What does the lack of other persons contesting the position of President of the WICB say about the state of West Indies cricket?

What does Trinidad’s stance say by their boycott of the WICB Board meeting? There was a time Barbados would have been expected to show leadership in cricket in the West Indies.

The WICB has been used as the play ground through the years to line the pockets of a little ban of people. Remember when the WICB Secratariat a few years back invested money without the permission of the Board? Subject to correct over US500 thousand was frittered away as a consequence. Many contracts have been assigned through the years to people close to the WICB, many of the companies who cater food, supply security services etc are close to Board interest. Let us not forget the travel by a select few who fly first class and are accommodated at the finest hotels around the world. Taxpayers around the region should not forget that indirectly they are paying. Whose money built the stadia around the region for CWC2007?

BU is not surprise there is an unwillingness to breakup the party.

A lot of underhand, unexplained matters remain with the WICB. It appears many of the top brass, got very lucretive contracts out of the 2007 World Cup tournament, also during the chairmanship of Roussau, some deals were made that put the finances of the WICB out of the jurisdiction of the region. That is why i stated that WICB has many skeletons in their closet. While some top administrators of theWICB are not paid in cash, the perks that they get are so healthy, that a salary would not have been to their benefit. We are into a free fall to the cricket abyss, only a strong hand can save us now, not even a bounchy rope, or whatever it is called.

What does this show about us as a people?
Do we not get passionate about anything??
If someone organised a protest in front parliament today, I would be there in a flash.
We need to take back our cricket from the clowns who are currently destroying it.
We need to demand Government intervention to force a WICB restructure.

I just read in today’s online Nation about the new pay structure for W.I. cricketers but they did not make a whisper about the new pay structure for Hunte and the CEO.

Over at CaribbeanCricket.com, a commenter (Alien 21) indicated that Hunte is to get USD350,000 per year, plus perks, first class travel, etc., and the CEO is to get USD250,000 per year plus perks.

Is this really the sort of salary that proven incompetents earn. People who cannot even arrange air travel to get players to games on time and have WI cricket in a complete shambles.

No wonder these people will never resign. They are going to have to be dragged kicking and screaming from their positions, or, as my beloved grandmother would say – in order to get rid of the pigeon, you have to get rid of the cub.

Based on previous performances, who the hell else would pay those jackasses that sort of money.

Mediocrity really reaps serious rewards.

David, that may have been so but then we dont know how much power the president of the board really has. With two representatives per island and each island pushing their own agenda, one can understand why there has been no serious development in WI cricket for decades.

The regional leaders need to set up a company of trusted regional businessman, who would set policies and working conditions. The players would become employees of the company anf hrnce be subjected to the conditions of work as implimented by the company. there must be an Int team and an “A” team which would act as the feeding ground for the senior team. Also there must be organised teams in the lower aged divisions. These employed players whether contracted or simply employed will have to produced or be replaced by players who from the lower division, is performing, plus incentives should be given for outstanding performances,like spectacular catches, centuries, five wicket haul or even players who go beyond their natural ability to win or draw a match. Senior players should not be allowed to represent any ICC approved organisation without the approval of the employer, who is the sole company to arrange such a job placement. This policy would bring some stability to this wild west attitude that now exists among both the WICB and the WIPA. WE in the region MUST show the International world, whether in sports or business, that we can run our affairs in an organised manner. Right now the world is watching and what they are seeing looks ugly.

How long will the people of the caribbean allow some hungry dictators continue on their witch hunte? Because John Dyson said he would not be happy with taking a 3rd division W.I team to an overseas international tournament, instead of coming off their high horses in the interest of W.I cricket and their fans, the WICB instead fires the man. What the WICB is saying -we are right and you can’t question us. This sounds like Jagdeo who is telling the U.S.A that they are trying to discredit Guyana with the report about the questionable deals of some of their leading politicians. Neither WICB nor Jagdeo and their disciples care much about the people they represent but are only intersted in projecting themselves as ruthless dictators; then we criticise people like Mugabe and the Iranian leader who I dare not try to spell his name.

David
I agree with you, it is all about leadership, dictatoral leadership. None of the leaders in the region will step aside for a complete integration of the region, because each one wants to be ib POWER. That’s what caused the demise of the Federation and it will cause the demise of Caricom/CSME. As far as I’m concerned, it has caused the death of W.I cricket. There were always cracks in the armour, I remember when W.I beated South Africa at Kensington Oval, Richie Richerson ignored the W.I cricket flag and grapped an Antiguan flag instead. Fragmentation was always part of W.I cricket like in W.I politicians, I remember when Brian Lara scored 375 at the ARG, there was no bajan in the team and the antiguans were celebrating long before Lara’s record; they were celebrating the fact that no bajan was in the team. I heard one antiguan cricket fan say he thought he would never live long enough to see this ” development.” A St.Lucian once told me he is looking forward to the day bajans come begging other islanders for help because we think we are better than any other.

