I'm genuinely surprised that the BBL is rated this highly. The league does have a huge brand and aura around it given it's history and the sheer amount of money put into it. I believe that the entertainment factor that is mentioned frequently has to do with crowd and attendances in which case Australia does shine given that the league occurs perfectly in line with the holiday break for schools over there. This was the golden goose that got killed by the extension of the league though as most crowds started to decline towards the later stages as schools resumed.
Refuse to accept that the BBL offers quality cricket though. Reasons include
- The standard of umpiring is genuinely horrific and unprofessional (remember the incidents where run-outs were messed up even after 3rd umpire consultations, the lack of DRS, the moment where an umpire scratches his nose after signalling it was a wicket then claiming that he never intended to do so for a clear wicket for examples). The fielding is also very poor, it is genuinely surprising when a fielder actually takes a catch.
- Two overseas players is just too less. Most other leagues have three or four (barring the T20 Blast I guess which is rightfully rated at the bottom of the barrel) overseas pros and most if not all of them are good players on the T20 circuit with experience. On the other hand, for every Buttler or Miller the BBL offers up players like Richard Gleeson and Samit Patel last season. It was way worse in the past where players rejected the BBL in favour of a stint in Bangladesh due to the better value of deals. Good on the board to belatedly realise the issue and bump up wages the previous season to attract the likes of AB de Villiers but the huge hype that was created around the current version of him tells all that you need to know about how poor some of the overseas quality in the league is.
- The league is one of the very few (yet again the Blast might be the only competition here ) that doesn't have the availability of it's international stars for most of the season as they play for the country instead. It does make sense given that the summer fixtures are a big deal in Aussie cricket but there is also the meaningless LO fixtures that frequently occurs such as a T20I tri-series two years ago and the needless tour of India for some ODIs a year ago. This robs the clubs of genuinely good players and in their place we see the likes of cricketers who do not even make their state sides on most occasions and these players often are clearly so bad that they are included just for the sake of making up numbers. I kid you not, compare the lineups that the CPL currently offers (amidst a pandemic where in they don't have access to all the potential overseas signings they could have attracted) to those right in the middle of a BBL season and you shall find the clear difference. In addition, some of the stars do not even have a BBL contract (Smith and Hazlewood until last season, Cummins, Starc and Warner currently).
- To finally illustrate how much decline the BBL has experienced, you only need to look at someone like Shane Watson who chose to retire from the BBL exclusively and still play in the IPL and PSL despite being an Aussie. Watto also offered his thoughts alongside Dean Jones on what is currently the issue with the BBL and offered some solutions too. Now that I think of it, @CerealKiller could have led with this point to prove PSL>BBL I guess.
I haven't watched much PSL at all so cannot compare it to the CPL. I do hold the CPL in high regards though, it has a good niche where in the T20 specialists of West Indies can thrive and earn some money along with goodwill from the fans who in the past felt that their players abandoned their country for overseas leagues. Cannot describe it accurately but I also feel it has genuine passion with regards to how everyone involved view and interact with it and the traditional Caribbean flair is something that is always welcome. Not sure if it is true but I believe it is also one of the few leagues that is run sustainably without a heavy financial loss that threatens the long-term viability of most leagues. So, at the moment I would say that the CPL is slightly ahead or equal with the PSL but I expect the PSL to become a lot bigger and better now that it finally has the home support it needed for so long.