Originally Posted by
aussiebreno
Great clip VOR!
Brad, I'll compare it to cricket.
When cricket played around with its format and made them one day games and 20 over games instead of 5 day games they did not insult fans by calling them ODIs or Twenty20s Test matches. Why am I being insulted now?
I didn't know the series was old and stale, the last two years Network 10 even covered it IIRC. Regardless, who the hell is the target market and how is this format supposed to benefit Harness racing more?
I'm a bit lost as to how to answer the above question. I will have a guess below but if anybody knows please do tell.
Albion Park, Melton, Gloucester Park Inter heats won't differ much from the FFA fields we see each week. Those clubs, although they'd be happy to have the heats, won't actually gain all that much. Punters/fans don't gain much either, we see it every week. Same story in NZ, it will be the same FFA horses going around. It might have a few people knocking off early Friday to catch the NZ heats. Was it an idea that spreading the heats around would make those clubs a small fortune?
It also saves some trainers and owners travelling costs. But then again they miss out on a mighty big experience.
New fans? I follow the industry but can't make sense of the format, how is someone who doesn't follow the industry supposed to make sense of it?
Come final night it will 'just' be another grand circuit race. Just another Twenty20 match, no glory, blood, guts, courage and class of a Michael Clark double century, just a sloggish, inconsistent, hit and miss, quickfire century from Dave Warner. Still good to watch, but not in the same ballpark as a traditional Inter.
If I wasn't insulted that this was an Interdom, and it was merely a Menangle grand circuit race under this format I'd be applauding them. It's a great idea. It's just not an Interdominion.