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1681  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: October 14, 2022, 09:25:29 PM
Juventus had to be knocked out of the top flight and is now only ranked 8th in the standings. Very disappointing for this big team in Serie A. Allegri was in the spotlight of a series of bad results achieved by Juventus, many parties pressed for Juventus to immediately take a decision to fire Allegri. 2 defeats and 2 draws in the last 5 matches is a bad record for Juventus.
the competition is fierce this season
if you've seen the number of teams struggling to get into the pair, it's doubled
we have highly competitive and aggressive small teams
I would say they are doing badly, but it's not just their fault: D

In my opinion, it is quite simple to understand. The Juventus team does not play well enough, they lose the matches that they shouldn't be losing, and they are also unable to get full points against opponents who are quite weaker than Juventus.

The fact that Pogba and Di Maria are not available to play is one of the main reasons for that. There is no doubt that the Italian League has become a lot more competitive over this years. If Juventus wants to get back into the top four, it will be very difficult for them to do so. Due to the way Juventus are playing at the moment, along with the fact that the world cup is just around the corner, I really believe that this season might be a disaster for Juventus. As a first step, they should try to get back into the top six in the standings. If they are successful, they should aim for the top 4. Whatever they do, they will have to be consistent in their performance in order for them to succeed.
1682  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin price with a 4 year cycle? on: October 14, 2022, 02:28:19 PM

people always expect the price to be under $15k or hit the $10k floor, but why am I always saying that seems difficult to do considering the price will always be close to the $20k mark, look since yesterday's drop to the $18k floor in a short period of time bitcoin price it's back to near $20k today and it keeps repeating itself every time, whether people will just see it as a coincidence or it's a sign that the $20k price is among the cheapest and will never go below $15k, I hope people didn't miss an opportunity and have taken the opportunity to invest now before the market recovers and won't see below $20k again next year

Bitcoin price fell yesterday because the CPI did not meet expectations but then quickly increased again, like the market is killing long and short.
It can be seen that the 19k-20k resistance area is very difficult to break but this is still not enough to confirm your argument that bitcoin's 4-year cycle is gone. In November we will still face a Fed rate hike, I don't know if bitcoin will hold $19k as it is. When bitcoin crosses $30k and starts a new strong growth, you can confirm your thinking is right, currently although not falling further, bitcoin has also lost 70% of its value. And the market is still not getting better so nothing can be said here.
1683  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: October 14, 2022, 12:42:14 AM
"Fined but not suspended."
https://www.nba.com/news/draymond-green-fined
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Draymond Green has been fined but won’t be suspended by the Golden State Warriors for a violent punch to the face of teammate Jordan Poole last week.

Coach Steve Kerr said after Tuesday’s preseason win against Portland that Green would return to practice Thursday, then play for the defending NBA champions against Denver on Friday night and again in the season opener Tuesday against the Lakers. Kerr, general manager Bob Myers and players have met to decide how to best proceed — including Green and Poole talking to each other.
Watching porn or having a relationship inside the team is worst now than knocking down your teammate.  Cheesy
Here I thought NBA is getting stricter about its rules but I am back to the reality that they are not. Leaked video or not they should be fair about their punishments. What if other players will try the same thing and no camera caught it? Even if there is, they won't be afraid to do it too because they can pay up.
It's safe to assume that this had been the most controversial summer of the league. So many happened in just months of waiting before the tip-off.

It should be fair and square, a fine and a suspension should be given to any players or staff that have broken some rules and shows unprofessionalism. It seems to me that the Warriors is not taking it seriously even if they knew that Poole's family isn't happy of what had happened. It's really fortunate enough that it was caught on video because if not, almost 100% we wouldn't know about it. What a controversial off-season!

I just cannot understand something here. A coach who had a relationship with someone and that's why he got fired from his job recently. On the other hand, a player knocked out his teammate in front of a number of people which was also caught on camera, and just got fined?

Now I understand that both are very different things. But on the one side, some people are just having an affair and losing their job. On the other hand, someone is punching his teammate in the face and he just has to give a little bit of money (for him it's a very small amount of money I am sure) and that's it?

