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***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2018
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weldone
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Steve Waugh
Spark
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now this is disproportionate punishment
morgieb
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Well at least his form of ethical issues wasn't technically cheating at the time.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Steve Rixon is happily employed and his employers need him more than ever. Thank you very much
Flem274*
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CA might have a bit more money to throw around soon if there are pay cuts all round to a few high profile players.
Spark
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is he even playing fc cricket regularly yet?
Spark
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They wouldn't go for someone like Rixon anyway. This whole thing is essentially driven by public mob outrage; they'll go for someone from the "good old days" to restore the status of Australian cricket or w/e. It'll be Waugh or Ponting or someone else from the late 90s or early 00s when the team won everything and no one cared about anything else.
Prince EWS
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Haha yeah so true.
Flem274*
123/5
nope, but neither did cummins so why pick someone who deserves it when there's precedent to have fun and maybe it will pay off anyway?
Prince EWS
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It doesn't really work like that; they'll have to pay them anyway, plus retainers for the non-contracted guys they bring in. Dropping guys would cost them money.
Spark
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Yeah and I think this is part of why they're going the whole "due process" shtick too, it's actually not legally straightforward to just sack Smith, apparently.
StephenZA
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Would that not depend on the contract... some sort of 'morality' clause... bringing game into disrepute etc could allow for the contracts to be ended without payment.
Flem274*
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can't they just ghost him and encourage him to take some leave like everywhere else would?
Spark
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Contracts for the year are about to expire anyway, unless they're on one of those longer-term ones I've heard about.
