A lot of Aussie cricketers still had jobs in early 80's. Greg Chappell worked at an insurance company and this was his reason he gave for not touring. He was given all summer off work so had to spend some time represenrng the company
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I read somewhere Steve waugh brought a big house in the 80s and he did fine
Still an insurance company is better than working at a factory
Shri
Mr. Glass
yeah my left shoulder wasn't the same for a year after cleaning tubs with a high pressure water gun for a few months in a meat factory
Steve Waugh debuted after Chappell retired and he retired 20 years later than Chappell so don't know how you can compare? A lot more money around when Waugh played
Coronis
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Anyone can make money on OnlyFans just from feet pics.
shortpitched713
International Captain
It's a wonder you were trusted not to burn down the facility, with that sort of equipment at your disposal.
Good on ya, mate!
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
It is like expecting people to send money to Douglas Jardine!!
Unless he's now retired, Ewen Chatfield drives (drove) taxis.
Unless he's now retired, Ewen Chatfield drives (drove) taxis.
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The following quote from Chappell in a related article explains his situation:
"Unfortunately I had a business setback a few years ago. I don't need to go into details about it, but the opportunity cost went with that situation, the years of sorting out the finances just meant that not only did I not have much coming in, but there was nothing to invest,"
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"Unfortunately I had a business setback a few years ago. I don't need to go into details about it, but the opportunity cost went with that situation, the years of sorting out the finances just meant that not only did I not have much coming in, but there was nothing to invest,"
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Shri
Mr. Glass
it was a water gun you ****ing moron
He did have some high profile jobs, I'll never earn over USD £120k, he earnt £175k per year in one job
I was working minimum wage jobs for long while I studied for two degrees
Through hard work, good decisions, effort I'm doing well, not investments, sound decision making and looking to get a mortgage in a year
I'm only in my early 30s and doing amazing
I was working minimum wage jobs for long while I studied for two degrees
Through hard work, good decisions, effort I'm doing well, not investments, sound decision making and looking to get a mortgage in a year
I'm only in my early 30s and doing amazing
shortpitched713
International Captain
I trust you could have figured a way, given the lore.
Also, in case you couldn't tell, I'm playing with you bro.
Burn down the facility with a water gun??It's a wonder you were trusted not to burn down the facility, with that sort of equipment at your disposal.
Good on ya, mate!
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Sums up what it was like back in the day
Lawson was a test cricketer AND a young optometrist and still couldn’t get a mortgage
Keep in mind that this was post WSC when things had marginally improved
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Lawson was a test cricketer AND a young optometrist and still couldn’t get a mortgage
Keep in mind that this was post WSC when things had marginally improved
I was player of series in Ashes but couldn’t get a home loan. Modern players don’t know how lucky they are
Today’s players are well-fed, well-shod and well-housed, but when an old player left the crease you were never sure whether they would be.
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah lets not run around banging on about poor pay back in the 80s when GC has been on the cricket administration payroll for the past 20 odd years plus his cricket center
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The cricket centre is a sports store and he had another massive one on the Gold Coast
Lost plenty on them
No secret that he did his arse on investments and would have been wiser to just trade off his name
Nintendo
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As an expert on the feet pic market I can tell you this is fake news. Footfinder is a far more egalitarian market.
jcas0167
International Regular
Yeah, county players used to get a testimonial season after 10 seasons. Hadlee and Border had televised testimonial matches. How good were those. Alfie Langer and Paul Vautin played in the Border one and Vautin pulled off a great one handed catch.