Sam McClure

There's definitely views out there.

There's views within states that are for privatisation, state board members who are thinking the players are already paid enough or way too much.

And I can understand that view in a cost of living crisis compared to what the TGC listeners are making.

But unfortunately, as we've talked about,

The players are looking at what's happening overseas and seeing that they could make a lot more overseas.

And we're seeing it in this Bangladesh series right now.

There's five guys who are not there who could very well be there.

There's a seven and a half week break between the last T20 series of this series coming up and the first test in Darwin.

And all the boys, including Cameron Green, who's just been sent home, have been allowed to get an extra two weeks rest.

Why?

Because they're all at the IPL playing cricket in their contracted time off according to their CA contract.

So, yeah.

And the truth is the players will go where the money is.

You can't argue with that.

Yeah, exactly.

It's very hard.

It's all well and good for us to sit here and say they're paid too much and for the average listener to go, they are paid too much when you see the numbers.

But any of us would make the same decision in the same set of shoes.

You just go, well, why wouldn't I go there?

Yeah.