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Live WICB press conference on Pro League

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 12:50:32 

Here

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 12:54:27 

CCC players facted!!! Straight up...either you play full time cricket now or no accomodations being made for you if you're a student and cricketer....WOW WOW WOW!!!

 
jacksprat 2014-09-18 12:58:45 

Not mutually exclusive!

Frank Worrell, Deryk Murray and Franz Alexander, among others, were able to manage it.

Unfortunate for CCC but I always believe the best 100 or so players should be accorded all the opportunities to play-regardless of territory of origin.

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:04:18 

In reply to jacksprat

Twist it and turn t how you want it's an anti education stance, and should be loudly condemned....

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:09:02 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Steeeups. Education is not the responsibility of the WICB.

_r

 
Commie 2014-09-18 13:09:41 

In reply to Admin

Heducation is not the responsibility of the WICB.


corrected

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:09:48 

In reply to Admin

No but education would help the on field product...

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:10:04 

In reply to Commie

Touche!!

 
camos 2014-09-18 13:10:20 

In reply to jacksprat
Murray did not play when he was at Oxford or Cambridge isn't that how Hendricks made the team.

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:11:38 

In reply to Larr Pullo

CCC needs to go play against other colleges. WICB can't be investing the already limited resources in part-timers who will never play at the highest level.

Do like Shiv, pick one.

_r

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:12:13 

In reply to Admin

You not making sense...

 
camos 2014-09-18 13:12:28 

In reply to Admin

Steeeups. Education is not the responsibility of the WICB.


one can also say that schools should not spend scarce resources on cricket!

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:14:47 

In reply to camos

Amin not any better than Soft head and Jamaican dave, and a see Wavell tight with them...the cricket in the hands of three buffoons....

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:18:52 

In reply to camos

one can also say that schools should not spend scarce resources on cricket!


Correct.

_r

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:20:46 

In reply to Admin

You'd never have a Kraigg Braithwaite coming through then.....

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:22:34 

In reply to Larr Pullo

You'd never have a Kraigg Braithwaite coming through then.....


We had Shiv, Sarwan, Gayle, the Bravos, Viv, Lara, whoever, whoever come through just fine without Hilary wasting UWI money on his little pet project.

You notice that as soon as WICB catch sense and kill the CCC nonsense, he resigned as a WICB director. That's called commitment right there.

_r

 
Walco 2014-09-18 13:22:51 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Pybus anyone??? Have they made any announcement regarding the HPC?

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:23:49 

In reply to Admin

Hilary wasting UWI money on his little pet project.


First it was scarce WICB resources, now it's UWI money. Make up your mind!!!

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:24:02 

In reply to Walco

Talking about it now.....

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:25:16 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Both. Wasted money everywhere.

_r

 
JOJO 2014-09-18 13:26:45 

In reply to Admin

You notice that as soon as WICB catch sense and kill the CCC nonsense, he resigned as a WICB director. That's called commitment right there.


...or he did what many progressive thinking people in the region do when they get fed up with the backwardness. They simply say "I really have no time for that shit. I have better things to do with my time".

 
natty_forever 2014-09-18 13:27:03 

Can there be a compromise. With the franchise cricket coming, I see the need for a strong college/university league, from which players can be drafted. Yes I watch too many American sports.

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:28:18 

In reply to JOJO

Or, If I don't open the batting, I taking my bat and going home.

_r

 
mikesiva 2014-09-18 13:29:38 

Did anybody get anything of substance from this press conference?

Such as....

1) Have central contracts been signed, and who's on the list?

2) When exactly is this Pro League starting?

3) Have the countries chosen their contracted players, and if not, when will they do so?

4) When is this so-called draft taking place?

I've been following the twitter, but all they have are meaningless platitudes....

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:29:52 

Alyuh cussing and wailing about "professionalizing" the cricket. Now the people making it fulltime professional, alyuh still fuq'n cussing.

As the man just said, "i'm sorry that's not the system we are implementing".

_r

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:33:29 

In reply to mikesiva

Yeah, it's just a lot of yapping about what we already know. Nothing new announced.

_r

 
Commie 2014-09-18 13:34:29 

In reply to Admin

Same as always...regurgitation.

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:41:41 

In reply to Admin

You're not a thought leader on this. We have limited resources, we should look to maximise the resources at hand rather than cull them for spurious reasons. No one like Hillary, so anything he proposes simply cannot have merit. Pack ah skunts!!!

 
imusic 2014-09-18 13:43:56 

In reply to Larr Pullo

No one like Hillary, so anything he proposes simply cannot have merit.

He proposed CCC. CCC was implemented for several seasons.

How many players from CCC went on to represent the WI senior team?

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:46:39 

In reply to imusic

Is that how you measure success? You had a captain coming out of the CCC...u sure you want to trod down that road? smile smile

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2014-09-18 13:49:42 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Ida just ain't like Hillary . That's all

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 13:54:43 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

In the WI they believe in killing off a man AND his ideas....no matter how beneficial they may be.

