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**Official** New Zealand in South Africa

banquetbear

banquetbear

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
...I heard on the radio this morning that Brendan McCullum won't be doing any phone interviews with NZ media because of his "big workload!" Which is why we were treated to an interview with Nathan McCallum rather than Brendan yesterday morning.

Unbelievable.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
The latest fallout from the Black Caps captaincy saga has seen the taxpayer-funded national cricket body seek professional help from "spin doctors" in an attempt to turn around its dire public image.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think NZC is taxpayer funded.
 
BeeGee

BeeGee

International Captain
hendrix said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think NZC is taxpayer funded.
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The latest annual report of Crown entity Sport New Zealand shows NZ Cricket received $1.85m in public money over 2011/12.
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But I wasn't just talking about taxpayer money. Ticket sales, pay TV, etc. We contribute in many ways.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
NZC don't deserve taxpayer funding. Everything they do fails. NZ is best when they don't touch anything because then they can't ruin it.
 
Tricia McMillan

Tricia McMillan

U19 Captain
We should bat like it's a test match tomorrow (a good, solid 3 runs per over or so) and then say that we didn't earn the right to be aggressive.
 
Chubb

Chubb

International Regular
All PR people are useless, overpaid scum. Take it from me, I work with them every day. You can be sure, B McCullum not doing interviews is part of the PR strategy.
 
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BeeGee

BeeGee

International Captain
Chubb said:
All PR people are useless, overpaid scum. Take it from me, I work with them every day. You can be sure, B McCullum not doing interviews is part of the PR strategy.
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Yep, no doubt.
In the past, I also have had the misfortune of working with PR people.
They're basically professional liars, so they should fit in well with the NZC culture.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
Everyone has PR, but if they're hiring extras, it's pretty clear they're looking to try and put their incompetence under the rug rather than make positive change.

They're a national disgrace afaic. In a country like New Zealand their standard is unacceptable.
 
NZTailender

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Flem274* said:
Everyone has PR, but if they're hiring extras, it's pretty clear they're looking to try and put their incompetence under the rug rather than make positive change.

They're a national disgrace afaic. In a country like New Zealand their standard is unacceptable.
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Really? They should be thinking about running for parliament...
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
Lol, respond to a crisis by hiring a PR firm.

God forbid they actually do anything about the disaster of their communication itself.
 
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