The result of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 14:46, 17 May 2006 (UTC) reply
A cricket club in Saddleworth, a town in near Oldham which has 20,000 people, competing in the Saddleworth Cricket League, effectively some kind of local town competition. There are 13 clubs in this town - see List of English cricket clubs, so on average each club would draw from around 1500 people each. Given that a random high school has 1500 students to draw from, how is this more important than a high school cricket team. The claim to professionalism isn't necessarily that great - many sports teams pay $2000 for instance for a "star player" to play with them, but it isn't a full-time job, it's just to get a "relatively good" player. nn ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 05:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 14:46, 17 May 2006 (UTC) reply
A cricket club in Saddleworth, a town in near Oldham which has 20,000 people, competing in the Saddleworth Cricket League, effectively some kind of local town competition. There are 13 clubs in this town - see List of English cricket clubs, so on average each club would draw from around 1500 people each. Given that a random high school has 1500 students to draw from, how is this more important than a high school cricket team. The claim to professionalism isn't necessarily that great - many sports teams pay $2000 for instance for a "star player" to play with them, but it isn't a full-time job, it's just to get a "relatively good" player. nn ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 05:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC) reply