Cricketing impasse a new form of slavery

THE EDITOR: With each passing day and no form of resolution to the cricket crisis my heart bleeds. Are we as a people going to sit idly by and allow our most precious commodity to be sold? What we are experiencing here in the Caribbean is the latest form of slavery to be handed out to us. These telecommunication giants (I vow never to mention their names to allow even that form of publicity) have no care for cricket or the pride and joy that fill our hearts when we succeed at our beloved game. Instead, they are concerned with their market share and how they can position themselves to best corner our lucrative market.

However, I certainly don’t understand how WICB could entertain these new sponsors knowing fully well the old sponsor had personal commitments with some of our players. The Irish and the British have been at war since the beginning of time and we have provided a new battlefield for them. Obviously, it’s just another foul-up to add onto the long list of public ridicule we’ve had to endure as a result of incompetence by WICB.  Only this time questions must be answered. They must be held accountable to our people. It seems WICB are of the opinion they own our cricket and can sell it to every Tom, Dick or Harry who wave a US$20 million bone in their faces. The reason we are deep in debt is simply because they are a horrible management team.

Why the rush to these new sponsors and the high-handed attitude towards the Caricom appointed leaders recommendations? Has other money changed hands? No one I know has ever gone to any cricket venue to see Teddy and his boys play so no one should support them. For always there will be Judas’ who are willing to sell their souls. We should never be associated with that kind. What a shame! Our great leaders of the past Martin Luther King Jr, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela dedicated their lives to free us from this kind of oppression. Let your voices be heard brothers and sisters. Save our cricket. Massa days done.

MALCOLM GERALDSON
Diego Martin