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Performance-based bribes for England
By Will 1 month ago, 5 Comments »
England’s players netted a bonus of £180,000 for their series-win over New Zealand a few days ago. It’s a fair chunk of money, on top of their already comfortable salaries and extra advertising deals with the likes of Adidas. The Indian Premier League, however, has blown salaries and players’ monetary expectations out of the water, which has prompted the ECB to raise the series bonuses to £2m. It is effectively a performance-based bribe: do well for us in Tests, the ECB say, and you’ll be handsomely rewarded. Don’t worry about that silly Indian thing: beat the South Africans and we’ll buy you all iPhones and cars.
It’s a fair old whack, and a reasonable gesture by the ECB, but the newly sized pot surely can’t dissuade players from considering the IPL, can it? Over in India players are promised hundreds of thousands, even if they fail abysmally. Money talks, as that awesome AC/DC song says, but can Test cricket genuinely hope to match the new money offered by Indian leagues (and the new Champions League)?
Your thoughts?
5 Comments »Notes from the pavilion for November 2nd
By Will last year, at the start of November, 1 Comment »
Links of note from the past 24 hours:
- Loadsa money - Here’s a fun fact: On arrival at Derbyshire, Wavell Hinds will make more money than highest paid West Indies cricketer
