Professor Luria, a famous Russian scientist once said that human
behaviour is influenced by goals of the future but is also shaped
by history and past experiences. He added that not only does the
brain create these goals but it also subordinates all of its
activities towards achieving them. In crisis situations, our brain
chemistry is changed. Thinking often becomes negative and combative
and our span of concentration is narrowed and locked in to the
immediate. Valuable lessons from the past are then lost and once
positive visions of the future become vague and hazy.
Cable & Wireless has opened a new can of worms with the
assertion that the US$20 million/5-year sponsorship package was
never offered by the WICB.
"Cable and Wireless did, however, turn down a US$30
million/5-year proposal. The last offer C&W left on the table
with the WICB on March 31, 2004 was a US$20m/5 year proposal for
the Home Series only...The WICB instead, awarded all the
entitlements, the Home Series, away games and youth programs to
Digicel for only US$20m/5 years," the phone company said in a
statement.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is sticking to its guns,
announcing Saturday that seven leading cricketers including Brian
Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle will not be considered for
selection until their private contracts with Cable & Wireless
are properly inspected.
In the face of
increasing pressure from Caricom to select the team on
cricketing merit only, the WICB refused to back down. "In the
Board's view, the basis of discussion has to be to field the best
team in the circumstances and not the best team at all costs," the
WICB said in a statement.
The West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has advised members
of the 22-man squad to accept the WICB's invitations to make
themselves available for selection.
In a statement welcoming the
recommendations for a truce by Caricom, WIPA said it also
expects the WICB to include the seven players with Cable &
Wireless contracts.
Caricom's attempt to
broker a truce in the West Indies sponsorship dispute fell flat
on its face Friday night when the two companies at the center of
the storm both rejected recommendations handed down by Grenadian
prime minister Dr Keith Mitchell.
Just hours after Mitchell outlined a list of
suggestions/recommendations from the Caricom sub-committee on
cricket, Digicel and Cable & Wireless issued separate
statements to spurn the offer.
