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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3464481, member: 9052"] I would love if they had an Aust A tour going at the same time as the main series. I think it could be easier for India, because the IPL is assisting them in remunerating the players. Young cricketers over there can see a professional career in cricket if they can jag a spot in T20's... although something that won't be helping them is preventing Indian players from participating in other T20 comps around the world. But what they do have in the IPL is players basically being able to be full time professionals through their 'Shield' setup... they can devote 100% of their time to improving as cricketers... whereas guys in the Aust setup are still making bats, etc. to earn a wage. More investment may be required at the shield level (coaching, wages, etc.) and preparing the next group of players to come into the international teams. They've just signed a massive TV deal and you hope some of that is filtering down to the shield setup. Maybe give each team enough money to support a Top 11 (outside the Aust players) as a fulltime wage... basically a salary cap. That way the Shield teams are identifying the best talents coming through their setups rather than the Aust selectors having to do it from distance [/QUOTE]

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