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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 980814" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Well, I think in Cricket SA's case, there is alot going on at the moment, and none of them are good for the country or the sport. There has been so many reports about the poor state of affairs in CSA, and it seems to just pile on every week.</p><p></p><p>There have been reports of maladministration for a very long time. And after the CWC they sacked the head coach and his entire coaching team, and appointed an interim coach with no international cricketing experience.</p><p></p><p>Then they advertised the position of director of cricket. Graeme Smith applied for the job, and everyone was singing his praise, knowing that he is the right man for the job. He went for the interview, and halfway through stormed out, and removed his name from the application. And what's worse, nobody else stepped up to take on the position. Reports suggests that the administrators gave him several issues they want him to impose on teams such as that the Proteas must have more black representation and that the provincial teams must have at least 7 players of colour on the field, of which at least 5 must be black african players. To which Smith refused and left the interview.</p><p></p><p>Then on Sunday, the reports were that Smith will reconsider the position, as CSA are willing to compromise and that they would assist Smith in his demands he set out for them.</p><p></p><p>But then, on the same day, CSA banned some of the more educated and experienced cricketing journalists in SA from attending press conferences and media briefings. This after one reporter asked the media representative of CSA who will be the selectors of the Proteas team for the upcoming England tour. To which the Media Representative responded with "I don't know".</p><p></p><p>The issue with CSA is that the administrators in charge don't care a single bit about the sport or the players. Most of them never even played cricket, and some of them are known as being political appointments during the Zuma administration, who are still there. Add to that, they are seemingly more interested in filling their own wallets with Cricketing money, while the sport in SA is at an all time low.</p><p></p><p>Our local T20 tournament, the Mzanzi Super League, is not even being broadcasted on Supersport. And up until yesterday, I didn't even know that they are showing the matches on SABC3. There is absolutely zero media coverage of this tournament. a tournament that has some of the best players from around the world playing in this league. The stadiums are completely empty.</p><p></p><p>As for the Cape Cobras and their investigation by CSA. It's just the tipping point. It's clear that CSA is on a fishing expedition, and should they find the Cobras guilty, all they will do is make CSA look even more despicable and incompetent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 980814, member: 40658"] Well, I think in Cricket SA's case, there is alot going on at the moment, and none of them are good for the country or the sport. There has been so many reports about the poor state of affairs in CSA, and it seems to just pile on every week. There have been reports of maladministration for a very long time. And after the CWC they sacked the head coach and his entire coaching team, and appointed an interim coach with no international cricketing experience. Then they advertised the position of director of cricket. Graeme Smith applied for the job, and everyone was singing his praise, knowing that he is the right man for the job. He went for the interview, and halfway through stormed out, and removed his name from the application. And what's worse, nobody else stepped up to take on the position. Reports suggests that the administrators gave him several issues they want him to impose on teams such as that the Proteas must have more black representation and that the provincial teams must have at least 7 players of colour on the field, of which at least 5 must be black african players. To which Smith refused and left the interview. Then on Sunday, the reports were that Smith will reconsider the position, as CSA are willing to compromise and that they would assist Smith in his demands he set out for them. But then, on the same day, CSA banned some of the more educated and experienced cricketing journalists in SA from attending press conferences and media briefings. This after one reporter asked the media representative of CSA who will be the selectors of the Proteas team for the upcoming England tour. To which the Media Representative responded with "I don't know". The issue with CSA is that the administrators in charge don't care a single bit about the sport or the players. Most of them never even played cricket, and some of them are known as being political appointments during the Zuma administration, who are still there. Add to that, they are seemingly more interested in filling their own wallets with Cricketing money, while the sport in SA is at an all time low. Our local T20 tournament, the Mzanzi Super League, is not even being broadcasted on Supersport. And up until yesterday, I didn't even know that they are showing the matches on SABC3. There is absolutely zero media coverage of this tournament. a tournament that has some of the best players from around the world playing in this league. The stadiums are completely empty. As for the Cape Cobras and their investigation by CSA. It's just the tipping point. It's clear that CSA is on a fishing expedition, and should they find the Cobras guilty, all they will do is make CSA look even more despicable and incompetent. [/QUOTE]
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