It costs the BWICBC $1M US

[Gils]

... to train a cricketer from the Under-15 level to the elite level in international cricket. "

and ..." the responsibility of training to achieve successful performance and results for National teams in regional and international sports is the responsibility of the Governments,” said BWICBC Vice president Emmanuel Nathan.

This begs the question how much it costs, regional governments to develop players from youth to under 15 levels ..and how much of that $1m do the BWICBC claw back in T20 franchise levy's, additional exposure via these players social media platform or better sponsorship agreements for the 1st team.

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/ ... vp-nathan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Eg, Chris Gayle probably has 10 times as many followers on his social media accounts in comparison to the BWICBC, By how much do they benefit financially from this arrangement

[mikesiva]

This nonsense of the cost of developing players...a lot of players have to finance themselves in the early years, and have to rely on parental assistance.

Quite a few of us were educated in the Caribbean, and now live and work in North Atlantic countries. Is the WICB going to use the same argument to say that we need to "pay back" for taking other opportunities.

I'm sure trough-dwellers who live off handouts, like Afro, would enjoy that....

[Googley]

i would like WICB to provide an example of a cricketer they have trained and/or invested in their training!!!!!!!!!!!!

show me the proof!!!!!!

[Gils]

Well, you did ask

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/cr ... cess_87408" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

( Strangely enough, It doesn't say anything about them paying to install a lock on the fridge) .

[mikesiva]

Well, you did ask

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/cr ... cess_87408" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

( Strangely enough, It doesn't say anything about them paying to install a lock on the fridge) .

Samuels has called on the WICB to "compromise" in their selection policy after he was omitted from West Indies' ODI squad, and suggested he could accept a Kolpak deal in county cricket if an agreement cannot be reached.

Samuels, twice man of the match in World T20 finals, was left out of West Indies' 15-man squad after electing to miss games in the Super 50 competition - the Caribbean regional List A tournament - in order to play in the more lucrative Pakistan Super League. Current WICB policy is that no player will be considered for the international team unless they have made themselves available for the entire regional competition in that format.

But Samuels, who claims he was offered double the value of his previous West Indies retainer contract (worth $135,000) to appear in the BPL, argues that the WICB could learn from the example of the boards of New Zealand and England, who allow their players to appear in overseas T20 leagues without it rendering them ineligible for international cricket. Late last year, Samuels was one of the three players - along with Darren Bravo and Carlos Brathwaite - to decline the WICB retainer. It is understood that Samuels was offered a Grade C contract worth $115,000, demoting him from the previous Grade B.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 84029.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Gils]

Compromise, the only time that word comes into their lexicon is when they're begging BCCI for leniency. I see how they lowered their contract offer to a 'C, even after his world cup winning performance alone would financially justify maintaining it a the 'B level.

BPL, the smallest T20 league, offer twice as much for 6 weeks work but these people remain inflexible so I think it's fair to expect to see more U 19's with less fc experience. At $115 k a year players would have to have perfect attendance for 9 years straight in order to earn $1M with Crime Wave International but how many last 9 tours......

Generally speaking, only fiscal incompetence would allow so many six figure assets to be discarded so regularly...or personal enmity.

Samuels aside, the claims of nearly half the players to have played internationally for Cwi over the last five yrs, by volume alone, would seem to have at least some credence. These players are subsequently called PD's who then usually find themselves on the outskirts of international cricket, almost always by cheerleaders who refuse to see these $1M primma donna's are the direct result of CWi's application of 19th century schools of thought, financial illiteracy and individual intentions.

It's fruits, just like the last two T20 titles.

[mikesiva]

Factions of the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) want pressure brought to bear on the West Indies Cricket Board for its lack of support in the recent vote regarding the International Cricket Council's new governance structure and revenue-sharing model.At an ICC Board meeting in Dubai last month, the BCCI found itself standing alone as nine other countries voted in support of the governance structure. On the contentious revenue sharing model, India found support only from the Sri Lankan Board, as they lost 8-2 on vote.

Sections of the BCCI now want Joint Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary to speak to WICB President Dave Cameron about the recent ICC votes, as there is a belief the Caribbean board was not held accountable enough for the decision of the one-day side to abruptly abandon the tour here three years ago.

“We let the West Indies Cricket Board go scot-free back in 2014, after they pulled out midway,” a senior BCCI official, who requested anonymity, told the Press Trust of India.

“We claimed damages of US$42 million but that was also waived by Shashank Manohar after he became the BCCI president for the second time. Now they (WICB) have also voted against us at ICC Board. We need to look at these aspects.”

The BCCI suspended bilateral ties with West Indies and also lodged the multimillion dollar claim against the WICB back in November 2014, after the team walked off the tour earlier the same month following the fourth ODI, stemming from a players pay dispute with the board.

However, the matter was settled amicably following talks between the WICB and the new Manohar-led BCCI, with the entities agreeing to future bilateral tours.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/b ... ofile=1498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's back on the agenda!

[ColemanM]

A million bucks? That's a lot of money just on training.

[howzdat]

...
It's back on the agenda!

It's gonna be Cameraon, Lights, Action all over again.

[Googley]

A million bucks? That's a lot of money just on training.

I would like to see a detailed expense sheet.

how much of that is players associated cost vs administrators and ass kissers (like we know who)