Rowley: Caricom could split over WI cricket
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the unity of Caricom countries is under threat from the issue of the state of West Indies cricket.
Rowley believes that the issue of the administration of West Indies cricket under the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which was incorporated as Cricket West Indies (CWI) last year, is fracturing support among Caricom nations and could do real damage to the movement.
Dr Rowley was making comments during an interview on Radio i95.5 FM yesterday evening.
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Rowley: Caricom could split over WI cricket
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Yoi guys have the world in splits.
Ouch !!!
In reply to Khaga
At least we don't have the Supreme Court telling us what to do ?
In reply to sgtdjones
Well I called it a while ago. CARICOM sanctions against Antigua and a sterm eye on Barbados will end the split.
It is no surprise that Antigua and Barbados, the two most colonial lovers of the region will back and support a colonial legacy organization and mind set.
Antigua and Barbados will melt away of a travel and trade embargo is placed against them.
Colonial lovers? Now, that's a bit rich.
In reply to sgtdjones
Yup..Banana Repubs..no law and order..
In reply to ProWI
Look, if you take a closer examination you'll conclusion will be similar.
I am not being dramatic.
Mob killings by vigilante cow protectors are on the rise in India. The spike is driven in part by politics.
And these PM sat there and took this. What a bunch of pussies.
Then call in your country shareholders and lay the law down on their rasses.
Cameron gats 8 votes in his back pocket.
Governments call in Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana and T&T
strangle these boards with Laws that can be passed in Parliament.
No resident of these countries will be allowed to play for CWI.
Let Cameron Play in Antigua.Bring CWI to its knees.
But we gats gutless leadership at Caricom.
In reply to Runs
Worry about Islamic terror..
In reply to Khaga
Mob killings by vigilante cow protectors are on the rise in India. The spike is driven in part by politics.
Hypocrisy is rife; each man for himself!
It is tbe same Keith Mitchell who has
begging Gaston Browne to get the Cricket West Indies to assign games to Grenada.
LET THOSE WHO ARE IN THE MAJORITY
TAKE THE BUMS TO COURT , IT IS
ASININE THAT THE MINORITY MUST THWART
THE WISHES OF THE MAJORITY . THAT IS
FREAKING UNDEMOCRATIC .
Frankly those in the Minority do not give a Damn regarding the State of
West Indies Cricket . As long as the
Bums in the Minority get their little
bit of money the Jackasses are Happy.
History are not going to be kind to those Bums , who as I have stated prefer to sell their BirthRight for
a few Dollars .
The IDIOTS may believe that they won
this Battle , however in reality :
ALL OF US HAVE LOST THE WAR , THANKS
TO THE UTTER STUPIDITY OF SOME PETTY
PERSONS IN THE GOVERNANCE OF SOME
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION .
I still maintain that on a matter of Principle , the Majority take the
WICBC/CWI to Court , the Court is only going to be concerned with what
is before them ; not the intransigence of some Idiots .
THERE EXISTS A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY
THE WICBC / CWI MUST BE REMOVED FROM
THE GOVERNANCE OF CRICKET .
THE WICBC/CWI HAS BLUNTLY REFUSED TO
UNDERGO SERIOUS STRUCTURAL CHANGES ;
THIS IS DESPITE ; COMMISSIONING
SEVERAL REPORTS & SWIFTLY DISMISSED
THOSE REPORTS WITHOUT PUTTING IN
PLACE THE SALIENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THOSE REPORTS .
Those who are in agreement need to
study the recommendations of the Lodhar Committee , which the BCCI was
Tardy in putting in place the recommendations of the Lodhar Committee .
THE SUPREME COURT IN INDIA , VERBALLY
SLAPPED AROUND THE OFFICIALS OF THE
BCCI IN OPEN COURT .
THEN BECAUSE THE BCCI WAS TARDY IN
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE LODHAR COMMITTEE , THE JUDGES
REMOVED BOTH THE PRESIDENT & THE
SECRETARY OF THE BCCI FROM THEIR
OFFICIAL POSITIONS IN THE BCCI .
Frankly it appears that:
WICBC/CWI HAS MORE POWER THAN THE
THE GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGION ; I
NOW UNDERSTAND WHY EMPEROR CAMERON
CAN WALK INTO A RADIO STATION AND
DEMAND THAT A JOURNALIST NOT SIT
NEAR TO HIM OR BE PERMITTED TO ASK
THE EMPEROR QUESTIONS .
Mr Gaston Browne , you have sold your Country to the Emperor Cameron ,
may God have Mercy on Your Soul .
In reply to POINT
What a pile of crap. Get the emotion out of it. Gaston Browne is legally correct. If we overthrow a democratically elected executive of a private club called CWI then every organisation and government can/should/would face the same fate.
If we want change then just as we vote in elections we must join the clubs and change the Boards. Barbados Cricket has elections coming let us see how many clubs and persons will turn up and let us see what changes will be made.
It is quite evident that Gaston Browne
& Others are blind to the fact that
Local Persons have refused to look at
West Indies Cricket , due to the lack
of competitiveness of Our Players .
Sure Barbados & Antigua are going to get an influx of Tourists when Touring
Teams come to the Region , but is that
really helping West Indies Cricket ???
THE ONCE RICH HISTORY OF WEST INDIES
CRICKET IS FAST BECOMING A FADING
MEMORY ; HOWEVER IT SEEMS THAT THIS
DOES NOT TROUBLE CAMERON & BROWNE .
THEIR ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THEY GET
THEIR 1/4 POUND OF FLESH .
It will be very interesting what sensible write about Cameron et al .
It sure aint going to be Pretty .
