Players vs Cricket SA: still no light at end of tunnel
Players and Cricket SA thrash out a new memorandum of understanding with a vexed eye on revenue sharing
The relationship between the lifeblood of professional cricket in SA‚ the players‚ and their paymasters could move forward in the coming days. Or not. Asked on Monday what headway had been made towards the negotiation of a new memorandum of understanding between Cricket SA and the South African Cricketers’ Association (Saca)‚ Tony Irish‚ Saca’s CE‚ said he "should have some indication of progress or not on Wednesday". Next Tuesday Irish will sit down with Saca’s executive committee‚ which comprises the president‚ JP Duminy‚ and Omphile Ramela‚ Farhaan Behardien‚ Mignon du Preez and Stephen Cook. There may be several more such meetings before the current memorandum of understanding expires at the end of April. The process is being watched more closely than in the past in the wake of the aggressive stance taken by Thabang Moroe‚ Cricket SA’s deputy president and acting CE. "Ultimately the people that make money for cricket is Cricket SA‚ it’s not a union‚" Moroe says. A key issue is t...
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