On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 19th December 2025, for the second day in a row a CEO of a major sporting organisation has resigned in New Zealand. Scott Weenink, the CEO of NZ Cricket has resigned following a tumultuous time around the discussion of the future of domestic T20 cricket in New Zealand.
Former Black Cap Richard Petrie was one of the cosignatories on an open letter to NZ Cricket that voiced concerns around the proposed NZ20 competition and he joined D'Arcy to discuss what this could mean for the future of T20 cricket in New Zealand.
Piney shares his thoughts on Devon Conway joining the ellusive club of Black Caps who have scored 2 or more double hundreds in test matches.
And D'Arcy and Piney discuss Scott Weenink's resignation, meaning we now have vacant CEO positions at all three of our major sporting organisations and they share their sporting highlight of the year.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hello there, and for the last time in twenty twenty five,
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New Zealand's most trusted home builder, and GJ thank you
so much for your support of the podcast. It is Friday,
December nineteen.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I'm Jason Pine, my name is Darcy Walter Grave, and
I tell you what, this has been all bunch of
fun this year. We've thought for quite some time about
putting a podcast like this together. Plainly, Jason and I
are the most driven characters in the world's act. It
took a while to get up and running, but I've
really enjoyed the last year. It's been wonderful broadcasting in
(01:00):
Hugh Jason's we don't get to do this now, No.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
We don't. I hope that people have found some favor
of what we've come up with. They've had some conversation
starters and they've enjoyed catching up. Perhaps at the end
of their day with all sports have been going on
across that day. A bit to get through before we
not get on the head for twenty twenty five, I
want to hear your sporting highlight of the year and
I'm probably putting you on the spot. But also today
Scott ween Ink has has stepped down as CEO of
(01:26):
New Zealand Cricket. You've got a guest to that regard
on the podcast today.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Indeed, Richard Peaches Peatree who was a fine cantab cricket
and then he ran off to Wellington. I don't know why,
but he's been at the forefront of like, hey, inz
twenty's not a good idea. Let's everyone just calm the farm.
So we'll be talking to him about what the resignation
of what we does for the future of teaching cricketing.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Leaves and sports news come on your way too, so
let's get into it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
In other news, let's get.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Things going with a look at some of the big
sports stories around today. Whitney Hanson's carrying on the family
business after joining dad Sir Steve as a national rugby coach.
She's been named New Blackburn's head coach until the end
of twenty twenty seven. Whitney Hanson says her dad has
been huge in helping her achieve her dreams.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
The massive how my dad is an amazing supporter of
who I am as a human being, I think, regardless
of what I was doing. And my whole family is
like that, you know, they're just so proud to see
me chief some success and love what I do.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
This year is New Zealand Golf Open winner Ryan Peak
wants to capitalize on his success when he returns to
defend his crown in February. The Aussie has confirmed he'll
be back after becoming the first New Zealand Open winner
to earn a direct spot into the British Open.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
That's why I look for to gone back to defend
this year as well, because well next year as well,
because the British opens up for grabs once again and
I didn't do my best performance there that year, but
it's definitely something that I want more of.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
And Kenyon qualifier David Munuya has stunned world number eighteen
Mike Didecker three cents to two in the opening round
of the World Darts Champs in London.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Chat shot, you are the biggest.
Speaker 6 (03:13):
Shot dissecting the sporting agenda. It's Sportsfex with Jason Vine.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Devin Conway today joined a pretty exclusive group of New
Zealand batters who have scored more than one double one
hundred and Test cricket two hundred and twenty seven in
his fifty ninth Test innings today, to go with the
two hundred he scored at Lords in his very first
Test innings. It is a pretty illustrious group. As I say,
came Williamson. You forget how good he has been six
double one hundreds for New Zealand, five of those in
(03:43):
New Zealand, a couple in Hamilton. Brendan McCullum is next
on the list with four, including of course that triple
hundred are only one three hundred and two, plus three others,
two of those overseas against India and Pakistan. Ross Taylor
scored three scores of two hundred or more, including two
hundred and ninety against the Aussies at the Whacker. Stephen
(04:05):
Fleming also had three, all of those were overseas. Seven
of Stephen Fleming's nine Test centuries were scored off shore.