So being violent is not as bad as having an affair?
1684  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Best Wallet for Storing Altcoins? on: October 13, 2022, 08:48:12 AM



Anyone who trade altcoins can explain this?

As people suggest that you can use trust wallet, it is a non-custodial wallet and very easy to use for newbies. But can you tell me, why would you want to trade with altcoins, when you already have bitcoins? Do you know the risks it can bring you? especially new altcoins you want to find them on uniswap or pancakeswap exchanges?

You should do your research carefully before deciding to invest or trade with altcoins, unlike bitcoin, they are very volatile and the risk can even disappear after just a few days of launch. I advise you to research everything carefully before making a decision.
1685  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: About the future of bitcoin - What are you worried about? on: October 13, 2022, 08:33:43 AM


Then, what do you think about the two points above.

1. Similarly to many other people here, this is the first time I've heard that bitcoin is just a beta version, but I don't care about that at all. Whether it's official or beta, it's important to never put all your eggs in one basket like you say, even if bitcoin is better now, never put it all on one thing. There is no such thing as absolute in this world, everything can change at any time.
2. Satoshi was right about this, as no one can be sure what will happen in the future, but it is amazing that bitcoin is increasing in volume day by day and if we can maintain this for another 20 years, bitcoin's transaction volume will be monstrously large.
1686  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Google partners with Coinbase to accept crypto payments for cloud service on: October 12, 2022, 01:50:51 PM
Even though coinbase is a centralized exchange, this is huge news! While centralization is one of the most nefarious aspects of the current economic model, we still need to use it to propel bitcoin's mass adoption.

Not coinbase but google is the focus in this situation. It can be seen that google is the world's leading technology company, their products are very close to ordinary users such as youtube, google search or office utility services. Google is ubiquitous in our tech lives, and this partnership is a breakthrough for the crypto industry. They are going through coinbase which is a centralized exchange but prove that they are cautiously accepting cryptos step by step which does not yet show that they have seen the potential of crypto.
1687  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: October 10, 2022, 03:51:10 PM
I think that Real Madrid played really well and dominated the match. Even though that is not quite evident from the scoreline. Real Madrid actually scored more than once in that match. But it was ruled offside. This was quite an eventful match. And I am surprised that it had only one goal in it. Both teams had more chances later in the match but the goalkeepers from both teams played really well.
I think that Barcelona should be able to win in the next match against Celta Vigo. And if that happens, Barcelona is going to go back to 1st place because the goal difference between Barcelona is far better compared to Real Madrid.
Not really excited watching Real Madrid games last night after winning from Getafe, despite fast goals scoring actually not created many attempt and little poor performance at second half after Getafe dominance and almost can scoring goals at the end games. However won only with one goals have enough for Real Madrid get 3 points and lead first standing while waiting Barcelona games result in last few hours later.
Barcelona face bad option have most another important games next few days later on Champion League against Inter Milan, seems will use second player composition in tonight games against with Celta Vigo but have chance can't failure get full points. Keep use all regular player composition have chance could be get injury and Barcelona not completed player composition on Champion League match against Inter Milan.

Right now it feels like neither Barcelona nor Real Madrid is going to lose any match. Real Madrid is obviously the defending champion of La Liga and they are determined to play at their highest level in order to defend their title. On the other hand, Barcelona knows very clearly that there is a lot at stake for them. And they are also not doing very well in the Champions League. So it will be very important for them to do well in La Liga.

Right after the win of Real Madrid, we saw Barcelona doing the same. And we also saw some really attacking football from Barcelona. It was looking like Barcelona was playing with some real intent to win. And even though the goal that was scored by Pedri was a little lucky, Barcelona was the one who deserved to win the match.
1688  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: October 10, 2022, 03:43:28 PM
I don't know if it will be a good idea for Lionel Messi to get back to Barcelona. After all, what Barcelona is doing right now cannot be a  good procedure going into the future. These old TV rights bring in players who are way too expensive for their age. But on the brighter side, Barcelona is doing well, at least in La Liga. The thing is if Lionel Messi comes back, he will have a lot more competition. But I really don't believe he is going to come back. At this age, it's better for him to stay in PSG and take those cheques.
I don't know if Cristiano Ronaldo is going to be pursued by Chelsea. After all, he is not having a good time at all at Manchester United. It is always a gamble to bring in a player who is not in form. It will obviously be very good for Cristiano Ronaldo if he can go to Chelsea. I want him to at least get out of Manchester United and go to another team which he will play in the Champions League at least.
I don't have an answer to your question regarding Messi's return to Barcelona. but if that happens, it looks like Messi will not play full time and he will most likely end his career at Barcelona. maybe one season is enough for him, regarding the salary issue, I think maybe it can be negotiated. at least, we can only speculate about the rumors of Messi's return to Barcelona.

