Big payout for 1975 WC players - 10k each!

Massive payout to the legends by CWI



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In reply to anthonyp

Let's hope they don't spend it all in one place.

In reply to anthonyp

Very good gesture.
Better late than never!

Dem boys must thank Andy for mekkin a lil noise about sharing the stage wih current mediocres

In reply to anthonyp

That's what the likes of Nick Pooran, Dwayne Bravo and Keiran Pollard tek beat the board..Chicken feed.
If you're honouring these guys for that historical feat can't we in the Caribbean recreate a honour equivalent to the British Knighthood for these guys?

In reply to anthonyp

Is Irfaan matching the $$$ for the Guyanese participants??

In reply to StumpCam

Remember the motorcade with the World Cup coming from timehri Airport to Georgetown.
Young fellas in Agricola snatched the cup and run up the road

Gift the families of the deceased members their loved ones share e.g. Fredericks, Boyce, Walcott

Why Maurice Foster, Gordon Greenidge, Vanburn Holder didn't show up?

In reply to anthonyp

An interesting fun fact, After retaining the cup in the 1979 edition, Sir Clyde Walcott came to Lloyd and told him he had been authorized by the board to give the team 50 pounds as some form of remuneration for the victory. Lloyd wrote he was appalled and it even made him want to cry. Then add to that the players not having uniforms on the eve of the 2016 world cup, the south africa 1998 incident, the india 2014 pull out. the WICB historically have custodians of the lowest quality of the the regional game, with the exceptions of Allan Rae, Wes Hall and Ricky Skerrit. Swallow and his team have made, in my opinion, some questionable decisions, but by and large they've treated the players very well and that is the first step to making a competitive side. It won't happen under demolition man though

In reply to Jumpstart

Is this being sourced from the Pension scheme that was in place
for decades ? Players funded that mainly. Is it still operative ?
Last I heard a few decades ago was that it was invested badly
in some world market. Never verified that tho.

But any recognition is commendable if it is to correct a Wrong.

In reply to Castled

[quote]Gift the families of the deceased members their loved ones share e.g. Fredericks, Boyce, Walcott[/quote

exactly pay to the deceased estates.