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CARICOM recommends 6-point plan to help save WI cricket

Sep 12, 2009 Sports

CARICOM has intervened in the bitter contracts dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association, and has rolled out a six-point plan in a bid to end the feud that has crippled regional cricket.
The move comes following the breakdown last week of mediation talks headed by eminent Caribbean diplomat Sir Shridath Ramphal.
CARICOM’s Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on cricket said it had decided to step in to save West Indies cricket from total ruin.
“The current situation, if not resolved immediately, will no doubt destroy the fabric on which to base any hope of reviving the region’s standing in international cricket, or building a solid future for West Indies cricket,” a CARICOM release said late Friday.
“It is under these circumstances that the PMSC has decided to intervene in the process at this time and make recommendations on a feasible way forward.
“The main concern of the Heads of Government is restoring the image and status of West Indies cricket regionally and internationally.”
As a result, CARICOM has made several recommendations which they hope will bring an end to the dispute which has led to depleted West Indies teams being selected for recent series.
Under the CARICOM proposal, players will be expected to “make themselves available for selection in accordance with normal WICB requirements, in particular, participation in the regional tournaments.”
Secondly, the WICB is “to agree to the television/image rights fees (sponsor’s fees) traditionally paid to players pending the special arbitration on this issue to facilitate the signing of retainer contracts by 1 October 2009.”
Thirdly, the WICB and WIPA are to agree on the implementation of the “special arbitration process provided for in the mediator’s draft agreement, i.e. on team rights and the India tour.”
Additionally, the two bodies are to agree to the “best efforts by the CARICOM Secretariat in the first instance to facilitate the resolution of the other outstanding issues proposed by WICB and WIPA, or the pursuit of arbitration if necessary, such arbitration not to delay the return of West Indies cricket to normalcy.”
Fourthly, CARICOM will convene a Stakeholders meeting “at the earliest practicable date to discuss the future of West Indies cricket, taking account of the WICB’s Development Plan, as well as the Report of the Patterson Committee established by WICB.”
Fifthly, CARICOM indicated that WICB would be expected to inform cricket’s world governing body, the International Cricket Council of “the action taken by Caribbean Governments with the object of returning West Indies cricket to its accustomed place in world cricket in consonance with the highest traditions of the sport as upheld by the ICC.”
Finally, the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket said it would “monitor compliance with the above agreed measures based on periodic reports from the CARICOM Secretariat.”
The dispute has decimated the regional team, leading to makeshift squads being selected for the recent Bangladesh series and the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.

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