And then a group of players who have scored two
Devon Conway has joined that group. Tom Latham, Matthew Sinclair,
of course, who also scored a double hundred on Test
debut Boxing Day Test nineteen ninety nine, and Glenn Turner
with two double hundreds in the same series in the
(04:28):
West Indies. Missing from the list but still worthy of
a mention is Martin Crowe, just the one score of
two hundred plus and of course, as we know it
was that agonizing two hundred and ninety nine he scored
against Sri Lanka. If anybody deserved to get the three hundred,
(04:49):
it deserved to be Martin crow wasn't to be the
two ninety nine, the most he ever got. But yeah,
a guy who I think is worthy of discussion when
we're talking about our great batters. How many might Caine
Williamson get? How many might Tom Latham get? How many
more might Devon Conway get? We wait and see. But
Devin Conway today the latest member of that exclusive double
(05:13):
or more double one hundred club.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
Use and a villian. It's Sportsfix with Jason Pine and
Dussy Waldgrave.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
We'll join now on the Sportsflex podcast by Richard Peaches Petrie,
former cricket international, and of course he's been part of
the crew that have been dead against in Z twenty
and what they're trying to do. Richard, welcome to the show.
Of course, Today Scott Weenink retired from his role as
(05:42):
the CEO of n z C. What does that do
to the future of T twenty cricket here?
Speaker 7 (05:49):
It's certainly, certainly, you know, one of the topical things
at the moment. Yeah, what does it do to the
NZ twenty? Look, I think what's happening at the moment.
I know what's happening at the moment, and that is
that the New Zealand Cricket Board have asked de Lloyd
to go and do a review of four options in
ZED twenty is one of the options going to the
Big Bash competing and that is another option, staying the
(06:11):
stage as quo as another option. I can't remember what
the fourth one is, but it's probably not really one
of the main ones.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
So what does it do? It doesn't really change anything.
Speaker 7 (06:20):
Deloitt is still going to do their appraisal of the
different options, and I think they have to do that.
They have to outsource that to someone like Deloitte because
it's such a big decision and so contentious that you
need an external party to kind of review it from
a financial point of view and all the other pros
and cons. So it doesn't really change the situation, but
(06:42):
it's a pretty unfortunate situation where the CEO feels he
has to resign and it has been a contentious thing
and that NZ twenty has been at the center of it.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Unfortunately.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
What's their main see do you think with this T
twenty league?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It depends on who you speak to.
Speaker 7 (06:59):
You know, it's a T twenty league that has been
proposed by people like you know, Stephen Fleming and Heath
Mells and people like that are involved. The idea is
they sell franchises. You know, it's happening in some of
the other places around the world. The contentious part for
me anyway, and some of the people that I've spoken to,
is that it was it didn't look like a great
(07:21):
deal for his ze on cricket and if you start
sort of I don't want to go too far into it,
but you start sort of giving away parts of your game.
You know, New Zealand Cricket potentially loses control, that's one argument.
And if New Zealand Cricket loses control, then then you know,
if the major associations start getting paid by someone else,
(07:42):
you know, or earning money through other sources, then you
lose control.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
And you know, the argument is that that's not a
great thing.
Speaker 7 (07:48):
There's counter arguments as well, but that's kind of what
it's all been over.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
Well, you're part of the old guards that that that letter.
You had a lot of signatories saying, hey, just be careful,
the likes of Andrew Jones, of John Parker, Gary Troup,
Franklin tell the list goes on so plainly concern from that.
Now it's changed at the top or the top of
(08:12):
the table with the New Zealand cricket. Do I think
those concerns with these players will actually gain more traction
with a new person at the forefront.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Of this, will will the concerns grow?
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Well?