Next up on the Agenda is the WEHBY
COMMITTEE , consisting of some if not
all of Cameron's Country People . It
would indeed be interesting if:
THE WEHBY COMMITTEE AGREES WITH THE
FINDINGS OF OTHER COMMITTEES
COMMISSIONED BY THE WICBC/CWI .
That would seriously damage the reputation of Browne and others . But
not Cameron et al their Reputation has already been Forever tarnished .
This is a Fact , not Fiction .
In reply to bobby
How can it be private?
The clubs at the lower levels in each country have representatives, that meet and have voting rights.
These players often have to purchase equipment and pay dues to such clubs.
At the FC level some clubs have sponsors, others are given Tax payers money in grants.
Sponsors write off such expenses at Taxpayers expense.
Areas are divided into Zones.
The Zone Representatives vote for ie The management of the T&TCB.
The T&TCB receives Government grants and sponsors money plus CWI money.
The Taxpayers are putting in more money than CWI.
CWI receives Government money and Tax benefits.
CWI is part of the grass roots level of Cricket in the Caribbean and owned by all.
It's not a private domain. receipt of any Government money one is accountable.
Each Caricom Member needs to have balls and challenge them, it can be done easily.
In reply to sgtdjones
How's the cold in Regina? You are sadly misinformed about cricket board management. Bobby is quite correct. If you want to change CWI, first you have to join a local Club and vote in a new executive then join the local Board and also vote in new executive. Then an only then your representative on CWI board vote out Cameron and co.
The trouble with this MB members is that I'll bet that less than five percent belong to a cricket club, territorial board but feel embolden to decide who should run CWI
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Is this showing how weak the CARICOM movement is? I hope not. Anyway, I certainly do not support anyone resigning from an organization, because they do not agree with another's position.
In reply to bobby
Before responding I invite you to read
via wikipedia , the fact that the Supreme Court in India :
REMOVED BOTH THE PRESIDENT &
SECRETARY OF THE BCCI FROM THEIR
POSITIONS IN THE BCCI ; FOR FAILING
TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE LODAR COMMITTEE .
BTW THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA HAS
DEMANDED THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF
THE BCCI ISSUE A PUBLIC APOLOGY .
Interestingly the Laws in
COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES ARE GENERALLY
PATTERNED AFTER ENGLISH LAWS .
I hope that after reading the India
Supreme Court vs the BCCI , RE:
THE LODHA COMMITTEE , you then respond , but I aint about to hold my breath .
In reply to sgtdjones
Shows how misguided the CARICOM leaders are. These are the men who have time available to run WI cricket? It would be a disaster of Trumpean proportions.
Oh no Dr. The Honourable Rowley. The best way to avoid the damage to Caricom that this CWI issue is causing is to keep out of the cricket. We can't have Caricom disintegrate over this petty and stupid cricket issue....
In reply to sgtdjones
It would be ironic if CWI puts CARICOM out of its misery.
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Limestone Fuzz
It's very hot here.
I belonged to a club in T&T at the FC level.
I hexplained how it works in T&T.
Dinas and Ganga gats the majority of Zone wins but cannot take over T&TCB.
Reason the Outgoing Executives gats 12 votes, so dem win by one.
It's now before the Courts in T&T and Dinas and Ganga will win because it's unconstitutional.
What do you tink Dinas and Ganga would do, get rid of the old ones like you gats in lil England
Lord Nelson Conde.
In reply to Headley
I tort Caricom is on life support.
Can you thing of anything this bunch of clowns at Caricom has accomplished.
In reply to Headley
Shows how misguided the CARICOM leaders are. These are the men who have time available to run WI cricket? It would be a disaster of Trumpean proportions.
Can one imagine, as PM sitting at a meeting and Cameron telling you this?
I would have his arse for toast.
But as you noted above they are all incompetent.
In reply to sgtdjones
Look I became a Member in this Forum since 2003 , and since then I have continuously deplored the Regional Boards ; the WICBC/CWI & the Regional
Governments .
The Latter because they have allowed
the WICBC to be Non Transparent ;
Unaccountable & refusing to exercise
Good Governance .
The WICBC /CWI has fooled the Governments and the People in the Region by often Commissioning Reports
and then just as swiftly discarding them .
These are the People that Gaston Browne greatly admires , and has hitched Antigua to these Incompetent
Big Idiots .
In reply to sgtdjones
Cannot pass such a law.
Can however strangle them by not granting concessions.
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
I am still awaiting a response from YOU regarding the fact that the Officials in the BCCI were verbally slapped around by the India Supreme Court .
I also stated that the India Supreme Court:
REMOVED THE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY OF
THE BCCI FROM THEIR OFFICIAL
POSITIONS IN THE BCCI .
But like the Idiot You are you have
refused to respond Look , I do not
write FICTION , I WRITE FACTS .
Obviously you do not have the Testicular Fortitude to respond , but
then there are in this Forum many Fools like You , who blindly support
Emperor Cameron and the other Big Idiots .
In reply to Star
CWI can tell Bravo he cannot play
BCCI tells players they cannot play in other leagues.
Why can't the T&TCB tell its players it cannot play.
What law prevented the rebels from not playing for the WICB?
In reply to Headley
I almost fell off my chair
In reply to sgtdjones
Emperor Cameron is pissed that his underlings are making more money than he makes . He also loves dismissing
some Journalists who he doesn't like .
Worst yet those who own Radio Stations in the Region are made to agree to all the wishes of Emperor Cameron .
The fact that THEY have been Sucking up to Emperor Cameron for years , made them believe that Emperor Cameron will treat them with respect .However Emperor Cameron does not respect ANYONE in the Region , especially since he now has at least
One Prime Minister in his Pocket .
" OH WHAT FOOLS WE MORTALS ARE " .
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