Rows have become a part of the Yorkshire cricket scene over the past three decades - Brian Close sacking rows, Boycott captaincy rows, Boycott-Ilingworth rows, more captaincy rows, overseas players rows - and now another one looms over where Yorkshire should play their cricket.
The committee have ruled the county should move their headquarters from Headingley, where Yorkshire first played in 1890 and where Test cricket has been played since 1899, to a green field site in Wakefield at the junction of the M1 and M62 motorways.
To the unbiased observer their reasons are solid enough. First, the Headingley ground, set in the leafy Victorian suburb, cannot be delevoped to the standard required of a modern Test ground, residents resolutely opposing any building above the existing height on grounds of loss of light and amenity.
In addition, Yorkshire, as tenants of the Leeds Rugby League Club, are not masters of their own destiny. All the profits from Headingley's cricket catering go to contractors under the terms of the lease, a significant factor when one considers that Lancashire made catering profits of #1.1 million in 1995.
Yorkshire chief executive, Chris Hassell, said: ``Headingley already does not meet the minimum requirements of the English Cricket Board (the TCCB's successor) for a Test ground. They set minimum revenue standards for Test matches and we are unable to meet them.''
This seems clear-cut enough, but the strong traditionalist streak within Yorkshire cricket has thrown up an action group called ``Headingley is HOME''. They claim that recent canvassing of members in Leeds and Bradford show that 70 per cent want to stay at Headingley.
Margaret Ratcliffe, action group secretary, casts doubt over the feasibility of the move to Wakefield. ``Wakefield Council, according to last week's papers, are #20 million in debt,'' she said, ``and looking to lay off 1,000 people. That doesn't sound too promising, does it?''
Hassell is sympathetic to those views. ``I understand that, and heritage is certainly a wonderful thing, but it is our duty to look to the next hundred years.
``If we just sit here and fiddle about,'' continued Hassell, ``Yorkshire will lose its Test match status.''
The new headquarters at Wakefield - plans for which are well advanced - include a Test ground, plus five other cricket grounds and indoor facilities. ``Wakefield could be staging a Test in 2,001,'' said Hassell.
Hassell expects the move to Wakefield to be approved by a majority of members, but foresees criticism from the floor over a number of important decisions taken in recent years without direct reference to members.
Rugby League club Wakefield Trinity and Union's Wakefield, who both need to move to a ground with modern facilities, are in favour of sharing a state-of-the-art stadium adjoining that proposed for the cricket club.