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from_the_stands wrote:Michael Slater and Ed Cowan have had a big blue on Sydney radio this morning. This messy saga needs a solution real quick.

any further news on this?

Looks as if there is a tenative resolution on the table:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... ay-dispute

finally looks to be resolved!

Was always going to be fixed before the major cash cows were seriously threatened.

Looks as though the players got pretty much what they wanted . Makes them one of the most successful trade unions going round at the moment

Yep awful deal for ca though they were actually better off not starting the fight in the first place.
Very bad loss for them.
Suspect they didn't expect the players to be that stubborn on the pay deal.

Didn't a lot of this stuff form the backdrop to the Packer World series 40 years ago? Did the bean counters not look to see what lessons could be learned from that before deciding to butt heads with the talent again?

Apparently Neymar gave them some spare cash.

Wouldn't say the Australians are overly strengething their hand for future negotiations with their performances in Bangladesh.

another series defeat after champions trophy exit...players really earning their new contracts

andy wrote:another series defeat after champions trophy exit...players really earning their new contracts

Australian players are not paid for their overseas exploits. Quickly brush this under the carpet, and then they can earn their money in Australia this summer.