Cricket's Pay Gap
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cri...#ixzz0y9rsu0BV
IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE: THE CENTRAL CONTRACTS
Australia: £400,000
England: £400,000
South Africa: £105,000
India: £82,500
West Indies: £77,250
Sri Lanka: £77,250
Pakistan: £22,500
Bangladesh: £12,000
Figures per player, per year
This is being used as one excuse. I don't buy it though, £22,500 * 130 (£ to Rupees xchange rate) = 2,925,000 Rupees which for a Pakistani is a good amount for the year. They're living in Pakistan not in Europe where the 22K is not close to enough. To add to it, the sponsorship deals also get them money, dunno how much but for central contracted players, it won't be pennies.
Now the bigger issue is the following story by a former Pakistani Coach, Geoff Lawson.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...830-147f7.html
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This selector said: ''We must pick [the player who had earlier approached me], I have been told that if he is not in the team tomorrow, my daughter will be kidnapped and I will not see her again.''
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This is a dirty business, where people can be in danger. The young Pakistani bowler Aamer, comes from a small town and a family that worked hard to make ends meet, he is one the main suspects right now. I don't want to assume that he was pressured into this but the following quote by Shane Watson (Australian player) says a lot.
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I probably feel for him more than anyone because he's only a young, naive and innocent young guy......but it's unfortunate that someone of his skill has got tied up with something that is damaging to cricket and to the individuals. I found him to be a brilliant competitor on the field.
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As for as sports in North America, I don't doubt there is something always going on. Not obvious but in my opinion its all over the world in almost every sport. In baseball, the pitcher can throw a game. Basketball, the perennial All-Stars in the regular reason, choke in the playoffs. Goalies who go ice cold in playoffs for hockey. Not suggesting all of them are fixed but in some cases it might be true.