Again and again in recent months one continuously hears harsh criticisms of Caribbean cricketers who are accused of being money-grabbers and not doing what their predecessors did in “playing for country” without regard for the dollar. At the start I concede that I’m not condoning the selfish behaviours of some of our current cricket stars – you know the names; no need to repeat them – but I find it laughable when we condemn our athletes in this day of ODI and T20 cricket, for going after the money available in those forms, instead of making themselves available for our national teams. What kind of blind reasoning is being applied here? In this money-crazy whirlpool world we now inhabit, how can we seriously require our young cricketers to turn their backs on the substantial incomes they’re being offered in the
