Yes, unlike the WSC days the players are not poor or being ripped off. My mind wanders to the recent demise of Ch 10 > the bubble that is TV telecasting rights payments cannot continue to escalate forever, nor can the players expect it to. I read somewhere that Ch 10 barely made a profit out of the 2016/2017 Big Bash yet the demands for TV were going to double....lol.
When is greed going to cease? Unless the players can demonstrate that a certain faction or element of the cricket admin that collects these fees is profiteering then they are simply being greedy. We're all entitled to bargain hard for the best possible deal in our wages, but when you have people knocking back pay INCREASES that amount to 5 x the average ANNUAL wage then you have to wonder if we are being told the whole story - surely a body of players could not collectively all be that dumb (unless they are Essendon AFL players, but that's another story itself).
Either way, they wont win any friends by striking considering they are in a very privileged position - their inflated incomes come from US ie the ad watching, merchandise buying, pay TV subscribing, match attending public. And we want to see Ashes cricket this summer between the best sides, not our C team getting demolished inside 3 days whilst the cream of talent earn mega $ in the bash.
