West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron said the regional body will be enlisting the support of Caricom (Caribbean Community) to meet the million-dollar demand for compensation by  the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after the aborted tour of India last month.
The West Indies players, led by one-day captain Dwayne Bravo, withdrew their services after the fourth match of the one-day series on October 17 because of a pay dispute with the WICB and the players union, the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Really ? R E A L L Y ????
I know CARICOM is a joke but they should not give one red cent to this Papacy of a WICB.
At least hope Sista Pee of Jamaica does not. Although it is known that she as a puppet of PJ PAtteron who is involved with the WICB, will do anything he says.
Come in IMF

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

WELL WELL WELL , Once again The Regional Governments have an opportunity to do a

COMPLETE RESTRUCTURING OF THE WICB ; THE

REGIONAL BOARDS & OPERATIONS AT FACTORY

ROAD .


I sincerely hope that they do not blow this opportunity .

BTW THE WHOLE GOVERNANCE OF CRICKET IN THE

REGION MUST ANSWER TO A ENTITY THAT HAS

ULTIMATE POWER . IF THE ICC & THE WICB

DON'T LIKE THAT , THEY CAN ALL GO TO HELL .

They aint have any Stadia in the Region , they have no Law Enforcement Officers ;they have No Cricket Grounds .

THIS MUST BE A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT DEAL

THOSE IN THE GOVERNANCE OF CRICKET IN THE

REGION HAVE DELIBERATELY RUN CRICKET IN

THE GROUND WITH THE HOPE & EXPECTATION

THAT THE REGIONAL GVERNMENTS WILL BAIL

THEM OUT . THEY MUST LEARN THAT THERE IS

NO SUCH THING AS A FREAKING FREE LUNCH .


For decades those in the governance of Cricket in the Region have treated Cricket
in the Region , like a Mauby Shop that was placed by a roadside overnight .

CRICKET IS A VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS ; THAT

REQUIRES THE BUSINESS OF CRICKET TO BE

TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY .

No No No - Absolutely NOT

In reply to hubert

We've had done pretty bad administrations through the years at WICBC, but this one seems to not just take the cake, but the whole blasted bakery.

I knew Cameron was bad news, especially after that Digicel business, but he and his administration have been disastrous.

This administration made Hunte, Hilaire et al look like German football federation by comparison.

PHEW!

If Caricom can subsidize Liat and UWI why not the WICB

In reply to POINT


The regional governments have no in interest in restructing anything as they are all feeding from the trough. Don't be fooled by the posturing that they do; they like it as it is and this will be just another LOST opportunity.
As they say watch the ride

In reply to imusic


Correck is right, bro

In reply to POINT

When will you and others finally come around to ask this basic question and demand and answer, here's the question:

Governments in the Caribbean are answerable to their people, corporations in the Caribbean are answerable to their shareholders, who does the WICB answer to and and what are the laws that protect them?

Did you know they are the only organization in the entire Caribbean that is answerable to no one?

Now go on coming up with solutions- none of which will work until a law is place to make the WICB accountable, answerable and responsible.

What i would like to know is who paying the bill

With the stroke of a pen, the federation was no more and now this looks like history is about to repeat…

In reply to imusic

Btw weren't you one of those who said this Admin was a breath of fresh air?

In reply to TheTrail
Caricom-CSME and Court of Appeal are together greater than Federation ever was. Wuh loss ?

The people of the region, ESPECIALLY the JAMAICANS were hoodwinked into this governmental entity.
But let us keep this as a cricket thread for now.

In reply to Emir

Listen , if you have a business that you were in control of for decades , because of Incompetence , lack of Accountability lack of Good Governance etc ;and you deliberately ran your business into the Ground . In return for my money you must agree to what
ever I state & want .

In essence I will put so many stricture on you , so that will rather fold than comply . Whe that happens I will replace you with a different Entity .

To quote a phrase from the Bible this Sunday morning :

" LO HOW THE MIGHTY HATH FALLEN "

If it was up to me I would make things very unpalatable to them , You see the Whole Word knows that the WICB ; the RegionalBoards ; ad Operations at Factory Road are A COLOSSAL JOKE .