David
You should know better!!!!! You really think Julian Hunte will step down from his lofty heights? lose all the perks and travel all over the world? Do you think his desciples who are holding on to his coat-tail for survival are going to concede defeat? No all these are will to take W.I cricket down to the ground with them; typical afro-leader mentality. I am disappointed in our BCA president, who has become one of the hunter’s desciples. The old cricketers who had put the caribbean on the cricketing world map are now total dismayed at what is happening. Sir Frank is probably rolling in his grave at the UWI. I believe ICC would take this opportunity to offically downgrade the W.I to second division test standard. This would be an insult to the old players. I understand Australia who have already reduced the W.I team to their “not too famous” grounds, are telling the WICB that they are not hosting a weakened W.I tournament. The WICB has appealed to the ICC for support but is getting none. Our cricket is in BIG trouble. The next thing is for the USA to sanction those shaddy Guyanese leaders and the whole region will be on the world’s second division team. Our Caricom regional leaders have got to do something NOW to save this region; no-one is BOLD enough to bell the cat, our P.M made one bold step but did not get the support he deserved or expected, I don’t think he will be bold enough to do that again. In the mean time bajans will suffer.

I woke up this morning, having missed the night news, to the news that W.I cricket has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Cricket Hospital. this patient that once was so might has falling from grace not from natural causes but by the lack of self-discipline. the miss-use of illegal substance and the partying all night and no motivation, has brought on a variety of serious illnesses which has badly effected the heart, brain, digestive system and even the eyes. Cricketing doctors have given up, it is only a miracle that can save W.I cricket now; in other words, it is now left to W.I cricket itself to decide if it wants to live. Many fans will be disappointed with its death but with the suffering that it has gone trough over a serious perlonged illness, I personally would commend it to the Great Beyond. May it rest in peace and I would memenise in the Glory Days when I enjoyed it in the pass. Rest eternal grant unto it O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon it. R.I.P.

Can anyone explain why Conde Riley resigned and not Garner, Julian Hune , Sir Hilary Beckles or Deryk Murray?

Conde resigned in part becuase he was very upset with the statement made by ramphal and Jagdeo.

He then deliberately handed out the document that ramphal was accusing the WICB of breaking down the negotiations because he wanted the west indian people to see the duplicitous behaviour of ramphal,and then he resigned as a WICB board member because as he stated his releasing the document was in breach of the WICB code of ethics.

As to Garner and Hunte and all those jamaicans earning top salaries as employees they are sucking the west indies people dry.

Conde Riley’s resignation shows the lack of integrity of people like ramphal and jagdeo .

Perhaps Jagdeo chose Ramphal in the hope that it would restore a tarnished reputation alas…. The best laid plans of mice and men often go amiss……

@David

P. J . Patterson was the arbitrator in an earlier dispute between the WICB and WIPA. This is part of what he had to say

In a stinging article on CaribbeanCricket.com,
Mr. Patterson said it was wrong to pretend or attempt to pretend that the WICB had accepted the recommendations put forward in the report and was proceeding to implement them.

Mr. Patterson further noted that members of the commission were never afforded the courtesy or chance to meet with the full board for a discussion of the report or to clarify, explain any portion of the report.

In noting that the board was fiddling while West Indies Cricket was sinking, Mr. Patterson said he would challenge anyone to point out a single iota or even the semblance of change which has been made to the composition and structure of the WICB as a result of the report.

Chuckles

Get your facts man.

The so-called ‘new document’ as explained by the industrial relations Rep was in effect a summary of the points of what they had agreed on so far,and a list of what was still outstanding.

Maybe ramphal did not want that document to be aired because it would have shown that big,fat,ungrateful whisky sipping toad was not able to get any agreement despite his supposed ‘superior intellect’.

Jagdeo was just creating jobs for the boys and trying to redeem ramphal in the eyes of the west indian public after lying on Barbados with that ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark.

Chuckles

What rubbish.

A document summarising where the parties are cannot be deemed to be irrelevant ‘at that stage of the discussion’.

If the document sets out new points I can understand your argument but based on the document that conde riley submitted,I suspect that the guilty party is not the West Indies Cricket Board,but shridath Ramphal and basdeo Jagdeo – 2 guyanese con men masquerading as ‘objective mediators.

Let’s not lose sight of the salient point, that ramphal is guilty of:

1. A breach of Trust

2. A breach of ethics

3.Blatant bias and favouritism towards Ramnarine (I believe more him than WIPA).

4. Dishonesty in his public pronouncements.

Read the President of WICB letter to Jagdeo.

Read the statement by WICB Industrial Relations Representative a Mr Gerald Pennard.

The 3 culprits in THIS scenario are: Ramphal,Jagdeo and Ramnarine.

I don’t believe those fellas Gayle,Bravo and the others know what Ramnarine is really doing.

Chanderpaul and Sarwan can barely read and write,and the others who are more literate does not understand negotiations at that level with all the legal sophistry.

Ramnarine has a game plan in mind and it is spelt – R-A-M-N-A-R-I-N-E.

Chuckles

You obviously don’t have a clue,so I will leave you to it.

You mean you have a handle on how the CCJ will rule on a case that has not yet been referred to them?

Great stuff.

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