Speaker 7 (08:26):
I mean, I mean, you know, look, I think I
think a lot of people thought Scott ween It was
against it. I think what he was for he said
all the time he was for Deloitte's doing a proper review,
and so he was put under a lot of pressure,
I believe, because you know, he wasn't rubber stamping this
this m Z twenty thing, but now he wanted to
(08:48):
run a proper process, which was do it through Deloitte,
and that's that's still what's happening. But clearly there you know,
it's caused a lot of personal relationships to break down,
and that's that's been the problem. Scott's done a lot
of really good things for New Zealand cricket. He's done
a lot of good things. He's nego sh had some
(09:08):
really good TV rights for New Zealand, he's got good
future tours and well Rodger twos would have been part
of that as well. But you know a lot of
people think he's done a great job. There's just been
there has been some relationships that have been difficult, particularly
with the I think the Players Association, and that's been
(09:29):
that's been unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
It has been, But there's still the future. Look. I
had Greg barklayin the show a couple of weeks ago
talking about He was particularly measured, as you'd expect from
a chair of the ICC. He said, look, if this
takes another year, it doesn't matter. We've been working on
for a long long time. Let's proceed with caution, be
(09:51):
very pragmatic around that. So I don't know what the
relationship is between the major associations and how they appoint
the CEO. But plainly they've had a lot to say
around this, and they have helped move or to exit
stage left with the weening. So do you know much
about the way it's worked out at ENZ scene if
(10:14):
these associations have much of a say around the appointment
of the new CEO, because it could very much fallen
there in their favor, couldn't it.
Speaker 7 (10:24):
I imagine it would be the board that would you know,
that would appoint a new CEO if that was going
to happen. So the major associations have certainly voiced their displeasure.
I mean they have that n Z twenty, you know,
there was there's promises of you know, lots lots of
money and things like that. They've got quite excited about that.
(10:47):
There's still a lot of gaps and things that to
go before anything like that happened. So I'm not sure
that I don't think the major associations would be involved
in hiring a new CEO, but that would be the board.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
You'd suggest they had a reasonable amount to do with
the the exit of the CEO with the the rumler,
But that's the nature of politics.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
Oh, you, without high without without doubt, without doubt, without doubt.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
They have voiced a lot of issues. They have voiced
a lot of.
Speaker 7 (11:19):
Discontent, so that that would have been a major factor,
that's for sure. Yeah, and they're a major stakeholder.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
The Chamber is now in session.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
On Sportsfax, into the Chamber we go. We've heard from
Richard P. Tree, Scott weiningc has resigned, So by my count, Dars,
that's CEO vacancies at New Zealand Cricket Netball New Zealand
after the resignation yesterday of Jenny Wiley and New Zealand
Rugby after Mark Robinson's well telegraphed resignation, and yet they
still haven't been able to fill that role. How worrying
(11:50):
is it that our top three sports by most measures, rugby,
netball and cricket have no leadership going into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
I'm not worried, but if I'm Greg Peters or maybe
Andrew Pregnant, I'll be freaking out right now because either
needs two to four, aren't they.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Well, Look, circumstances have conspired to lead us to this place,
and I'm not suggesting that other CEOs like the wonderful
men that are Greg Peters Andrew Bragnell have too much
to worry about. But look, I mean there are three
vacancies there now, so at it's very base level. To us,
there are three roles to be filled, which are fairly
(12:27):
key roles in the New Zealand sporting landscape, and recent
history would suggest you'd have to be a sacker for
punishment or a masochist if you want to climb.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Into those roles. And I say this very seriously, and
a lot of these guys and girls will get into
their roles because they love the sport, they want to
do something for the sport. But based on the last year,
it is an absolute viper pit and you'd wonder why
anyone would want to climb into that. Wouldn't you rather
be a CEO of a company that no one cares about.
You're just going to count your money and go home
(12:57):
at the end of the night.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
I think the other part about it to us is
the relentless nature of being the CEO of a national
sporting organization and the fact that whatever goes wrong in
that sport from as roots, from juniors, from mini juniors,
all the way up to the elite side, the Black Caps,
the Silver Ferns, the All Blacks in these three cases
and everything in between. If something goes wrong, it's the
(13:20):
CEO's fault.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
You know.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I think that's what we've learned from Mark Robinson said
exactly that. I think to both of us, he said, Look,
if Super Rugby crowd numbers are down, it's my fault.
If our under twenties aren't winning, it's my fault. If
you know, we don't get enough volunteers at rugby clubs,
it's my fault. If the All Blacks don't win, it's
my fault. I mean, who'd want that? Hoo'd want that?
