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Cricket is Coming to America. We Might Finally Be Willing to Accept It
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The Cricket T20 World Cup will begin play in June. America is co-hosting with the West Indies with 16 games to be played in New York, Texas, and Florida. It is certainly quite the development for a sport that has long been dismissed as the bastard cousin of baseball.
The thing is, the World Cup is only sticking its proverbial toe in the water to check the temperature. Once a T20 champion is crowned, we jump into the second season of Major League Cricket, an ambitious attempt to establish a domestic league stateside backed by billionaires and featuring rosters with prominent names such as Quinton de Kock, Glen Maxwell, and a personal favorite, Haris Rauf.
A few years ago, I would have thought this idea was crazy. Now, it just might work. Maybe. Maybe.
Major League Cricket has done a good job of assembling rosters that should provide entertainment. If fans start watching during the T20 World Cup, there won't be this massive drop-off when the domestic league kicks off.
The reason for that is finances. Namely, Major League Cricket is being bankrolled by a pretty impressive list of investors who have pledged upwards of $1 billion to get this thing off the ground. That is billion with a b.
It won't threaten MLB, but there is no reason it can't exist in the space between MLS, the WNBA, and the Premier Lacrosse League. All cricket really needs is just time, support and the chance to grow. Those things that have derailed numerous other startup sports leagues over the years don't seem as if they'll be an issue for Major League Cricket.
Now, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe America will never embrace cricket. Then again, there were numerous people in Sacramento who would go on about "they should use their hands" when I tried to talk soccer in the 2000s. Now, some of those people are Sac Republic season ticket holders.
All I'm saying is there is a chance for cricket to become something in America. And now is the time to find out. Between the T20 Cricket World Cup and the second season of Major League Cricket, the cricketers are coming.
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  • @brettpanzer
    @brettpanzer 29 хвилин тому

    Wow, fellow MLS haters? I didn’t know you existed.

  • @DavidSmith-fs6pi
    @DavidSmith-fs6pi 41 хвилина тому

    Within the next few years the whole Braves Minor League System will be in Georgia: Augusta(Low A),Rome(A),Columbus(AA) and Gwinnett(AAA)

  • @Paradiselve7
    @Paradiselve7 3 години тому

    Sounds like this video was made to use Dr bergs name to get views lol. He wishes he had as many subscribers as Dr Berg.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback 3 години тому

      Notice you can't say where the video is actually wrong. And if I wanted as many subscribers as Berg did, I would buy them like Berg did.

  • @robertmiller2104
    @robertmiller2104 5 годин тому

    Ever girls couldnt save AFL was a power house back in day

  • @sgam3646
    @sgam3646 6 годин тому

    '4-6 week sprint' . Typical IT terminology 😂

  • @nisargkagathala9234
    @nisargkagathala9234 6 годин тому

    I laughed when u said haris rauf😂😂

  • @LazarusSlade
    @LazarusSlade 11 годин тому

    Read my lips: No cricket in America! It's effing gay!!!

  • @kaleidoscopex7213
    @kaleidoscopex7213 12 годин тому

    When Landon Donovan left San Jose literally no one in the Bay Area cared about the Quakes cause they were known for horrible recruiting / scouting process cause they only accepted higher end privileged players (Wondolowski was mediocre my brother was better than him at Chico State, he was a rich daddys boy that went to De La Salle)

  • @KarthikAaryaRajagopalan
    @KarthikAaryaRajagopalan 14 годин тому

    Wonder what's the temperature you got down and behind. Burn for certain. The man is doing great work. I personally have derived immense benefits from following his recommendations. Your thought process is shallow and you actually suck with your pathetic commentary. You don't look healthy either. BTW, wearing scrubs are really comfortable for most of the physical stuff he recommends/ demonstrates...and scrubs are not the sole property of the medical fraternity. THey sport it for occupational comfort. Can't believe you took so much time to play down somebody's efforts to help others ? You definitely need help. Go see a shrink dude before its too late. One concluding point for your degenerate head: Plagiarism makes sense in intellectual competition. It has absolutely NO RELEVANCE in serving the community with compassion entirely free of cost.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback 11 годин тому

