I am involved as the Industrial Relations advisor to West Indies
Players? Association (WIPA) and what I can say is that the West
Indies Cricket Board did not have to send a second eleven to Sri
Lanka.
As
Dinanath Ramnarine?s letter to Roger Brathwaite spelt out in
detail WIPA and the WICB were still negotiating when the Board
advised that it had just selected ?another group of players? and
that therefore negotiations were over. They had been planning for
such an eventuality since the manager of the senior Team was in Sri
Lanka speaking with the 'A' Team players in an effort to get these
players to sign up for the senior team tour.
Digicel on Tuesday said it "welcomes and supports" any offer
from the ICC and the Federation of International Cricketer's
Association (FICA) to help mediate the ongoing West Indies contract
dispute.
In a brief statement, the Jamaica-based phone company said it
was keen to have the matters at hand "resolved swiftly and
professionally in the interest of West Indies cricket."
A sportsperson playing a team sport can exploit his image rights
in different capacities. For example, an international footballer
can exploit his rights as an individual in their own name, as a
member of his club and also as a member of the national team.
The term 'image rights' denotes the commercial use of a person?s
name, image, voice, signature, nickname and other personal
attributes in advertisements, marketing and all other forms of
promotion.
(EDITOR's NOTE: The following statement was issued by West
Indies 'A' team captain Daren Ganga on Monday)
I, Daren Ganga, wish to advise that the statements attributed to
me in a
report on the CricInfo Web site earlier today about my fellow
Trinidadian and West Indian colleague Brian Lara were not only
inaccurate but mischievous.
At no time in my interview did I describe Brian as selfish and
not a team player. As a matter of fact I complimented Brian for the
role he has played in my cricket career and the opportunities that
he has given me as captain of the Trinidad and Tobago and West
Indies team.
The current dispute between the WICB and WIPA has spawned a
number of debates about similar incidents in our recent past. The
two that come to mind are the Clive Lloyd-led rebel tour to Kerry
Packer?s ?Super Test Series? in Australia, and the Lawrence Rowe
led rebel tour to South Africa that followed soon after.
Lawrence Rowe was a physically small man and came up from humble
beginnings. He did not posses the brute-strength or the swagger of
the great West Indian batsmen that preceded him or those who were
to follow. Health-wise, he was a delicate man, prone to allergies
and injuries that dogged his career. However, the notion that he is
a coward is false.