Speaker 4 (13:39):
Does he get blamed for the red Cards of the
Northern Hemisphere as well?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I'm sure he does.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
I'm sure he does well. And the think with Jenny,
we would just go back to Jenny Wiley would not
win it at the moment. But what people forget is
that she was the boss for netbullne New Zealand during
COVID and they did really well. And I'd hate to
think that Jenny is going to be judged or remembered
in her role over the last six to eight months.
(14:07):
That was one part of I think a very good tenure.
I think if you want to start pointing fingers at people,
and this goes right across all these other sports, you
start looking at the chairman of their boards, because they're
the ones that sit in the background, pulling all the
strings and never really have to answer to anyone.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Unfortunately, I fear that much as you would like to
remember someone for their full tenure, a little thing called
recency bias comes in and we tend to remember the
back end of someone's tenure and how it finished, rather
than all the good things they may or may not
have done throughout the tenure. But yeah, there'll be a
few people polishing their cvs, or maybe not us.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
That's what about you, Piney, You and E You've moved
around from time to time. You reckon, you're going to
roll over, and I mean you're in Wellington and it's
just a short hot skip and a jump from your place.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
You could not pay me enough us. You could not
pay me enough it.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
Are, or for a netball or if it doesn't matter,
does it.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
No, you couldn't pay me enough for any of those three.
And maybe therein lies the problem that the skill set
that's required is basically out of reach of the budget
of these national sporting organizations. Anyway, it'll give us fodder.
Twenty twenty six, just before we leave there is just
before we leave twenty twenty five in terms of the
Sports Fixed podcast, A sporting highlight of the year, John
(15:24):
me to go first? Or would you like to go?
Speaker 4 (15:25):
I love you to go first?
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Jordy Beamish's mine. I mean, what a story. This was
world champion in the three thousand meters steep will chase
the first ever World Track and Field Championship gold medal
on the track for New Zealand. And not just the
way that he ran down the double defending World and
Olympic champion and the home straight, but the previous day
after he fell at the at the herd all got
(15:49):
trodden on, got up and found his way into the
final and then ran down the ran down the home
straight with such amazing pace to win the gold medal. So,
Jordy Beamish, for me, what say you?
Speaker 4 (16:00):
That is an amazing memory. Thanks for stoking that again.
I remember that the collapse as well. That was absolutely
brilliant for me. It's not a moment and it's a decision.
We talked about viper pits before this sport is a
viper pit and a shark Paul and everything else. It's
called Formula one. And I think the fact that Liam
Lawson retained his drive after doing very well being dropped
(16:24):
from Red Bull, didn't drop his lip, went on with
racing Bulls and he secured a drive for twenty twenty six.
So for me being a petrol head, that's been the
highlight of my year, the way Liam's turned around a
horrible situation and made it count. Congratulations to that man, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
I fully endorse that you'll have your highlights as well.
I hope you've enjoyed your sporting year. That is us
in the chamber for today.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Dissecting the sporting agenda.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
It's Sportsfix with Jason Vine and Darcy Waldgrave.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
And that brings the curtain down on today's edition of
Sports Fix. And as we mentioned at the start, this
year's edition's plural of Sports Fix, it has been a
great pleasure bring you this content every weekday. We greatly
appreciate those of you who have tuned in, who have downloaded,
and particularly those who have subscribed. We think nineteen January
(17:18):
might be the first one for the new year. Don't
hold us to that. We don't know too much. Really,
we're just sportscasters after all. The powers that be will
tell us. But whatever they tell us, that's when sports
Fix will begin again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
I'm Ron Burgundy, right, they just tell me what to
do and I'm going to do it. They're like, mine,
what do you mean? I'm over on holiday? Gear back
into the studio aka Final I'm back in there as well.
If you've enjoyed what you've heard, tell your friends we'll
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into it again next year. If you want to engage
in sport talk, you can on Sports Talk. It's Monday
(17:53):
to Friday, although again that stops over the Christmas break.
I've got the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday show. Piney's got
Monday and what have you got one dash at weekend Sport.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Left indeed, yes, Saturday and Sunday midday till three. They
say we should wind down. I don't think we're winding
down this weekend. Plenty of fodder for discussion between midday
and three tomorrow and again on Sunday. Been a great
pleasure sports fixing with you this year. Dark Let's do
it again next year. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
It's insane what we've managed to work out, how we
can get paid to do this. I still pinch myself
every day, what on earth is going on? But hey
tell you what, Pineal take it. Merry Christmas, Happy New
Year to you and yours as well.
