Not trying to offend anyone .... i dont look down on park/village cricket - I've played plenty of it myself , and know there are always plenty of players who could , if they wanted to , play grade/higher level comps etc .
If a team is rurally located , fair enough , it's a bit hard to expect them to go to a different team or club simply because they are too good/crap in their current comp. However , in urban/suburban instances , in big cricket playing countries , this can be easily avoided....just play in a comp that suits your commitment levels , and play for a team /in a division that suits your playing abilities..... nothing new there !
I was making points that you can have a system whereby you can avoid convoluted points systems and promotion /relegation .... and even if your comp (ie park or village comp) , club , or team can't withstand the pressures/influnces of a graded system , a comp can just administrate - adjust the teams in each division, based on team composition, performance , without a formal promotion /relegation system . But , even if a comp does still want formal promotion /relegation , it is no real reason to have such twisted points structures..... just have finals ! The top 4, 6 teams fight it out to win the comp and who wil be the top 2, 3, whatever, teams to get promoted . You can even have a bottom of the table finals series too, to see who gets relegated . Sure beats a system that encourages a team to bat first , or bowl first or whatever ( or , god forbid , declare at 3/18 !).
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