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14 professional teams, or more to the point, professional organisations, is not only economically not viable, but what is it going to do to the standard of 1st Class cricket in SA? The franchise system had about 120 professional players. You are now adding at least 100 more players to the competition who weren't good enough to get a franchise contract. That's a lot of dilution to the quality of the competition. Are the teams now going t be made up of some professionals and some semi-professionals, or are the better 1st Class players in for a pay cut? The pie has not got any bigger, but suddenly there are twice as many people around the table!

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This lack of money is clearly a result of many years of mismanagement / other failings.

I was frankly gob-smacked when I downloaded the latest CSA app for iPhone, and found it riddled with in-play purchases.

To remove the adverts, you are asked to pay R20 a month or something - I can't recall exact amount.

This takes the begging bowl concept to a new low. It would be laughable if not so sad.

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