Speaker 6 (18:36):
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Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hello there, and for the last time in twenty twenty five,
welcome into the Sports Fixed podcast. As we have been
all year. We're here in association with GJ Gardner Homes,
New Zealand's most trusted home builder, and GJ thank you
so much for your support of the podcast. It is Friday,
December nineteen.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I'm Jason Pine, my name is Darcy Walter Grave, and
I tell you what, this has been all bunch of
fun this year. We've thought for quite some time about
putting a podcast like this together. Plainly, Jason and I
are the most driven characters in the world's act. It
took a while to get up and running, but I've
really enjoyed the last year. It's been wonderful broadcasting in
(01:00):
Hugh Jason's we don't get to do this now, No.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
We don't. I hope that people have found some favor
of what we've come up with. They've had some conversation
starters and they've enjoyed catching up. Perhaps at the end
of their day with all sports have been going on
across that day. A bit to get through before we
not get on the head for twenty twenty five, I
want to hear your sporting highlight of the year and
I'm probably putting you on the spot. But also today
Scott ween Ink has has stepped down as CEO of
(01:26):
New Zealand Cricket. You've got a guest to that regard
on the podcast today.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Indeed, Richard Peaches Peatree who was a fine cantab cricket
and then he ran off to Wellington. I don't know why,
but he's been at the forefront of like, hey, inz
twenty's not a good idea. Let's everyone just calm the farm.
So we'll be talking to him about what the resignation
of what we does for the future of teaching cricketing.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Leaves and sports news come on your way too, so
let's get into it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
In other news, let's get.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Things going with a look at some of the big
sports stories around today. Whitney Hanson's carrying on the family
business after joining dad Sir Steve as a national rugby coach.
She's been named New Blackburn's head coach until the end
of twenty twenty seven. Whitney Hanson says her dad has
been huge in helping her achieve her dreams.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
The massive how my dad is an amazing supporter of
who I am as a human being, I think, regardless
of what I was doing. And my whole family is
like that, you know, they're just so proud to see
me chief some success and love what I do.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
This year is New Zealand Golf Open winner Ryan Peak
wants to capitalize on his success when he returns to
defend his crown in February. The Aussie has confirmed he'll
be back after becoming the first New Zealand Open winner
to earn a direct spot into the British Open.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
That's why I look for to gone back to defend
this year as well, because well next year as well,
because the British opens up for grabs once again and
I didn't do my best performance there that year, but
it's definitely something that I want more of.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
And Kenyon qualifier David Munuya has stunned world number eighteen
Mike Didecker three cents to two in the opening round
of the World Darts Champs in London.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Chat shot, you are the biggest.
Speaker 6 (03:13):
Shot dissecting the sporting agenda. It's Sportsfex with Jason Vine.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Devin Conway today joined a pretty exclusive group of New
Zealand batters who have scored more than one double one
hundred and Test cricket two hundred and twenty seven in
his fifty ninth Test innings today, to go with the
two hundred he scored at Lords in his very first
Test innings. It is a pretty illustrious group. As I say,
came Williamson. You forget how good he has been six
double one hundreds for New Zealand, five of those in
(03:43):
New Zealand, a couple in Hamilton. Brendan McCullum is next
on the list with four, including of course that triple
hundred are only one three hundred and two, plus three others,
two of those overseas against India and Pakistan. Ross Taylor
scored three scores of two hundred or more, including two
hundred and ninety against the Aussies at the Whacker. Stephen
(04:05):
Fleming also had three, all of those were overseas. Seven
of Stephen Fleming's nine Test centuries were scored off shore.