There ant NO ONE out there who are going to lend them money that is why they are now coming to the Regional Governments with at in hand .

In reply to hubert

I believe she is still waiting on an `apology` from them..

....after they told her in no uncertain terms to keep her queen bee ass out of WICB business!!!

In reply to Cleg

But she still came in, and then Gayle showed his gratitude by dissing her govt.

Its been a Jamaican tragedy of sorts.

In reply to Cleg

Doesn't he know you rep him on here?

Unappreciated

In reply to Commie

your best post

some good will come of this brouhaha, The Bandits will be force to adopt one of the numerous reports that they have commissioned and left lying on the shelf.

It will also signal the end of the cosy relationship with the BCCI.

In addition the players , the board and WIPA will have to up their game for good

In reply to Commie

No. Everyone said that this is as incompetent as all the previous managements. Afterall Cameron is part of the previous administration which was equally bad.

In reply to Commie

No. Everyone said that this is as incompetent as all the previous managements. Afterall Cameron is part of the previous administration which was equally bad.

Help from Caricom?These guys really bareface!

In reply to Pacy

That is not true. A whole host of people acted as if there had been a kumbaya moment for WI cricket.

If you didn't realise it much of what goes on in the region is personality driven. As for being incompetent I'd hazard a guess that pretty much anyone given this dysfunctional structure to run will look stupid.

In reply to Cleg

she can help out cos she is doing less with more.

In reply to Commie
I don't recall saying that.

However, after Hunte Hilaire and krew, anything seemed to be an improvement. Even led by a shady character such as Cameron.

That sure proved to be wrong

In reply to Cleg

Was not aware of that... but she loves cricket..she got lights (courtesy of India) at Sabina Park

Not for Jamaica but a WICB product, CPL. When Patterasson tell her to give them money she will.

What ah skunt.

In reply to imusic

Lol. Remind me of a kaiso of a politician saying he couldn't recall...

The WICB is not structured for anyone to look good doing this job.

It generates little or no revenue of its own, it faces an aggressive union, and the consensus of the board means everything takes an age to perform.

Ontop of that the sports governing body is like fifa and the ioc.

Not a red penny .Leave them to sort out their own mess.I personally cant believe they have the audacity to be asking CARICOM to give tax payers money to Hinda .If they had any balls they should be telling Hindia to take a jump.
Now is not the time to roll over to the bully boys show some grit ,and fight them in the court of law. While I can understand Hindia feeling aggrieved by the abandoning of the tour, it is a gross over-reaction on their part for demanding such a massive sum of money from a poor criketing board .

In reply to cricketmad

Endorsed

Anyone who was privy to the unpublished sections of the Lucky report knew that Cameron was VERY bad news.

Speaking of which, what happened to Horsie. Why he doh support he breds?

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Hahahaha! Cameron has gone into meltdown now! I hope he takes the current Guyana Cricket Board with him too.

He needs to respond fast to the BCCI, stating (we know they are lies, but you have to do something "sensible" in these circumstances!):

1. The WICB is not at fault because of circumstances beyond its control (player revolt).

2. Even if the WICB could be assigned some blame, the US$42M is extremely inflated and needs to be reduced significantly.

3. We love allyuh, truly!!!

The knee jerk reaction to ask Caricom to "help with" (= "pay"!) the bill is admission of both guilt and stupidity.

Anyway, WI cricket never ceases to entertain.

what happen to the argument that WICB is a private company?

In reply to camos

Exactly!

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Ah wonder wat de Guyanese Minister dat he virtually told tostay outa WICB business re de GCB has to say now

What a pathetic bunch. I really don't know what to say but Dave Cameron is an even bigger .... than initially thought.

In reply to Commie

I get the impression that you are now having
a Saul on Road to Damascus moment .Good for you if that is the case , but I aint about to hold my breath .

Is Government involvement in Cricket allowed now?