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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
Thats exactly what its going to become in the end, Indians + retired players. The whole league lost a lot of credibility after the omission of T20 Champions Pakistan. Even the owner of some of those teams (Knight Riders owner particularly) spoke against it.
From the list in that link, it would've been nice to watch Warne, Symmonds, Hayden etc 5-10 years ago but they're nothing special now. If you wana watch them cus they were stars in years past than thats your choice. Thats like watching Flames Alumni games.
Also with the cash being thrown around the players will likely want to play but in the end most of these international players are contracted by each Board. So if they refuse to let them go and schedule tours at this time than the players have no choice, ie the Ausies, English and the Kiwis right now.
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With the exception of Warne the comparison to a Flames alumni game is ridiculous. Most of the guys on that list would still be included on their nations test sides if they hadn't chosen to retire, it's much like saying that Scholes or Shearer were second rate when they retired from England despite still being world class club players.
If the money continues to be there the national Boards are either going to have to shift their schedules to accomodate or accept the fact that players will retire from test cricket early in order to take advantage of a massive earning opportunity. It's not as simple as you're makign it out to be solely due to the money these palyers are being offered.