End of an Era - Channel 9 loses TV rights

[Cricketics]

After four decades, its all over.

 

Man I am going to miss then channel 9 coverage honestly. Its been part of our lives and it will feel weird to see summer of cricket from Australia without the Channel 9 coverage. I think with it also ends Bill Lawry era.

 

Thank You channel 9 for the great memories over the years

 

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-set-to-cut-ties-with-nine-in-1bn-foxtel-deal/news-story/6c93941918e666808486d48399ab3f47

[SK_IH]

yes great memories of Bill lawry,Tony grieg and Ian chappell but with Mark Nicolas,Slater and Healy it became very ordinary and iritating at timnes,so good riddance

you could see this coming with the way these aussie commentators have started travelling to commentate in the leagues around the world, earlier never saw slater stepping out of aus to commentate

[vvvslaxman]

Definitely an era. Amazing commentary team.

[mancalledsting]

Out go legends like commentary I Chappell, B Lawry and in come people like Adam Gilchrist and Damien Fleming. Not that I despise the latter two, it’s just the difference in class is so wide. 

[diga]

Heard there was an unofficial policy of only having ex-captains in the commentary team...Still end of an era

 

[kosingh]

Was great back in the day. But the current bunch at channel 9 had just become an extension of Australia's 12th man. Behavior wise too. 

[mancalledsting]

22 minutes ago, kosingh said:

Was great back in the day. But the current bunch at channel 9 had just become an extension of Australia's 12th man. Behavior wise too. 

Agree, don’t like Taylor and Healey. Slater (most times) and Bradshaw are good though. 

[coffee_rules]

The last time this happened. Kerry Packer and Channel9 had started World Series. Can it happen again?

 

Quote

In May 1977 the cricketing establishment was shaken to the core with the announcement that Kerry Packer, an Australian media magnate, had signed more than three dozen of the world's leading players for a rival tournament to run head-to-head with the 1977-78 Australian season.

The series originated because Packer's attempts to secure TV rights for his Channel Nine network had been dismissed by the Australian Cricket Board in favour of a long-standing, and some said far too cosy, relationship with state broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Packer set about using his corporate wealth to establish a rival attraction for his network, a job made easier by the poor financial rewards offered to players at the time.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/worldseries/content/story/72632.html

 

Edited April 13, 2018 by coffee_rules

[YCCC]

Good they're current coverage is truly awful and their commentary style is embarrassing. We were subjected to it here over the winter for the ODI series when cheapskate BT Sport recalled their team after the tests to cut costs and just piggybacked onto Channel 9 commentary with Swann, Vaughan and the host guy (who usually does football) in a studio in London.