      Are you seriously trying to defend plagiarism? Shouldn't an expert be able to not steal material from Wikipedia if they are, in fact, as knowledgeable as they claim? Then again, I'm not surprised you think that, given the rest of your nonsensical ramblings. You can't say where I am wrong and instead try to defend the indefensible. Maybe next time, you should go over your own thought process before calling out someone else.

  • @atmajagran
    @atmajagran 16 годин тому

    BCCI pays them enough money, that's why Indian players are hard to buy

  • @wetguavass
    @wetguavass 16 годин тому

    USA corrupted FIFA. USA is going for LIGA MX and Mexican national team first, then they're going for Europe.

  • @rsv6603
    @rsv6603 16 годин тому

    Just practice, practice, n practice.

  • @moose7454
    @moose7454 17 годин тому

    Arena football in its traditional form is a GREAT game…it’s great that the IFL is still carrying the torch amongst the other garbage leagues

  • @kiwahangofficial3758
    @kiwahangofficial3758 18 годин тому

    Once America people watch and understand cricket games they will love it ❤❤❤

  • @therockyreview1847
    @therockyreview1847 18 годин тому

    I moved to Texas from Sacramento. I attend FC Dallas games but the crowd and the supporters section got absolutely nothing on the Sacramento Republic FC. The Crowd, the game and the Supporters is a sight to see on a hot Saturday night. Lets add on the sights and sounds of the California state fair in the background and its a beautiful sight to see. VAMOS VAMOS VAMOS REPUBLIC!!! ⚽🐻

  • @pdjward
    @pdjward 20 годин тому

    $10 beers at a minor league game certainly isn’t helping.

  • @teto85
    @teto85 21 годину тому

    The AFL 3.0 has moved from dream to joke to scam. And this AL seems to be even more scammy.

  • @user-jp7qo2gr8b
    @user-jp7qo2gr8b 21 годину тому

    Chicago st has improved greatly over the last couple of years

  • @teto85
    @teto85 23 години тому

    This incarnation is toast.

  • @calereliya
    @calereliya День тому

    I loved the original incarnation of it and this video is also how I found out it was back. The one clip you showed where the scoreboard ticker was just a video of the scoreboard made me HOWL. Even university sports here (hi from western Canada) have a mostly uniform score ticker (sometimes the font for the score varies a bit, but whatever). If you can’t even figure out how to get a score bug onto your broadcast, you don’t really have a right to exist as a pro league.

  • @manme6051
    @manme6051 День тому

    There was Real San Jose when the Earthquakes franchise moved back in 2005. It did draw a few thousands fans for a number of years. Still going on to this day.

  • @enemyzer092
    @enemyzer092 День тому

    Been to 4 FC Republic matches this year and it’s awesome ! Saw the Republic beat the MLS Earthquakes !

  • @colmross1756
    @colmross1756 День тому

    I've been an Earthquakes fan since I was 7-8 years old, and im turning 20 next week. I've never seen a football club that is so seemingly neglected that every time an ounce of progress is made by the team it gets reported as huge news. I'm hoping a new team can start in the South Bay/Silicon Valley area so while I will never stop supporting San Jose (unless fisher moves them to Vegas) I can have some hope of having a local team with owners who care about them.

  • @lucagorosito3715
    @lucagorosito3715 День тому

    Yo, quake fans, what's y'all's opinion of Diego Maradona's nephew playing in your club?

