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Podcast: Weekend Sport with Jason Pine
Episode: Don Mackinnon: Sports lawyer on the push for New Zealand to have a T20 franchise league
Description: The time is right for New Zealand to join the rest of the world with a privately-backed, franchise Twenty20 league. That’s the message from Don Mackinnon, the man standing at the front of the group looking to achieve just that. Some 22 years on from cricket introducing the shortest format, T20 has become the vehicle in which the sport is growing around the world. And, as is the case with sports like football and basketball, strong club-based franchise competitions have proven to be the main driver of that. Led by the Indian Premier Leagu...