Quote:Either way, the ICC says it allows governments to step in. Its rules say: "Governments (or any office thereof) are not prevented from investigating the affairs of Member Boards in order to ascertain whether any negligence or criminal offence has been committed, including fraud, dereliction of director’s duties (including fiduciary duties) or contravention of any relevant legislation. There may be circumstances where a government (or any ministry thereof) rightfully seeks to intervene in the event that a Member Board is dysfunctional. The ICC governance Review Committee believes that this is a question of accountability, not interference.â€
your precision makes it much easier for me and for the west indian governments to get involved positively..they need not fear ICC reprisal
they can get consultant analysis and reports on the situation and what can be done or the best approaches....
we already have a few of those sitting on shelves. but some of the problems are obvious:
you listed that we have few people in the west indies a small population...we canadd to that lots of competition for talent in the region and to stay relevant the cricket must be competitive for talent
that basically means there must be competitive reward for dedication of a sports career to cricket. the wicb has destroyed that.
what wud be adequate and competitive reward ::confused::
for that I would go to the cricketers which from the start means to me their full involvement in administration. and by going to the cricketers I do not mean a limit to the top players but to all first class players in the region..to to every level whom it seems relevant to involve.
in fact I would make the debate/involvement a region-wide people based discussion. that may take a year or 3 for some kind of usable completion but wud still go on from there. it wont end in fact
what wud take place right away would be the wind up of the bureau and a restoration of the players pay to the levels from which they were reduce. an end to the wicb would free up a lot of money..enuff to re-up the players
new administration set up: let the governments second their professionals at government pay to run whatever admin is necessary..with the help of hired professionals where necessary. a publicist may be necessary, physical therapist, video people sure. but no more expensive trappings of bureaucracy like head coaches. return the captain to his rightful place as the MAN in the mix. give him his former managers with whom he worked to build winning teams.
and wherever the need for the use of any skill pops up it can be hired and used in whatever way it is necessary..yet the fundamentals stay in place..the captain and manager.
but the players must become dominant in admin, running the show. their competence must be addressed by relevant programs of education that for the most part are already in place.
if you want to play cricket especially up to the highest levels, it becomes known that you must also be facile, competent in all relative areas of life...particularly in basic school education up to high school. you cant be illiterate and expect to become west indies captain..or even get picked for the west indies no matter how good you are.
if you are illiterate then that can be corrected and the players must be keen on his own development so that correction can be achieved quickly. but with emphasis all along the way I do not expect that to be a problem..or if one to remain so for long
but that is the direction I would go in. the corporate/capitalist/bureaucratic model goes out the window to fall crash and burn, to be replaced by a more people oriented democratic/ socialist model.... the basic parts control and great creativity can be used to ensure general satisfaction and commitment on their parts in making the game great again in the region, with the necessary rewards for such commitment.