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Cricket Australia Proposes To Restructure Player Bonuses

Cricket Australia has "proposed a restructure of player bonuses, saying they should be elevated for series and tournaments that have proved most difficult to win such as a Test campaign on the subcontinent and the World Twenty20 Championship," according to Chris Barrett of THE AGE. In a 34-page submission sent to int'l and domestic players, CA outlined a "controversial" plan to scrap the long-existing revenue-sharing pay model for all but the top 20 men's int'l players, claiming "it is not sustainable for it to be retained across the board." The new model is the subject of "major division" between CA and the Australian Cricketers' Association. Cricketer Steve Smith, who met the CA board last week, on Wednesday "threw his weight behind the players' union when asked whether he wanted the status quo maintained." Smith said, "I think that's the right way forward." The pay model issue has "dominated initial talks" between the parties. But in the document forwarded to players, the governing body outlines "other changes it hopes to make." Some are in the area of performance bonuses. The Australian team, for instance, "pocketed" a bonus of nearly A$1M for its whitewash of England in the '13-14 Ashes and has incentives built in for tournament and series wins as well as its Int'l Cricket Council rankings. CA's submission said, "Performance payments should be structured to align better with the priorities of Australian men's teams. For example, there should be increased rewards for overcoming the challenge of winning a Test series on the subcontinent and increased rewards for winning the 2020 WT20 Championship in Australia." State cricketers and women's players would be paid more than they are now under a new agreement, CA claims, but "would not be eligible for a slice of the ballooning revenue pie" (THE AGE, 12/14).

UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD: THE AUSTRALIAN's Peter Lalor reported a leaked pay submission "has highlighted the ­divide between male and female cricketers." The ACA, which included female cricketers in its collective bargaining negotiations for the first time, claims "women players are being treated as second-class citizens by the peak body." In the submission, the ACA said, "Our female members find it outdated at best and rather condescending that they can only sign one-year contracts, making life planning very difficult. (Women) have to 'warrant' that they are not, to the best of their knowledge, pregnant when they sign their contract to play for Australia, which in itself is contrary to acceptable employer behaviour in any other Australian workplace. (Women) have to agree to ­behave in a 'courteous' and 'sporting manner' to play for their state while our male members do not" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 12/15).

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