I'm not sure if Chelsea still have interest in signing Ronaldo in the next transfer window, as you say.
bringing Ronaldo to Chelsea is a gamble which involves signing players who are not at their best. if lucky, Ronaldo can find his rhythm while playing at Chelsea. if he doesn't improve, his fate will be the same as at Man United.

It is really hard for me to realistically think that Lionel Messi will go back to Barcelona. Why would he make things more difficult for himself? If he wants to face some new challenges, that's fine. Otherwise, there is no point in moving to Barcelona right now. And obviously, he will have to take a pay cut if he wants to move to Barcelona. There is no need to do that at this point in his career.

I think Chelsea would be really cautious about bringing Cristiano Ronaldo into the team. In the recent past, they brought in Romelu Lukaku. I think he was brought in for 97 million. That money absolutely went to waste because he did not perform well at all. Cristiano Ronaldo is not going to be so expensive for sure. But are they willing to take that chance? 

Cristiano Ronaldo did score in the last match with Manchester United. But is that enough to prove that he will be performing better at Chelsea?
1689  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: October 09, 2022, 09:42:38 PM
PSG discussed Auba to France when Messi was rumored to be returning to Barcelona, ​​at least this is the rumor that has developed for now regarding Aubameyang.
Paris Saint-German are reportedly in discussions with Aubameyang regarding a move to PSG during the next summer transfer window.
I don't know what Galtier is thinking, in his plans to bring Auba to PSG. To be sure, he is still under contract with Chelsea. at least, Auba will still defend Chelsea until the next transfer market.

on the other hand, if it is true that Chelsea still want Ronaldo at the end of the season or the next transfer window. the question is, can Ronaldo again show his performance at Chelsea, this is interesting for us to wait for. because I'm not sure both Auba and Ronaldo will actually leave.
Regarding many rumor transfer about Lionel Mess returning to Barcelona make speculation about Aubameyang become replacement for Messi, I don't think have the same level or quality between Aubameyang and Lionel Messi. Better keep extended Lionel Messi in PSG for one or two years later actually not difficult reach agreement I think because PSG can give highest salary for Lionel Messi.

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly most excited want to get Cristiano Ronaldo sign's and he has chance on next window transfer at January, problem why Tuchel sacking from his position I think different opinion about Ronaldo transfer, other side Todd Boehly want to sign in Ronaldo but Tuchel doesn't need with Ronaldo and this rumors make him loss position as Chelsea manager.

I don't know if it will be a good idea for Lionel Messi to get back to Barcelona. After all, what Barcelona is doing right now cannot be a  good procedure going into the future. These old TV rights bring in players who are way too expensive for their age. But on the brighter side, Barcelona is doing well, at least in La Liga. The thing is if Lionel Messi comes back, he will have a lot more competition. But I really don't believe he is going to come back. At this age, it's better for him to stay in PSG and take those cheques.

I don't know if Cristiano Ronaldo is going to be pursued by Chelsea. After all, he is not having a good time at all at Manchester United. It is always a gamble to bring in a player who is not in form. It will obviously be very good for Cristiano Ronaldo if he can go to Chelsea. I want him to at least get out of Manchester United and go to another team which he will play in the Champions League at least.
1690  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: October 09, 2022, 04:02:40 PM
Real Madrid is back at the top of the table after winning this week's game against Getafe. A single goal created by Eder Millitao in the third minute became the only goal that was created in this match. But it looks like the position will not last long as Barcelona will also play a match this week with a relatively easy team, Celta Vigo. At first glance, this match will be an absolute victory for Barcelona because Celta Vigo's performance is clearly very far from what Barcelona showed.
It seems like the standing will remain the same as before. The only thing that makes it different is barcelona will be using all of its power to win against celta vigo. i meant xavi have been mentioning it. it seems like barcelona will be using celta vigo as a training before it will be facing intermilan in the next match. Barcelona needs to prepare everything before it will be against intermilan. Intermilan may able to beat barcelona anytime if barcelona didn't prepare so well. A very difficult match for barcelona.