  • @artapart856
    @artapart856 День тому

    Respectfully, I say If Dr Berg is not qualified to offer his analysis of medical studies, how are you qualified to judge the intelligence or lack thereof, of all of the people who say they have benefited from his advice? Respectfully, how are you qualified to judge that many of the people who were helped byBerg are liars? Respectfully, you accuse many people of what you obviously do not know. It is apparent that you are following the god of this world. I sincerely pray that you come to know the true God, who is the God of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Jesus the Christ.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback 20 годин тому

      If god is love and goodness and all that stuff, why god is allowing Eric Berg to force employees into Scientology and harm others by charging them for fake tests?

    • @artapart856
      @artapart856 18 годин тому

      @@thetouchback God allows it because God offers his children, including you and Dr Berg to choose good or evil. To choose Him or not. God is about freedom. It wouldn’t be love and it wouldn’t seem fair if God was a dictator. A dictator who made us so we can only choose Him, and we can only do what he wants, right? I wouldn’t want a god like that. So, how does God define love? Imagine that God has a perfect Son. God wants a family who truly loves him. The problem is this family that he wanted. is enamored with bad behavior, anger, jealousy, hate. You name it. Not only that, this family does not understand God‘s goodness and becomes his enemy and hates him. So the only way to help this family to be capable of being good, loving, joyful, peaceful was to send his Son. His Son would bear up, or take upon himself these bad choices, the most vile and wicked sins of all humanity, so that it would be just as if these people had never sinned. This perfect Son would not only have the sum of all of mankind’s most grievous sins put upon Him, He would also go willfully to be tortured to death for you, me, and Dr Berg. Imagine the pain of a Father, giving His beloved Son up to be tortured , die and rise again so that these haters of God would be able to change their minds and become His family. That is love. If you, me , and Dr Berg believe that God sent His Son to do this for us, we will have eternal life together in Heaven. And there will be no more need for you to dislike Dr Berg or any of these so called liars and idiots who follow Dr Berg. Like me, you will be changed with a new heart, and so will Dr Berg. Your anger will be changed to love peace joy. Just like He did for me! You know Christians like me still struggle with our old nature. We are imperfect but improving. All of humanity needs his help. We all fall short. Says the prophet Isaiah, we are all as filthy rags. Let me know if you want to choose Him, and I will be happy to help you along, Mr. Touchback!

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback 18 годин тому

      Your wildly incorrect attempt to justify free will in order to defend a man who doesn't care about your god and thinks Xenu is going to take him up on his big rocket ship, assuming Berg gives Scientology enough money, is laughable. In fact, you are enabling those who work for the devil by supporting people like Berg. Have fun in H-E-double hockey sticks because that is where you are heading. No amount of hollow words can change that.

    • @artapart856
      @artapart856 18 годин тому

      @@thetouchback I will be praying for you Mr Touchback and wish you the best in life, Love, Joy, and His peace and blessings to you, sir.

  • @patriciawilson9666
    @patriciawilson9666 День тому

    Once streaming started anyone with 1/2 a brain could see this coming a mile away.Bally's Sports which broadcasts the Tigers,Pistons and Red Wings is on life support as we speak.

  • @patriciawilson9666
    @patriciawilson9666 День тому

    100% just yesterday the Detroit Tigers just played probably their best most exciting game of the season and it was exclusively on Roku.BFD!

  • @t34esq
    @t34esq День тому

    Good video but pretty sure MLS rejected SAC lol

  • @niranjanj6930
    @niranjanj6930 День тому

    Cricket is money make sports. To easily, ipl is the 2nd richest league in the world & just 3 months..

  • @asiahgas5812
    @asiahgas5812 День тому

    Americans, real sons of the soil bona fide citizens of USA. Please come and watch the ICC T20 in New Yorkm

  • @niranjanj6930
    @niranjanj6930 День тому

    Ipl was almost close to 3 months

  • @terminator-sb7cv
    @terminator-sb7cv День тому

    Indians are out of our league bro 😂😂

  • @loveandpeees
    @loveandpeees День тому

    Baseball is bastered child of cricket😂

  • @prayagraj976
    @prayagraj976 День тому

    Cricket is far more complex than baseball. The whole game of baseball is just cricket with only beamers. Which is considered the worst balling in cricket.