And then a group of players who have scored two
Devon Conway has joined that group. Tom Latham, Matthew Sinclair,
of course, who also scored a double hundred on Test
debut Boxing Day Test nineteen ninety nine, and Glenn Turner
with two double hundreds in the same series in the
(04:28):
West Indies. Missing from the list but still worthy of
a mention is Martin Crowe, just the one score of
two hundred plus and of course, as we know it
was that agonizing two hundred and ninety nine he scored
against Sri Lanka. If anybody deserved to get the three hundred,
(04:49):
it deserved to be Martin crow wasn't to be the
two ninety nine, the most he ever got. But yeah,
a guy who I think is worthy of discussion when
we're talking about our great batters. How many might Caine
Williamson get? How many might Tom Latham get? How many
more might Devon Conway get? We wait and see. But
Devin Conway today the latest member of that exclusive double
(05:13):
or more double one hundred club.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
Use and a villian. It's Sportsfix with Jason Pine and
Dussy Waldgrave.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
We'll join now on the Sportsflex podcast by Richard Peaches Petrie,
former cricket international, and of course he's been part of
the crew that have been dead against in Z twenty
and what they're trying to do. Richard, welcome to the show.
Of course, Today Scott Weenink retired from his role as
(05:42):
the CEO of n z C. What does that do
to the future of T twenty cricket here?
Speaker 7 (05:49):
It's certainly, certainly, you know, one of the topical things
at the moment. Yeah, what does it do to the
NZ twenty? Look, I think what's happening at the moment.
I know what's happening at the moment, and that is
that the New Zealand Cricket Board have asked de Lloyd
to go and do a review of four options in
ZED twenty is one of the options going to the
Big Bash competing and that is another option, staying the
(06:11):
stage as quo as another option. I can't remember what
the fourth one is, but it's probably not really one
of the main ones.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
So what does it do? It doesn't really change anything.
Speaker 7 (06:20):
Deloitt is still going to do their appraisal of the
different options, and I think they have to do that.
They have to outsource that to someone like Deloitte because
it's such a big decision and so contentious that you
need an external party to kind of review it from
a financial point of view and all the other pros
and cons. So it doesn't really change the situation, but
(06:42):
it's a pretty unfortunate situation where the CEO feels he
has to resign and it has been a contentious thing
and that NZ twenty has been at the center of it.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Unfortunately.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
What's their main see do you think with this T
twenty league?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It depends on who you speak to.
Speaker 7 (06:59):
You know, it's a T twenty league that has been
proposed by people like you know, Stephen Fleming and Heath
Mells and people like that are involved. The idea is
they sell franchises. You know, it's happening in some of
the other places around the world. The contentious part for
me anyway, and some of the people that I've spoken to,
is that it was it didn't look like a great
(07:21):
deal for his ze on cricket and if you start
sort of I don't want to go too far into it,
but you start sort of giving away parts of your game.
You know, New Zealand Cricket potentially loses control, that's one argument.
And if New Zealand Cricket loses control, then then you know,
if the major associations start getting paid by someone else,
(07:42):
you know, or earning money through other sources, then you
lose control.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
And you know, the argument is that that's not a
great thing.
Speaker 7 (07:48):
There's counter arguments as well, but that's kind of what
it's all been over.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
Well, you're part of the old guards that that that letter.
You had a lot of signatories saying, hey, just be careful,
the likes of Andrew Jones, of John Parker, Gary Troup,
Franklin tell the list goes on so plainly concern from that.
Now it's changed at the top or the top of
(08:12):
the table with the New Zealand cricket. Do I think
those concerns with these players will actually gain more traction
with a new person at the forefront.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Of this, will will the concerns grow?
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Well?
Speaker 7 (08:26):
I mean, I mean, you know, look, I think I
think a lot of people thought Scott ween It was
against it. I think what he was for he said
all the time he was for Deloitte's doing a proper review,
and so he was put under a lot of pressure,
I believe, because you know, he wasn't rubber stamping this
this m Z twenty thing, but now he wanted to
(08:48):
run a proper process, which was do it through Deloitte,
and that's that's still what's happening. But clearly there you know,
it's caused a lot of personal relationships to break down,
and that's that's been the problem. Scott's done a lot
of really good things for New Zealand cricket. He's done
a lot of good things. He's nego sh had some
(09:08):
really good TV rights for New Zealand, he's got good
future tours and well Rodger twos would have been part
of that as well. But you know a lot of
people think he's done a great job. There's just been
there has been some relationships that have been difficult, particularly
with the I think the Players Association, and that's been
(09:29):
that's been unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
It has been, But there's still the future. Look. I
had Greg barklayin the show a couple of weeks ago
talking about He was particularly measured, as you'd expect from
a chair of the ICC. He said, look, if this
takes another year, it doesn't matter. We've been working on
for a long long time. Let's proceed with caution, be
(09:51):
very pragmatic around that. So I don't know what the
relationship is between the major associations and how they appoint
the CEO. But plainly they've had a lot to say
around this, and they have helped move or to exit
stage left with the weening. So do you know much
about the way it's worked out at ENZ scene if
(10:14):
these associations have much of a say around the appointment
of the new CEO, because it could very much fallen
there in their favor, couldn't it.
