Leagues and Governing Bodies

Smith, Lanning Endorse Australian Cricketers' Association Pay Stance

5.2.2017

Steve Smith and Meg Lanning "endorsed their union's resolute stand in cricket's pay dispute in an apparent bid to head off any divide-and-conquer campaign from Cricket Australia," according to Andrew Faulkner of THE AUSTRALIAN. The national captains joined their teammates in "standing firm" with the Australian Cricketers' Association in its "rancorous and long-running pay dispute with the sport's governing body."

The playing group are fully supportive of the @ACA_Players #fairshare https://t.co/JLxqNtYq6T
— Steve Smith (@stevesmith49) April 28, 2017

It followed an unnamed CA official last week urging the players to be wary of being "led ... up the garden path" by the ACA. The players are reportedly "determined not to be the generation of cricketers who lost the 20-year-old revenue-sharing model."

All players- Male, Female, Domestic & International are fully supportive of a revenue share model #fairshare https://t.co/4jV7ogIIh5
— Meg Lanning (@meglanning7) April 28, 2017

Messages of solidarity "continued to pour in from around the globe" after the ACA announced it had rejected CA's latest offer.

Well done @ACA_Players for fighting for all groups in Australian cricket. Male, Female, International, Domestic & Grassroots #fairshare https://t.co/rev1I0OBbD
— Peter Handscomb (@phandscomb54) April 28, 2017

The players won't back down on their support for the Revenue Share Model#fairshare#dontbreakwhathasworkedsowell https://t.co/14icSAadOi
— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) April 28, 2017

Big Bash League side Sydney Sixers player Trent Copeland retweeted Watson's message (THE AUSTRALIAN, 5/1).

I wonder if the message is getting across... 🤔 #fairshare https://t.co/uWvn7pohLI
— Trent Copeland (@copes9) April 28, 2017

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