I think that Real Madrid played really well and dominated the match. Even though that is not quite evident from the scoreline. Real Madrid actually scored more than once in that match. But it was ruled offside. This was quite an eventful match. And I am surprised that it had only one goal in it. Both teams had more chances later in the match but the goalkeepers from both teams played really well.

I think that Barcelona should be able to win in the next match against Celta Vigo. And if that happens, Barcelona is going to go back to 1st place because the goal difference between Barcelona is far better compared to Real Madrid.
1691  Economy / Economics / Re: At last, Twitter wins the battle!! on: October 09, 2022, 05:49:48 AM
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Bots have been one of the main worries for Elon about Twitter, in fact it was one of the main reasons the deal did not happened immediately as he was not happy about this situation, and if we are honest it is going to be very difficult for him to solve this problem, because as long as there is money to be made scammers will always find a way to circumvent whatever barriers to entry he puts in place and keep operating as usual.

It seems that things are not over yet, although Elon has announced that he will buy back twitter at the original agreed price. Elon proved weaker in this sale, twitter has not withdrawn the lawsuit when Elon announced to accept the deal. The trial will begin on October 17, although the event has nothing to do with the markets, it is well worth watching as we are know that Elon is a crypto fan.
Twitter is really a great social network, the only annoying thing is that there are so many bots, I also hope that after taking over he will have a solution to this problem.
1692  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: If this works out then gaming on the blockchain is going to another level on: October 09, 2022, 05:24:29 AM
What a pointless product. Zilliqa never worked in the gaming industry but it's wanna releasing a new console. If i can buy playstatioin or xbox and why do i need to buy garbage console launched by this crap company? Only dumb zilliqa fan will be wasting their money to buy such console.
This console will be only using to play the game that based on blockchain. Im sure that the games that mentioned in this article are the games that will be supported by zilliqa https://blog.zilliqa.com/web3-gaming-in-2022-and-beyond/

All of the games were garbage games. 2D low quality games. Calling zilliqa's console to compete with playstation and xbox actually bullshit. You can even play all of those 2d low quality games with your iphone or android easily.  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy


This.

They are literally burning money on this. How many blockchain games are there anyway? 1? 2? 5? How many of them are actually good? (probably none) Is it worth making a console for them? Weren't they available on PC already? If so, why make a console?

PS and xBox owners won't even hear this console's name.

It seems that the truth is a bit harsh, Zilliqa will be very difficult to compete with 2 big guys and have a long history in the profession like playstation and xbox. There won't be any impact, but it can be seen that Zilliqa is working hard to develop the blockchain gaming industry.

It's like the early stages of P2E can lead to failure but they are trying to push the P2E game or blockchain game to be more and more mature. Like P2E game, I can say it can't compare with traditional games but its technology and idea is very good. It just needs to grow and improve, it will soon become a real competitor to the traditional gaming industry. Because with P2E we can both have fun and make a profit, something that traditional games can't do.
1693  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: October 08, 2022, 08:10:05 PM
Yes of course. I think Real Madrid have a better chance of leading the table this week considering Getafe are not a very strong team. I wouldn't be surprised if Getafe lost by more than 3 goals at home, but I would be very surprised if in the end all the hopes of the Real Madrid fans were dashed because they failed to win the match.
Madrid has scored a goal just a few minutes into the game to take the lead. They are continuing controlling the ball well and trying to add additional goals. If Getafe doesn't tighten their defense and take control of the game, they may concede more goals before the first half ends given how they are currently playing. The bid is for Madrid, and they’re all up to win the match.

