that tension come through. So to reiterate, it's about ensuring that the financial position of Australian cricket is strong well into the future, but also to ensure that the Big Bash is competitive globally.
The eminently sensible Phil Davis on the options for Essendon president Andrew Welsh...
Who do we want to be? And it's almost ā there's this terrible approach that takes decades, Gerard. It's called zero-based accounting. And basically you start from absolutely nothing. You don't spend $1. You don't do anything. You just go, what would we need to do this properly? Essendon aren't far away from zero-based football clubbing.
And I think they need to be very clear about what they're going to do, what changes they need to make, what that looks like. What's the broader group? Because I know it's become a rhetoric that gets used all the time. But without stability and good governance, I just haven't seen a football club in the last 30 years have consistent success.
And particularly, I feel like the game has changed since 2006 on that front. It's become a full-time professional job. We expect so much more of our players and our staff. It's become more professional than it's ever been. The actual best point is Jason Ball retired in 2005. He was the last AFL player to have a second job.
And I asked Bruce McIverney whether he could see James Heard back at the Bombers.
I could. I could. I think the key is he's got to go through the process and convince the Bombers and that selection committee that he can take them to where they want to get to. there's so much romance surrounding him. He's got the Midas touch.
You know, we know there is that mark alongside of his name that won't go away, but he has got the Midas touch, and anyone that's met him and had anything to do with him, and you know this, there's a charisma about him that is irresistible in so many ways, but you can't appoint him because he's the golden boy.
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Chapter 5: How did fan consultations influence team decisions?
And, you know, her story, of course. But Ollie Hoare, you know, running down two world champions from the top of the straight at Birmingham, you know, to win a 1,500-metre gold medal that only Herb Elliott, you know, had been able to achieve. Robert DiCostello in, you know, 1982, running down Gibimashanga and Chimera Kanga.
Laylene Boyle on her last legs, so to speak, but still fast last legs in 1982, winning that gold medal to equal Marjorie Jackson with seven Commonwealth Games gold medals. The Thorpe Hall in Manchester and Susie in Kuala Lumpur, the netball, those finals against New Zealand in particular, there's long lists and There's long lists. And, you know, all these things sort of go through your mind.
I mean, the greatest moment probably, well, the two greatest moments, I wasn't there for. One was Philbert Baye, you know, running from the front in 1974 and breaking the 1,500-meter world record, which, you know, no one could believe at the time. And then, of course, the Miracle Mile in 1954. I think, you know, part of the Commonwealth Games fame does go back to Landy.
and Bannister in that incredible race in 1954. And, you know, Bannister had been the first to break the four-minute mile in May. Landy went to Finland and smashed that record, got it down to 3.57.9 in June, I think, and then they met in that race for the ages in Vancouver in 1954. So, look, it's up there with the best for Commonwealth Games.
It can produce moments that are as good as the Olympic Games, and that's what we're hoping can happen again in Glasgow.
And Brad Blanks ahead of the NBA Finals with the Knicks to meet the Spurs.
The Knicks are confident because all their players have played well. They've spread the points around. They've been quite an even team, which has been shocking for the Knicks. Obviously, Brunson stepped up in the last series quite early. But as the series progressed against the Cavaliers, it became very even performances all round.
And then, of course, going up against this, you know, generational type player in Wemby. I was lucky enough to be at an Australian-American alliance event tonight. And Sandy Brondello was there chatting. And I said, oh, what would you do if you were the coach of the Knicks? I said to her, she just started laughing. And she said... Even I can't stop Wemby. And he goes, he's just such a talent.
And it's one of those things where watching him grow in front of our eyes. You know, he's two seasons deep. The last series he had against Oklahoma, he had that incredible game one, and then he went missing. And then he came back, had a good game. Not a great game. And he was sort of even throughout the rest of the series. But, you know, there were moments where Oklahoma just couldn't stop him.
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