Speaker 7 (10:24):
I imagine it would be the board that would you know,
that would appoint a new CEO if that was going
to happen. So the major associations have certainly voiced their displeasure.
I mean they have that n Z twenty, you know,
there was there's promises of you know, lots lots of
money and things like that. They've got quite excited about that.
(10:47):
There's still a lot of gaps and things that to
go before anything like that happened. So I'm not sure
that I don't think the major associations would be involved
in hiring a new CEO, but that would be the board.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
You'd suggest they had a reasonable amount to do with
the the exit of the CEO with the the rumler,
But that's the nature of politics.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
Oh, you, without high without without doubt, without doubt, without doubt.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
They have voiced a lot of issues. They have voiced
a lot of.
Speaker 7 (11:19):
Discontent, so that that would have been a major factor,
that's for sure. Yeah, and they're a major stakeholder.
Speaker 6 (11:25):
The Chamber is now in session.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
On Sportsfax, into the Chamber we go. We've heard from
Richard P. Tree, Scott weiningc has resigned, So by my count, Dars,
that's CEO vacancies at New Zealand Cricket Netball New Zealand
after the resignation yesterday of Jenny Wiley and New Zealand
Rugby after Mark Robinson's well telegraphed resignation, and yet they
still haven't been able to fill that role. How worrying
(11:50):
is it that our top three sports by most measures, rugby,
netball and cricket have no leadership going into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
I'm not worried, but if I'm Greg Peters or maybe
Andrew Pregnant, I'll be freaking out right now because either
needs two to four, aren't they.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Well, Look, circumstances have conspired to lead us to this place,
and I'm not suggesting that other CEOs like the wonderful
men that are Greg Peters Andrew Bragnell have too much
to worry about. But look, I mean there are three
vacancies there now, so at it's very base level. To us,
there are three roles to be filled, which are fairly
(12:27):
key roles in the New Zealand sporting landscape, and recent
history would suggest you'd have to be a sacker for
punishment or a masochist if you want to climb.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Into those roles. And I say this very seriously, and
a lot of these guys and girls will get into
their roles because they love the sport, they want to
do something for the sport. But based on the last year,
it is an absolute viper pit and you'd wonder why
anyone would want to climb into that. Wouldn't you rather
be a CEO of a company that no one cares about.
You're just going to count your money and go home
(12:57):
at the end of the night.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
I think the other part about it to us is
the relentless nature of being the CEO of a national
sporting organization and the fact that whatever goes wrong in
that sport from as roots, from juniors, from mini juniors,
all the way up to the elite side, the Black Caps,
the Silver Ferns, the All Blacks in these three cases
and everything in between. If something goes wrong, it's the
(13:20):
CEO's fault.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
You know.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I think that's what we've learned from Mark Robinson said
exactly that. I think to both of us, he said, Look,
if Super Rugby crowd numbers are down, it's my fault.
If our under twenties aren't winning, it's my fault. If
you know, we don't get enough volunteers at rugby clubs,
it's my fault. If the All Blacks don't win, it's
my fault. I mean, who'd want that? Hoo'd want that?
Speaker 4 (13:39):
Does he get blamed for the red Cards of the
Northern Hemisphere as well?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I'm sure he does.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
I'm sure he does well. And the think with Jenny,
we would just go back to Jenny Wiley would not
win it at the moment. But what people forget is
that she was the boss for netbullne New Zealand during
COVID and they did really well. And I'd hate to
think that Jenny is going to be judged or remembered
in her role over the last six to eight months.
(14:07):
That was one part of I think a very good tenure.
