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CRICKET PAY-PER-VIEW

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Re: CRICKET PAY-PER-VIEW

How are WI out ?
Predz i remember u making some bold predictions. WI vs Saffie finals, not to mention India crushing Lanka to storm into super-8s etc. How's your money doing ? :hic:
Don't worry, i am planning on getting myself a sh*t hot lawyer and suing all of these c*nts.
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Re: CRICKET PAY-PER-VIEW Now read this. It is quite interesting. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21492690-15084,00.html World Cup is a damp squib Peter Lalor April 03, 2007 THE 2007 World Cup nightmare seems to get worse every day for organisers, sponsors and hosts. Crowds are not turning up to matches, viewers are tuning out by the millions and sponsors are running as far from the event - and the game - as possible. The horrors began early and spectacularly when Pakistan was the first team bundled out of the tournament and its coach Bob Woolmer was murdered. While the World Cup could never really hope to recover from a tragedy and scandal of that scale, organisers hoped that the big cricket nations, or at least the hosts, could put on a good show for the fans. Fingers were crossed that India and its billion devotees would drag attention back to the pitch, but the side failed to make it to the Super Eight stage and returned home with its tail between its legs. Neighbouring Pakistan had already turned on its side with authorities threatening to tear up player contracts and the captain Inzamam-ul-Haq forced to deny that he was a murderer or a match-fixer. Attention then turned to the host nation in the hope that some local crowd colour could resurrect the competition, but West Indies produced a string of poor performances and are unlikely to make the semi-finals. Even when the home side started the tournament well, few in the Caribbean seemed interested. Last Tuesday only 9500 turned up to watch the home side play defending champion Australia in Antigua. Authorities had spent more than $25 million increasing capacity at the ground from 10,000 to 19,000. West Indies captain Brian Lara was angry and embarrassed at the Antigua snub but he has bigger problems with three straight losses leaving West Indies on the verge of elimination. Plans are already in place to bus in schoolchildren and members of local cricket clubs to matches in Antigua and Guyana. But it is the exit of India that has really hurt the competition. "It is like Brazil going out in the first round of a soccer World Cup," Chris Dehring, managing director and chief executive of the tournament, said. "There is virtually no substitute when a team like India goes out in terms of a travelling contingent." The economic impact has been felt across the subcontinent. The Gujarati State Fireworks Dealers Association and their colleagues in other states are complaining that they had expected to make a killing from the sale of fireworks to cricket fans but are sitting on a stockpile of the incendiaries. The biggest damp squib is the loss to broadcasters and sponsors who bank on India's enormous population to keep the world game afloat. Pepsi has manufactured a special drink for the World Cup and built a television advertising campaign around the cricket. The soft-drink company has withdrawn its ads from television and is scrambling to refocus its campaign. Pakistan's exit, along with the scandal of Woolmer's murder, has sent sponsors there running for cover, especially as some advertisements had featured Inzamam, who has been the focus of much of the nation's anger. Masood Hashmi, head of the Pakistan Advertising Association, estimates that sponsors in the country have blown between $33m and $50m. "Advertising companies have launched schemes featuring Pakistani players worth millions of rupees but the big drop in viewership has had a negative impact," Hashmi said. Advertisers in both countries are demanding discounts for prepaid slots during the cricket as the audiences have fallen away dramatically. Leading ICC World Cup sponsor LG Electronics has indicated it probably will not continue its contract next year. The ICC's major sponsors do the bulk of their business in India and will be smarting at the team's exit with almost a month to go until the final on April 28.

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