For the past two seasons, the tournament has been completed within October, with not a single ODD match played for the rest of the summer.
This year's competition is in Sydney and Brisbane. Last year's was exclusively in Sydney - which is a Cricket Australia ploy to cut costs at the same time as "giving players a World Cup format feeling".
Some players support the concept, believing it mitigates the constant switching between formats. Many more players don't like it, but are hesitant to speak out against it.
For example, Victoria captain Matthew Wade (averaged 16.83) did not score the runs he needed to force his way back into Australia's ODI team. Working his way into form is not an option for the former Test wicketkeeper. He now must wait 12 months for another chance to impress in the 50-over game.
There was no such problem for Ben Dunk. The Tasmanian will wear the gloves for Australia in the Twenty20 internationals against South Africa after being rewarded for his record-breaking double century last weekend.
There are also murmurings of discontent among loyal cricket fans outside of Sydney and Brisbane, who have been denied a first-hand look at state cricket. There is an obvious rebuttal to that argument - state cricket has never filled grandstands.
However it is worth CA noting that good sprinklings of spectators have appeared at inner suburban grounds.
One player who can criticise without fear of being shunned at the national selection table is South Australia's South African skipper Johan Botha.
"For most players, they would rather play the one-dayers closer to the World Cup time so if they get called up or there are any injuries in the main Australian side," Botha told reporters on Thursday.
"They are done with one-day cricket now already ... for certain guys, and it's not just in our state, their season is almost done now. Some guys just play one format and that is it."
Botha also thinks the Matador Barbecues One-Day Cup, as it's now called, should not be cut to just six games per team because Australia’s best needed more than just six games per season of one-day cricket.
"The ideal for me was when we played it around the shield games and played at all the grounds around Australia. That was a great format," he said.
"I prefer the all year-round and the final was at the end of the season.
"You don't just keep guys interested but everyone is up and about and trying to perform well in the shield to get into the one-day team or do well in the one-dayers to get into the shield team."
Botha called on Cricket Australia to revert to the traditional format.
"I think they changed it so they (players) can get used to the tournament style of World Cup cricket but next year they might have to rethink it again when the World Cup is done," said Botha, who played 78 one-day internationals for South Africa.
"I think it should go back to the normal season.
"For young guys to play a one-day game at the MCG or the WACA, that was great ... and I hope it does go back to that."
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will return from injury when New South Wales plays Queensland in an elimination final on Friday.
The winner of that game plays Western Australia in Sunday's final.