WI players salaries unpaid since ENG tour

[Zainub]

Couldn't agree with you more, hope things get better soon. You have to wonder if some players not showing a level of comitment that is expected of them when they are given such an honor as representing West Indies is ditectly related to the fact that they aren't paided properly for what they do. I mean these guys are supposed to be professionals, there should be no excuse for such a thing to happen.

[The Great DonTalon]

WICB'S STATEMENT ON WIPA MEETING
by WICB

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have a "fundamental difference" over the issue of sponsorships and endorsements as it relates to the Board and its major sponsors and suppliers on the one hand and players' endorsements on the other as they are set out in clause 5 of the Match/Tour contract for the upcoming VB triangular One-Day tournament in Australia. This resulted in a stalemate in their discussions, which ended just before dawn on Friday, November 19 after more than 14 hours of discussion.

WICB Chief Executive Officer, Roger Brathwaite said early on Friday morning, that "while good progress was made in a number of areas, there was a divide" over clause 5 of the contract which the 14 players who gain selection to participate in the tournament will be required to sign.

Both the Board and WIPA agreed to amendments to six clauses in the contract. These amendments would all be included in the final contract, Brathwaite said.

However, the CEO stated the Board was unable to accept WIPA's proposal to remove from the contract or substantially alter Clause 5, which relates to sponsorships and endorsements and includes provisions covering the obligations of players to the WICB and its major sponsors and suppliers as well as the process by which a player can enter into personal Player Endorsements.

These are standard provisions which are generally consistent with those existing in contracts of a similar nature involving sporting governing bodies, their major sponsors and players. These are necessary to ensure that the entire game of cricket in the region is not put at risk.

Thursday's meeting in Port of Spain came on the invitation of WIPA after the Association's President and CEO, Dinanath Ramnarine had advised his members not to sign letters of invitation issued by the Board to 25 players to make themselves available for selection for the tour. The letter outlining criteria for eligibility, which the invited players had to sign and return to the Board within ten days of receipt, was accompanied by a Match/Tour contract.

So far a number of players have signed and returned the invitation letters and the Board is expecting to receive the outstanding responses within the timeframe set out in the original letter of invitation.

The camp for the selected players begins on 29 November in Barbados and will be of three weeks duration. The team leaves for Australia on 29 December.