Madrid scored in three minutes of the match. And despite they made some good attacks in the first half, Real Madrid was unable to score any further goals. Real Madrid wants to be very careful in this match. They don't attack much. Because the next few matches are very important for Real Madrid. Now Ancelotti doesn't want any of his key players to get injured. In the next match, Madrid will play an away match against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. And in the next match, they will face Barcelona. So Madrid players are performing very cautiously against Getafe.
1694  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Turkish Super League 2022/23 Season on: October 08, 2022, 08:03:30 PM
Girensunspor  0- 1 Besiktas

Besiktas managed to win a match after dropping points in three consecutive matches. Besiktas managed to win 1-0 against Giresunspor today. Giresunspor is a weak team. Besiktas have a hard time winning against such a team. Although the attacking performance of Besiktas is good in the first few matches, the attacking players of Besiktas are not playing well in the last few matches. If the performance of Besiktas' attacking players does not improve, Besiktas will not be able to stay in the second place on the points table for long. Galatsaray, Istanbul and Fenerbahçe's performances are now very good.
1695  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: October 08, 2022, 07:53:52 PM


I would say that if anyone wants to bet on this match, they should place the bet on NZ and get the odds of 1.15. As the match starts, NZ position will become more dominant and the odds will decrease further.
But taking such low odds against Bangladesh does not seem logical. Although Bangladesh will lose the match. We feel that if it can be picked up during the game especially when Bangladesh is a little ahead then New Zealand odds can be increased. Since it is a T20 game, it would be a wise decision to wait a bit.

It is not possible to make predictions about the performance of the Bangladesh team. I will not say that the Bangladesh team is weak. They have enough talented players in their squad. Bangladeshi bowlers performed well against Pakistan. But the Bangladeshi batsmen could not do well. The victory or defeat of T20 matches largely depends on the performance of the batsmen. If the batsmen of the team do not play well, it is very difficult to win with the T20 match.

I think we will see a good performance from the Bangladeshi bowlers against New Zealand as well. If the Bangladeshi batsmen can play well then there is a chance for Bangladesh to win. But the chances of Bangladeshi batsmen performing well is very low.
1696  Economy / Speculation / Re: Will Bitcoin hit 2022 low again? on: October 08, 2022, 11:07:53 AM
October has been running a week and the market has not shown a sign to move positively, yesterday the price of rising and returning to $ 20k but today there was another correction and dropped to $ 19800, if in 2021 the price of rising and reached ATH an increase and began in October, and This year there has been no increase so I am sure that in 2022 it is difficult to rise.

I guess if we see $22k, then I would definitely agree with you about signs of moving positively. However, the price goes on a correction and dropped below $20k.

So not sure if there is manipulation from speculators riding on Elon Musk buying Twitter to push the price to $20,500 and then making a sell off that's why the price goes to $19,800. Hopefully we can go back to $20k as this is a very important support line to us.

I don't see any relationship between the market and Elon buying twitter. Bitcoin's current rise or fall completely depends on the economic situation, inflation, energy crisis and news related to Fed interest rates. It can be seen that inflation has not decreased but also increased in the EU area, so the possibility of bitcoin's price increase in the last months of the year is definitely not there. But in a bear market there are always short-term rallies and this October we still can't expect bitcoin to recover to $22k or $25k before falling again. It doesn't make much sense to long term holders but to short term speculators it makes a lot of sense.
1697  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: October 07, 2022, 06:20:56 AM
The predicted starting lineups have been published for this weekend's top match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund:


Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1577774961242120193/photo/1

Whether Kimmich and Müller will be available at FC Bayern remains in question. Both tested positive for Covid-19 a few days ago.
Deniz Aytekin was appointed as the referee for the top match, acorrding to the German newspaper Bild:
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Referee Deniz Aytekin has been appointed to officiate Saturday's top game between Dortmund and Bayern [@BILD]
Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1577764209257025537

If Kimmich and Müller really can't play, Borussia Dortmund's chances for a win will of course be higher, IMHO. However, we won't know for sure until Friday.

Kimmich and Muller will probably not be able to play in the match against Dortmund because of their infection. There are almost no restrictions on Coronavirus anymore, as far as I know. In spite of this, it is still a very big problem, so the players will have to be very careful not to spread the virus from one to another through their contact with each other. In this situation, I think the most sensible decision is obviously going to be for these two players not to play in this match.

