The ongoing crisis between the Australian Cricketers and Cricket Australia (CA) has clearly taken a toll on the operations of the side. That was pretty evident in Australia’s disastrous campaign in the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy, where the Kangaroos failed to even win a game.
CA has been extremely stern in its stance of changing the remuneration policies for the players, while the Australia Cricketers Association (CAC) has held its view of ensuring that the players are paid in accordance with the original policies.
CA it seems now, is eager to make a truce at the earliest and resolve the ongoing crisis. In the latest move by CA, it offered contracts to its players and also maintained that profit sharing would be conducted with the players, something it didn’t agree upon for a long time.
However, in a statement released by the ACA, it has sternly advocated its players to not sign the contracts.
“The ACA notes that CA has made a revised MoU offer and sent it to the players. They have also issued ‘contract offers’ directly to individual players for their signature; bypassing the ACA,” the statement said.
“The ACA has advised players not to sign. The letter provided to players today from CA does not accurately reflect how far apart the parties remain with a week to go. The parties have not reached agreement on many fundamental issues.”
“The contract offers do not contain Revenue Sharing for all players and are not what they appear to be. They do not include crucial information regarding terms and conditions. Further, as has been requested since August 2016, critical financial and forecasting information has yet to be provided so the ACA can properly assess the offers and advise the players accordingly. This remains unacceptable.”