Sitting still "fraught with danger" says cricket boss
Cricket Australia's Todd Greenberg joins Joe Aston on Rampart Talks.
Private investors will be a part of cricket's future, Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has declared, as his plan to privatise Big Bash League franchises stalls.
"Private capital will come into cricket at some point in time. How soon that comes is really at the behest of our members," Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg told the Rampart Talks podcast with Joe Aston. "But it's happening."
That's been blocked by the Australian Cricketers' Association, which says a preliminary agreement struck between CA and state associations on June 14 isn't in the best interests of the sport or its players.
Cricket Australia requires the support of the players' union before a final agreement can be struck.
Greenberg and CA chair Mike Baird have struggled to convince NSW, Queensland and South Australia of the merits of privatisation, which if successful, could generate somewhere between $600 million and $800 million of sale proceeds.
