Apologies for the non-Everton content, but cricket is a love of mine, in particular Lancashire County Cricket Club.
As is the case with football, cricket faces the challenge of globalisation, of private money, of media companies taking effective control of the development of the game through the lure of lucrative media rights revenues.
There’s nothing wrong with developing the game, nor increasing the numbers of people watching the game. As is the case with football, there’s hardly a day or time when cricket cannot be watched on a computer or TV screen from anywhere in the world.
However, as with football, this development should not mean that ordinary fans (or in the case of County Cricket, members) should be disenfranchised from the sport and club they love.
I explore this with Alan Highman, life long Lancastrian and in recent years campaigner for member’s rights with his beloved Lancashire.
I hope you enjoy it, as ever comments most welcome!