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Loading ...Kolpakshire are already both complaining and smugly saying that they have contracts till 2010 anyway so tough titties. David smith said “I believe Kolpaks have added value to the county game.” when clearly he should have said “I believe increased volumes of overseas players have added value to the county game.”. If he wants to continue what he’s doing, then petition for more overseas players, that’s all the issue is going to be about in the future….
Kolpak era coming to an end?
By Will 3 months ago Leave a comment on this post
There are undoubtedly a number of quality cricketers who have qualified to play in England as Kolpaks. Murray Goodwin, Deon Kruis and Jacques Rudolph come to mind. They are in a minority, however; the vast majority lack international experience and are keeping out young England-qualified players. I’m pleased to hear that the era might be coming to an end.
The European Commission is poised to close the Kolpak loophole and allow the ECB to limit the number of non-European players taking part in county cricket.
At present, several countries, most notably South Africa and some in the Caribbean, are signatories to the Cotonou treaty with the European Union, which was agreed in 2000. This has, until now, been interpreted as allowing freedom of labour for people from those countries inside the EU, and that has led to an explosion in the number of Kolpak players in county cricket. At present, there are approximately 64 on contract.
At a conference this week, Michal Krejza, the head of the commission’s sports unit, said: “It is the decision of individual member states to admit Cotonou players, not the European Union.”
Tags: deon-kruis, england, jacques-rudolph, kolpak, kolpakians, kolpaks, murray goodwin |
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June 12th, 2008 at 11.50 am
June 12th, 2008 at 4.28 pm
woot.
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