WIPA Pres Hinds Had Good Intentions

[hawkeye]

Hinds seemed to have been trying to work with WICB to put in place a better first-class system, something WI cricket needs desperately. He should not be castigated and players should not have been so reckless.

To my mind, it is natural that the players, if they were not aware of the magnitude of the cuts, would protest. What was unreasonable is that they would have had such a violent and far-reaching reaction.

How could the players on tour, numbering 15 of a much larger group that includes most of the regional first-class players, conceive that they could simply and immediately ditch their union and abandon West Indies cricket''s most profitable tour? In doing this they have seriously undermined the already flimsy financial structure that supports West Indies cricket and have placed it on an uncertain and perilous path. Surely, the situation called for restraint.

Contrary to popular belief, the WICB, I am sure, wants to see Caribbean cricket advance; they want to see the West Indies team back near the top of the ICC rankings. They, along with Hinds, saw this agreement, not only as a victory for consensus and compromise, but as a huge step away from the mire of conflict and confrontation that prevailed in the past, and as a roadmap to plot the course for much needed gains in what has been a stagnant product.

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[PokerAce]

If Hinds was representing the players, then he simply (no matter what his intentions), should not have agreed to a 70% pay cut deal for the players, without so much as informing them first.

The players for their part, should have gotten in touch with Hinds as soon as a deal was signed to learn of what the deal agreed was. They shouldn't have slept for a month on it, and then in the middle of a tour have woken up to the fact that they are not being paid enough.