@Gorgritch_umie_killa because I like being able to watch and talk about cricket and I live in America. Most of my friends are American. Most of them aren’t going to go out of their way to find a way to watch cricket, like paying >$100 a month for Satellite TV, and then an additional $10 a month to get Willow, the only channel I’m aware of that broadcasts Cricket in America.
Fair play. Are there any local competitions there? I know Aussie rules has a promotional organisation called Auskick. They do a lot of promo inside Australia, but have been known to do Aussie rules football outside Australia as well.
Maybe AusCricket could do the same, if they don’t already, and go over to some US schools, could be a way to prokote a grass roots competition. Or just LA galaxy the sport and bring in a few big names to kickstart a top down pro-comp.
There’s two “National” T20 leagues, “minor league Cricket” & “Major Leauge Cricket” (taking names from Baseball’s MLB & its MiLB “farm system” hoping to get recognition from Americans). Many teams, particularly Thos in MLC are owned by the IPL and promoted only to the Sub-continent Diaspora. In my experience similarly the local games is organized for Indians. We had tried to sign my daughter up to play youth cricket a few towns away, the entry form had “preferred language” which included a bunch I had never heard of, and none of them was English. After we went to the first meeting my daughter decided she didn’t want to play (I hope its not so, but the fact there were no other white girls might have had something to do with her decision).
go over to some US schools.
yes, in the States Public education and sporting are tightly connected. To get Cricket to take a hold LONG TERM, it needs to be a requirement for Gym Teachers to know before they graduate from college. Then they can teach it in schools and, hopefully, get area schools to sponsor teams.
Or just LA galaxy the sport
Even before MLS (Major League Soccer) got started Youth Soccer existed nationwide. In bigger cities High School & college teams already existed long before. Three had been several other attempts at Pro Soccer leagues, and the '68-‘84 North American Soccer League (NASL) did a whole lot more “top down” than MLS ever did (The New York Cosmos paying Pele $1.67 million a year in 1975, when the top Major League Baseball Players where making $150,000) NASL didn’t last, but then again I’ve heard that the GenXers who grew up watching NASL where the one’ for whom Youth Soccer was set up, and who continued to ensure it grew, so maybe you are right?
Although many Americans still consider soccer a sport for “little kids” or “foreigners” MLS has higher attendance than NBA (National Basketball Association) & NHL (National Hockey League), last I checked, ranking 4th behind NFL (National Football League), NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) and MLB. (Though they still talk as though there are only 4 sports: American Football, Baseball, Basketball & Ice Hockey)
@Gorgritch_umie_killa because I like being able to watch and talk about cricket and I live in America. Most of my friends are American. Most of them aren’t going to go out of their way to find a way to watch cricket, like paying >$100 a month for Satellite TV, and then an additional $10 a month to get Willow, the only channel I’m aware of that broadcasts Cricket in America.
Fair play. Are there any local competitions there? I know Aussie rules has a promotional organisation called Auskick. They do a lot of promo inside Australia, but have been known to do Aussie rules football outside Australia as well.
Maybe AusCricket could do the same, if they don’t already, and go over to some US schools, could be a way to prokote a grass roots competition. Or just LA galaxy the sport and bring in a few big names to kickstart a top down pro-comp.
There’s two “National” T20 leagues, “minor league Cricket” & “Major Leauge Cricket” (taking names from Baseball’s MLB & its MiLB “farm system” hoping to get recognition from Americans). Many teams, particularly Thos in MLC are owned by the IPL and promoted only to the Sub-continent Diaspora. In my experience similarly the local games is organized for Indians. We had tried to sign my daughter up to play youth cricket a few towns away, the entry form had “preferred language” which included a bunch I had never heard of, and none of them was English. After we went to the first meeting my daughter decided she didn’t want to play (I hope its not so, but the fact there were no other white girls might have had something to do with her decision).
yes, in the States Public education and sporting are tightly connected. To get Cricket to take a hold LONG TERM, it needs to be a requirement for Gym Teachers to know before they graduate from college. Then they can teach it in schools and, hopefully, get area schools to sponsor teams.
Even before MLS (Major League Soccer) got started Youth Soccer existed nationwide. In bigger cities High School & college teams already existed long before. Three had been several other attempts at Pro Soccer leagues, and the '68-‘84 North American Soccer League (NASL) did a whole lot more “top down” than MLS ever did (The New York Cosmos paying Pele $1.67 million a year in 1975, when the top Major League Baseball Players where making $150,000) NASL didn’t last, but then again I’ve heard that the GenXers who grew up watching NASL where the one’ for whom Youth Soccer was set up, and who continued to ensure it grew, so maybe you are right?
Although many Americans still consider soccer a sport for “little kids” or “foreigners” MLS has higher attendance than NBA (National Basketball Association) & NHL (National Hockey League), last I checked, ranking 4th behind NFL (National Football League), NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) and MLB. (Though they still talk as though there are only 4 sports: American Football, Baseball, Basketball & Ice Hockey)
Cheers! Yeah, i suppose these things can take a long time to take root. A couple false starts doesn’t always sound the death knell.