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:58:01 

You want professional cricket? Or you want charity? Pick one.

_r

 
Admin 2014-09-18 13:58:53 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Ida just ain't like Hillary


I don't know who Ida is. But I join him/her in not being a fan of narcissism.

_r

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 14:00:59 

In reply to Admin

Ida is your female alter ego... smile

 
Admin 2014-09-18 14:07:26 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Then she's a smart, thought leader too. I support whatever she says.

_r

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2014-09-18 14:09:03 

In reply to Admin

Btw I agree that ccc cannot be accommodated in a pro league

 
DAVE400 2014-09-18 14:22:37 

Lets be honest... CCC was not formed to bring academics to cricket but rather to be a collection vessel for those on the periphery of theirs ( or is that bim's) national team.

 
imusic 2014-09-18 14:34:47 

In reply to Larr Pullo

You had a captain coming out of the CCC...u sure you want to trod down that road?

You're right. Counting in those players that stood in against Bangladesh and the Champions Trophy in SA, many players from CCC went on to represent the WI senior team. cool


Is that how you measure success?

That's exactly how it's measured in professional sport.

If you're not producing players, why continue being supported? Produce or Perish.

Leewards next.

 
Admin 2014-09-18 14:34:54 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Are you surprised that you agree with me so often?

_r

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2014-09-18 14:39:51 

In reply to imusic

If that rule was in place long ago, we wouldn't have had a Brian Lara as TNT would've been abolished long ago. big grin

 
Admin 2014-09-18 14:46:49 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

If that rule was in place long ago, we wouldn't have had a Brian Lara as TNT would've been abolished long ago.


What kind of nonsense is this? Does anyone not understand professional franchise cricket and how it works?

_r

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2014-09-18 14:49:43 

In reply to Admin

Stfu. I referring to imusic saying if you not producing players for wi then like CCC and leeward next, they should be abolished.

 
Admin 2014-09-18 14:56:00 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

What's wrong with what he said? He is 100% right. Get rid of Windwards too.

_r

 
imusic 2014-09-18 14:57:20 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Cricket wasn't a pro sport then

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2014-09-18 14:57:55 

In reply to Admin

And Guyana too. After Shiv who? and before Lara era who TNT had? we would've get rid of wunnuh too

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 14:58:16 

Well at least CCC implemented player movement first....

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 14:58:52 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Barbados woulda been gone too for the years alyuh was in the doldrums... lol lol

 
Admin 2014-09-18 15:00:27 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

And Guyana too.


Finally you getting the point. Absolutely Guyana too. I would discard Guyana right alongside Windwards and Leewards.

_r

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2014-09-18 15:10:53 

In reply to Admin

Then u end up with?????????

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 15:11:42 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Pro league.... smile smile smile

 
imusic 2014-09-18 15:17:21 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Then u end up with?????????

Those that produce.

 
TheTrail 2014-09-18 15:35:08 

It is Sagicor’s money that keeping it alive, not WICB...they don’t have any…WIPA took it all during Ramnarine’s reign via the court system.

BTW, it seems this Pybus want to create a bunch of dunces to play cricket in this technological world!


In addition, Hilary stepped down because of the future workload as the new Vice Chancellor which commences next year,2015.


Sir Hilary, Vice-Chancellor Designate is well known regionally and extra-regionally and as Principal of the Cave Hill Campus, is currently the longest serving campus Principal, the UWI said.
At the international level Sir Hilary, a Barbadian, currently serves as a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Science Advisory Board on Sustainable Development, Chairman of the Caribbean Reparations Commission, Vice President of the International Task Force for the UNESCO Slave Route and adviser to the UN World Culture Report among other posts.


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Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 16:09:18 

In reply to TheTrail

Sir Hillary's legacy is secure...WI cricket was a burden on him. He don't need that.

 
jacksprat 2014-09-18 16:14:14 

Shades of the White Man's Burden?

 
hubert 2014-09-18 16:41:13 

In reply to Larr Pullo


Missed it. But from the responses here it seems it was a waste of time.

 
Admin 2014-09-18 16:43:03 

Dave Cameron audio.

_r

 
Larr Pullo 2014-09-18 16:44:46 

In reply to Admin

Franchise and WI team mutually exclusive or something?

 
Admin 2014-09-18 16:45:56 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Meaning?

_r

 
StumpCam 2014-09-18 17:14:45 

After witnessing the recently conclude Baseball Little League World Series and how impactful it is on youths in NA and the rest of the world, I think West Indies would be well served if they have such a competition at the U-15 level that is SHOWCASED across the Caribbean on TV to get our youths excited about cricket and eventually harness our best young athletes for the game of cricket. I really think this can transcends the sport professionally in the Caribbean!

Let me go assemble some investors and get a private enterprise started. Crowdfunding anyone?? wink