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Jan 10, 2015 Sports

Dear Editor,
Globally, sports attract humongous attention. Whether in Calcutta, India or Karachi in Pakistan, the attention becomes passionately infectious when there is consistent success either individually or collectively. When this is juxtaposed by the desire to persevere with tireless and persistent practice by the bio-mechanical talent; it is very starling to note.
I can think of the dominance of Australia and South Africa on the cricket field or Serena Williams, Steffi Graff and Roger Federer on the tennis courts. Hours after hours of determined and compulsive practice are the only answer. Their success can also be attributed to having first class training facilities, the right combination of trainers/coaches and effective mechanisms that will continuously breed viable competition from their counterparts.
It therefore means that the individual or team must maintain the highest level of performance to continue competing rather than participating or conversely the self- respect must be there to earn retention instead of facing relegation. I recently learnt about the retirement of South African batsman Álvaro Peterson from test cricket. Despite his team’s overwhelming success against the West Indies, he knew the time was right to quit. The numerical evidence due to a subdued series by his standard was simply not in his favour to be retained in a highly competitive team.
When will some of our players know when to quit? This is not a question for the durable and equally admirable Shivnarine Chanderpaul, but I presume he will be contemplating a definitive moment of exit and in a more formal manner than many of the past West Indian greats who ended their careers ignominiously.
The battered images, pain and agony of predictable defeat endured by the West Indies team has become an epidemic despite the much favoured optimism of the Clive Lloyd led selection panel. The ill-tempered mannerism, reckless shot making, erratic running, directionless bowling and unimaginative captaincy continue to dominate the team’s mediocrity with unwavering frequency. Simply, the writing must be on the wall for a value for money approach. The West Indian players are among the highest paid professionals, yet the individual and team ratings are among the lowest. It is time that a quota system is implemented whereby players should be paid based on performance. I suppose this may create another imminent strike, but would it matter? The players are now being paid to train, yet the gains have been painstaking and infrequent to be considered acceptable. The West Indian players must be held accountable and match pay with play!
Elroy Stephney

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