We only want what’s fair: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 backs players’ demand for new pay deal – Cricket News Update
Australian team captain Michael Clarke has backed the players’ demands for a new pay deal as the negotiations between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association continue to hang in limbo, with either side refusing to concede.
With an upcoming ODI tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, Clarke claimed that the last thing anybody wanted was for the players to have to go on strike, and miss their matches.
“... we're asking no more than what we've had ... We want what's fair,” http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. I think it's best for everyone the sooner it gets done the better.”
With the current pay deal due to expire on June 30, both CA and the ACA are aiming to reach a new agreement and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) before the deadline. However, negotiations have hit a snag over several points of contention.
The players union has expressed its dissatisfaction with the board’s new definition of revenue – the current pay deal dictates that players receive a fixed 26% of the board’s cricket revenue, but the new system is more variable, and calculates revenue based on players’ performances. This implies that, for example, players will be paid more if they win against a high-ranked team, and less if they defeat a lower-ranked team.
CA CEO http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Alexander-Sutherland-c65430 has insisted that the new deal works in the players’ favour, and offers them an increase of $80 million as compared to their current deal. However, the players’ union is of the view that the new terms will lead to players losing up to 30 million Australian dollars of cricket revenue.
“I believe our contracts are already performance-based,” Clarke said, speaking in support of the players’ demands for a more fixed system. “We have 25 contracted players; 90% of those guys are on one-year contracts and if you don't perform in that 12 months you no longer have a contract, so you're looking for another job.”
Clarke went on to add that a meeting was scheduled to take place tomorrow (Friday, June 15) between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Marsh-c81144 (ACA chief executive), and expressed the hope that the two parties would reach a resolution soon.
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