ICC called on to share World Cup profits with host countries

[Lazie]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=news_byline sWe3b="0" HGxPN="2">ICC called on to share World Cup profits with host countries</TD></TR><TR><TD style="HEIGHT: 9px"></TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_summary><TABLE cellPadding=0 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD height=10></TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_summary sWe3b="0" HGxPN="2">A leading Caribbean promotional company has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to consider providing Caribbean countries with a part of the profits gained for live television coverage of the Cricket World Cup 2007.

<SPAN class=news_body sWe3b="0" HGxPN="8">The Trinidad-based Randy Glasgow Productions said that the funds would go towards helping Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines offset the huge <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">financial </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">investments</SPAN> they made in erecting stadia to accommodate the CWC games that have been poorly attended by cricket fans.

The company, which has had more than 35 years staging events throughout the Caribbean, North America and Europe, said that in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the government spent millions of dollars establishing new facilities to host practice matches which did not attract 1,500 people.

Randy <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">Glasgow</SPAN> Productions also said that the poor attendances at the games which end on April 28 with the finals in Barbados, had also affected vendors in individuals countries.
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[Lazie]

RE: ICC called on to share World Cup profits with host countries

I fully agree with this call.

[Mosiah]

RE: ICC called on to share World Cup profits with host countries

<DIV>Hindsight is 20-20. Why did all the countries buy the chat that people would have swarmed to practice matches?!? </DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV>The govts. need to accept some blame also. </DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV>All the matches should have been held in Jamaica, T&amp;T and Barbados. </DIV>

[Muadib]

RE: ICC called on to share World Cup profits with host countries

After wi get wheh with the World seeing only a glimpse of the poor infrastructure in Yard yuh really woulda wish dat pon us ?

Or would that be part of the the plan... embarass the Govt out of power.. if that is possible...

[Lazie]

RE: ICC called on to share World Cup profits with host countries

Hindsight? The average attendance for the previous WC was 12,055. If smady had done their homework .. then.The organizers should have marketed more to the local fans.