by from_the_stands » Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:44 am
Hmmm, Tim Paine has been forced to make a public apology under the threat of legal action. For you folk in sunny England, salary caps in Australian sport is a big deal. Titles have been stripped and clubs ruined over salary cap breaches in the past. Having been involved in sport at local level, I've seen first hand how sporting clubs get around salary cap limitations that they are required to operate under. The way I view what's happening here, is that the Stars are either involved in shady dealings, or the players in the Stars squad have rubbish agents. Consider the following;
1 - Lasith Malinga would have to be the highest paid import in the competition.
2 - Glenn Maxwell, originally a player with the Melbourne Renagades, had a $US1m contract with the IPL. Brad Hodge also came over from the Stars, and is the leading run scorer in the format.
3 - Cameron White is possibly the highest paid domestic player outside the Test squad.
4 - James Faulkner and Jackson Bird both play for Tasmania, and in a sense, are both imports with a price, otherwise they'd both be playing for the Hurricanes.
5 - The following Stars players have played international cricket in some format; Malinga, Luke Wright, Cameron White, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hodge, Rob Quiney, Matthew Wade, John Hastings, Clint Makay, James Muirhead, Jackson Bird, James Faulkner, David Hussey... have I missed anyone?
Honestly, if the Stars are doing everything by the book, then I'm His Holiness, the Deli Lama. Eddie can take as much umbridge as he likes over what Tim Paine has said. Where's there's smoke, there's fire... and in Victoria, that tends to not be a good thing, especially during bushfire season.
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