    • @pinkmankid860
      @pinkmankid860 День тому

      Bro don't be ignorant like a baseball fan there more to it than you think!

    • @prayagraj976
      @prayagraj976 День тому

      @@pinkmankid860 ofcourse when u are only allowed to give full toss balls. You can create some new variants to the style and it can be fast but compared to cricket its complexity and variations are not ecen half of it.

  • @aleks1939
    @aleks1939 День тому

    LOL....Now do one on the WNBA.

  • @mlbnate89
    @mlbnate89 День тому

    As an ex-A’s fan, I decided to pick up cricket this year. I was pulling hard for SRH in the IPL which was a lot of fun. Now I’m excited to cheer for the Unicorns!

  • @letsroll03
    @letsroll03 День тому

    Just add more ufl teams

  • @brandon_buildsDIY
    @brandon_buildsDIY День тому

    For cricket to grow in the states the local cricket grounds needs to be improved for local talent to hone their skills. I play in the Midwest league in Chicago and the 80% of the grounds(outfields) are like cow pastures.

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback 16 годин тому

      This is a good point. I am surprised more college campuses don't have designated cricket areas as part of multipurpose fields given their population of international students.

  • @mech-tech9361
    @mech-tech9361 День тому

    For big success of major league , they need big players from india, england. But how you gonna pay them , they are getting big paycheck (more than a million dollars) for few month of league cricket. This t20 wc can be launchpad for cricket in America, if this fails then no hope.

  • @mech-tech9361
    @mech-tech9361 День тому

    Baseball is much dumber & boring sports , & most of the world dont know about it, & who knows it that just coz of movies & anime. Cricket is just too much strategic & unpredictable sport with compare to any sport.

  • @arkchangyiel
    @arkchangyiel 2 дні тому

    Insulting people and name calling has NEVER been an elocuent nor convincing argument. I will not engage with you like others here. I'll simply quote an " Old Wisdom Phrase". " NEVER ARGUE WITH A FOOL , PEOPLE MIGHT NOT NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. P.S. You look different from your previous video. You may have a LEEAKY GUT,FOOL

    • @thetouchback
      @thetouchback День тому

      The minute you comment is the minute you engage. The fact you aren't smart enough to understand that only strengthens the point made in the video.

  • @MrTakaMOSHi
    @MrTakaMOSHi 2 дні тому

    As a Bay Area kid, I miss the Sabercats

  • @pumpkinbread7182
    @pumpkinbread7182 2 дні тому

    If it is up to Oakland, they will eventually be called San Francisco Bay-Oakland-Sacramento A’s.

  • @Amiittk
    @Amiittk 2 дні тому

    Cricket is a advertisers dream.. It should get popular in the US.

  • @nosportsteamfollower516
    @nosportsteamfollower516 2 дні тому

    Why don't they move to Salt Lake?

  • @iamphull
    @iamphull 2 дні тому

    Even Jomboy is excited about cricket...

  • @angelabaldwin5460
    @angelabaldwin5460 2 дні тому

    If he was a succesful doctor, he wouldnt have time be sueezing youtube dry for money. I suspected this dork was a youtube content creator. Ugh. The scrubs had me looking him up on google.

  • @gojikranz
    @gojikranz 2 дні тому

    No one in Sacramento gonna forget the quakes republic game from last week.

  • @pinkuchoudhury27
    @pinkuchoudhury27 2 дні тому

    I think American People will love it once they see the upside. Coz it has money 💰

    • @bibekdas7449
      @bibekdas7449 День тому

      Nope nope nope nope Not the common people But money hungry rich people.

    • @Lalll-qn5fn
      @Lalll-qn5fn День тому

      @@bibekdas7449 Cricket is losing popularity

  • @thesum3312
    @thesum3312 2 дні тому

    You're mental dude.