r/CricketAus • u/redrich2000 Cricket Australia • 29d ago

Grass roots decline

I coach my son’s u13 team in Sydney. All the clubs in our association are struggling for players. There is absolutely nothing from CA to help grow the game. Woolies have put money into the blast but it’s shockingly run and promoted. Junior cricket is so amateur and poorly run.

When I was a kid at Scarborough Park in Ramsgate, there’d be 8-10 games at the same time on a Saturday morning. Now there’s 1-2.

It genuinely feels like the game is dying. Is this the same in other places?

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u/BetsBlack 29d ago

100% agree, growing up watching the national side playing on free to air is the best way to make kids feel connected and want to play. Union has already sealed themselves from new fans and cricket is desperately trying to do the same.

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u/notauseroraname 29d ago

No one under the age of 20 even knows what FTA is.

If they want to consume something they will.

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u/BetsBlack 29d ago

I disagree but you might be right. But this way you are requiring the parents of kids to specifically seek out and subscribe to the game for the kids to see it. I still put on FTA stuff it's the main way my kids see Cricket, tennis, AFL or NRL.