I think if you want to start pointing fingers at people,
and this goes right across all these other sports, you
start looking at the chairman of their boards, because they're
the ones that sit in the background, pulling all the
strings and never really have to answer to anyone.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Unfortunately, I fear that much as you would like to
remember someone for their full tenure, a little thing called
recency bias comes in and we tend to remember the
back end of someone's tenure and how it finished, rather
than all the good things they may or may not
have done throughout the tenure. But yeah, there'll be a
few people polishing their cvs, or maybe not us.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
That's what about you, Piney, You and E You've moved
around from time to time. You reckon, you're going to
roll over, and I mean you're in Wellington and it's
just a short hot skip and a jump from your place.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
You could not pay me enough us. You could not
pay me enough it.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
Are, or for a netball or if it doesn't matter,
does it.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
No, you couldn't pay me enough for any of those three.
And maybe therein lies the problem that the skill set
that's required is basically out of reach of the budget
of these national sporting organizations. Anyway, it'll give us fodder.
Twenty twenty six, just before we leave there is just
before we leave twenty twenty five in terms of the
Sports Fixed podcast, A sporting highlight of the year, John
(15:24):
me to go first? Or would you like to go?
Speaker 4 (15:25):
I love you to go first?
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Jordy Beamish's mine. I mean, what a story. This was
world champion in the three thousand meters steep will chase
the first ever World Track and Field Championship gold medal
on the track for New Zealand. And not just the
way that he ran down the double defending World and
Olympic champion and the home straight, but the previous day
after he fell at the at the herd all got
(15:49):
trodden on, got up and found his way into the
final and then ran down the ran down the home
straight with such amazing pace to win the gold medal. So,
Jordy Beamish, for me, what say you?
Speaker 4 (16:00):
That is an amazing memory. Thanks for stoking that again.
I remember that the collapse as well. That was absolutely
brilliant for me. It's not a moment and it's a decision.
We talked about viper pits before this sport is a
viper pit and a shark Paul and everything else. It's
called Formula one. And I think the fact that Liam
Lawson retained his drive after doing very well being dropped
(16:24):
from Red Bull, didn't drop his lip, went on with
racing Bulls and he secured a drive for twenty twenty six.
So for me being a petrol head, that's been the
highlight of my year, the way Liam's turned around a
horrible situation and made it count. Congratulations to that man, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
I fully endorse that you'll have your highlights as well.
I hope you've enjoyed your sporting year. That is us
in the chamber for today.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Dissecting the sporting agenda.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
It's Sportsfix with Jason Vine and Darcy Waldgrave.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
And that brings the curtain down on today's edition of
Sports Fix. And as we mentioned at the start, this
year's edition's plural of Sports Fix, it has been a
great pleasure bring you this content every weekday. We greatly
appreciate those of you who have tuned in, who have downloaded,
and particularly those who have subscribed. We think nineteen January
(17:18):
might be the first one for the new year. Don't
hold us to that. We don't know too much. Really,
we're just sportscasters after all. The powers that be will
tell us. But whatever they tell us, that's when sports
Fix will begin again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
I'm Ron Burgundy, right, they just tell me what to
do and I'm going to do it. They're like, mine,
what do you mean? I'm over on holiday? Gear back
into the studio aka Final I'm back in there as well.
If you've enjoyed what you've heard, tell your friends we'll
come back. So get them to subscribe and we'll get
into it again next year. If you want to engage
in sport talk, you can on Sports Talk. It's Monday
(17:53):
to Friday, although again that stops over the Christmas break.
I've got the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday show. Piney's got
Monday and what have you got one dash at weekend Sport.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Left indeed, yes, Saturday and Sunday midday till three. They
say we should wind down. I don't think we're winding
down this weekend. Plenty of fodder for discussion between midday
and three tomorrow and again on Sunday. Been a great
pleasure sports fixing with you this year. Dark Let's do
it again next year. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
It's insane what we've managed to work out, how we
can get paid to do this. I still pinch myself
every day, what on earth is going on? But hey
tell you what, Pineal take it. Merry Christmas, Happy New
Year to you and yours as well.
Speaker 6 (18:36):
Use and a Vinion. It's Sportsfix with Jason Pine and
Dussy Waltergrave.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
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