Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #1476 –
Apparently the average Shield cricketer is on $300K
That's like saying the AFL averages is now $340K.
Most do not earn that much, many only play a fraction of the available games, yet to get a game they have to train, travel and work as hard as someone who plays every game.
For a job that takes then all over the country working pretty much 7 days a week for at least half of the year it's not as glamorous as many think.
That is why IPL is so attractive, if they are any good at T20 they can earn a years wage in one game! BCCI know this, they know playing IPL disrupts the Test careers, so they took steps to make sure their own Test players were not as heavily affected. Other countries were slow to catch on!