But anyway, I will keep Bayern Munich ahead in this matchup regardless of what happens.
1698  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ethereum POW - ETHW on: October 06, 2022, 08:05:32 AM
Many experts believe that ETHW is the next parent of coins, there will be many big surprises in the near future, don't be left behind to buy ETHW immediately, I'm sure the price will continue to skyrocket and can enter the top rankings.
Did you believe those who you called them as experts? parent coins? what a crap. It's obviously a fork scam coin from miners. There's no reason for ethw to enter into the top ranking. This will become another shit scam bitcoin fork coin for sure that will be dumped with the goes of time caused by ethw has no utility to be used by the users. it's a crap coin for sure. I don't even think if that will exist at least for 2 years from now

It's true that many people doubt ETHW, but why do so many big exchanges list ETHW??
Of course this is something that must be anticipated because it is possible that if it is listed on Binance, the price may be $100 in a short time.

When it is not yet popular, many are doubtful, but if they are popular, they say they are too late and hope to buy at a cheap price, I don't want to be left behind for investment coins who according to many experts will skyrocket in the near future.
The future of ETHW remains very uncertain as it was born during bear season and opportunities often come from uncertainties. I'm not saying ETHW has a future or fails but looking at its current events I think it will have some shark pumping and then maybe start to sink into oblivion like ETC. Currently, all exchanges have listed ETHW but binance has not announced the listing yet but they have announced to open ETHW mining pool with zero fees. According to my prediction, binance is calculating something, just once they announce the listing of ETHW will be a very good opportunity to take profits if you buy ETHW from now on. I also have some ETHW from the airdrop and still not sold, I am still waiting for news from binance.
1699  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: October 05, 2022, 07:26:52 PM
~snip~
In current world every sport's organization is working on this motto more profit more facilities and better structure for their teams and players so if ICC is doing this we have no issue because this is happening for development of the game and increasing teams is also not issue but right now biggest threat is they are not working on solid policies which is surely killing the beauty of this game and many countries which are going with their native players are suffering because they have no enough quality right now, and they can improve, but they need funds and help from ICC which is not providing from them right now.

Many Gulf region countries are coming with fake teams which is surely no good same happening in few European teams and Canada as well, so they must think about this and bring good fair policy which help otherwise it's all just waste of time nothing else.

Really don't understand how having teams made out of foreign players can help the game at all.

If anything I think the biggest problem in cricket right now is teams and cricket boards not having equal rights with each other. Even the boating system looks unfair to me in cricket. All of these are done because the top 4 or the big four want to stay in power. And the ICC is also getting the most amount of money from these teams. So, the ICC is also not doing something about it.

If the teams can always be made out of 11 foreign players the poor cricket boards are always going to suffer because they are always going to try to find genuine talent. That's because foreigners don't go to those countries for opportunities.
1700  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: October 04, 2022, 07:42:31 PM
For now ICC doesn't have any other go other than increasing the number of teams. Till date ICC tries to keep everything under control, and having more teams might affect the persons who are in the top authority. Real cricket lovers always stays with the test cricket, but the revenue making and time constraints have moved people to watch T20 and T10 matches more than the test and ODI matches.
The number of teams is being increased. But the problem is that most of the teams that qualify are "fake" national teams without any native players. And that is not going to do anything towards increasing the popularity of cricket. And in order to waste resources, the ICC need to cut down the number of test matches. Test cricket is dying, and there is no point in diverting the resources to a losing cause when it can be better utilized elsewhere. 3-4 test matches a year should be enough, and remaining time should be devoted to T20 cricket. 

I have to say that if there are absolutely no native players in a team, it is certain that the team and also the board are just trying to make some business through cricket. Eventually, that is not going to do any help for cricket in the long run. The only thing that is going to be done is those teams are going to beat the other teams which actually have native players and destroy any chances of them growing. ICC tries to do a lot of things to improve the current situation of cricket. But behind those decisions the main priority is money. Improvement of Cricket should not be the second priority of the sports body that controls cricket.
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