Sam McClure

Well, those arguing against it would say they did see that and they thought at that time or – I mean privatisation was talked about when the BBL was initially started, right?

And they thought at that time and there's been – I was told there's been a – I mean we've been through a governance reshape within Australian cricket within the last, what is it, 15 years and there has actually been a – I was told –

a proposed look at the governance within the last three years that's been parked at this time.

So it's all there, but it's clear that previous administrators have felt like Australian cricket could just stay the course and hold the line down here.

And there's still people within this debate right now who think that

Australian cricket can sustain itself that appears certainly from our vantage point the three of us to run against what we see globally we might be wrong I don't know I might be wrong in that if there was a way Australian cricket could sustain itself everybody would be on board with it here

Yeah, presented.

Presented.

And if there was a way to pay the players more already, I'm curious as to why that already hasn't happened.

Exactly.

So they're two things.

I mean, there's other elements in that.

The fact that there is a union within the Australian players that strongly works together as a collective because the rank and file members have a powerful say in that is a part of that.

Don't let anyone tell you that the –

that the players are all aligned because they're definitely not.

There are senior players within this who do feel they deserve more than they're getting.

Novel.

It's a novel idea, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a novel idea.

So yeah, that's all – it's all part of it.