Who to believe? Lloyd or Gibson?

Mr. Clive Lloyd, the greatest West Indies captain ever and a director of the WICB, thinks Chris Gayle is a brilliant captain.

“He creates a very good atmosphere when he’s around. He’s been a great boost for this team and the players react to him very well. He has been brilliant since he took over. The players are behind him and he has created a great team spirit,” Lloyd said.

“He is learning all the time. He has surprised many people by the way he has handled the team, but he has not surprised me. He has always been a quiet guy but I always realised he had the ability.

“In the dressingroom he has always been making wise comments. He always wants to do well and wants the players to do well. He has that kind of charisma and on this tour he has certainly led from the front.”

But Ottis Gibson disagrees. Check out these bullet points from Gibson’s tour report from the ICC World Twenty20 tournament:

• The captain was not a natural leader.
• The situation is far worse than he expected
• There is a lack of trust among the players
• There is a lack of respect for authority
• Senior players and some others lack the passion for the game
• No evidence of leadership qualities among the senior players
• Captain is not a student of the game and lacks tactical awareness on the field.

We don’t know who to believe.  The great Clive Hubert Lloyd.  Or Ottis the US$261,000 a year blamer.

Read the official WICB document and decide for yourself:  gibsontourreport.pdf

The Conde Riley non-resignation (Shysterism 101)

Who remembers that day when WICB director Mr. Conde Riley accused Sir Sridath Ramphal of not being able to understand a mediation document?   Remember how he presented himself as such an honourable man and resigned as a WICB director because he has “broken protocol” by releasing confidential documents?

So why is Mr. Conde Riley still a WICB director?   Welcome to Shysterism 101.

You see, despite proclaiming honour and telling the media he had resigned with immediate effect, Mr. Riley never resigned.  Here’s what he wrote to the board:

Please keep the leaks coming

Torchlight shining. Cockroaches running.  Keep the leaks coming.  For those doubting the accuracy of our leaks, this is what we’re working on right now

Paul Campbell uses JCA credit card at Burger King

Paul Campbell is president of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) and a director of the WICB. His association, like the WICB, has code of ethics problems. Paul Campbell also complains about the JCA being broke.  Now we know why.

To: The JCA Directors
Fr.: Maurice Clarke, Acting Treasurer
Subject: Abuse of Credit Card Privilege
December 14, 2010

As you are aware and after much discussion as to the merits/demerits of a credit card, the board
approved a card through Scotia Bank for the use of the President to cover matters relating to the
Jamaica Cricket Association. The card was assigned a credit limit of $128,400.

A recent review of the card revealed some issues which I believe are important to bring to the attention of the Directors of this Board as in my view it represents an abuse of a facility. The abuses are as follows:

1. Use of card for personal expenses totaling $712,311.60 (see table below). As you are aware this
   was not the intention of the card.
2. The maintenance of the card limit at a figure higher than was approved even though the
   President was aware that this increase in limit was temporary (as this request was sought by
   him) to facilitate ticket purchases for the India visit. Original limit $128,400, limit is now at
   $638,400 and being fully utilized.
3. What I consider in my estimation is a very heavy use for reported marketing and cricket related
   expenses which totaled over $311,000 for the period 2006-2008. A similar tally could not be
   done for the other two years as the credit card statements did not carry a similar indication of
   allocation of expenditure. Majority of this expenditure surrounds entities such as gas stations,
   restaurants, sports bars, hotels and cricket clubs.

In light of the use of the card for personal purposes, the JCA has incurred finance charges totaling
$130,494.70 as the President did not make refund to the JCA in a timely manner so the bill could be
cleared in full. This delay also resulted in late fees being charged on the card totaling $9.865.00.

We have also seen expenditure on the card when the President travels on WICB business. As far as we are aware the President has expenses (accommodation, feeding and transportation) covered by the WICB and is given a per diem to cover incidentals. We have written the WICB to confirm knowledge of the amounts spent while on their business and to advise when this amount will be paid.

Based on the foregoing where

1. 80% of expenditure on the card is for the President’s personal expenses and against the intended use of the card
2. Fees and charges are being incurred because of the misuse and failure to pay on timely manner
3. The JCA’s funds are as limited as they are and as such charges (annual fees, finance charges, late fees) cannot be afforded
4. Reported marketing initiatives being undertaken by the President needs to be better managed.

I am recommending that the card be withdrawn with immediate effect and the president asked to
account to this Board for such indiscretions on his part.

This official JCA document has a list of the itemised credit card charges, which includes trips to Burger King, So So Seafood and Ocho Rios Jerk.  paulcampbellcreditcard.pdf

Abuse of credit card privilege

Which WICB director rang up $712,311.60 in personal expenses on his association’s credit card and is now facing the embarrassment of having that credit card withdrawn with immediate effect?  We will publish an official document tomorrow to answer this question and to provide a long list of these personal expenses (gas stations, restaurants, sports bars, hotels and cricket clubs).

Some important things to know

The WICB got less than US$250,000 for the sponsorship of the team for the Champions Trophy 2006 when the West Indies were the returning champions

The WICB got only US$300,000 for the sponsorship of the 2007 World Cup Team even though the games were being staged in the Caribbean.

That these two contracts were negotiated by Roger Brathwaite and he got 15% of both sponsorships.

Dr Money Hilaire negotiations (the email threads)

As promised, today we will take a close look at the negotiations between then WICB C.E.O Mr. Donald Peters and Dr. Money Hilaire. Keep in mind that Hilaire was already passed over the job as C.E.O of the WICB which was given to Peters. These emails also provide the answer the yesterday’s quiz.

Imran wants to ban WICB directors from speaking

At the recent WICB A.G.M,  Facebook dirty trickster Mr. Imran Khan presented a document called “West Indies Cricket Board Communications and Public Relations Policy.”  Of course, someone leaked us a copy.  Item #7 of this so-called policy is very instructive and we hope the WICB directors are paying attention to the fact that Mr. Imran wants to ban them from speaking about WICB issues:

Pay attention WICB Directors.   Dr. Money Ernest Hilaire is becoming a total control freak and is using Mr. Imran to do the dirty work.

We also just received the minutes of a WICB board meeting that shows that Leewards Director Mr. Gregory Shillingford is chairman of a WICB committee on Ethics.  Go ahead and laugh.   Mr. Shillingford is currently in breach of the Board’s Code of Ethics by refusing to comply with a Court Order to pay EC$15,000 legal fees to the Board. Mr. Shillingford continues to defy both the Court Order and the order of the Board to pay and he is now in charge of the ethics committee.

Mr. Imran is setting rules on how directors can represent their territory and Mr. Shillingford is in charge of Ethics.  LOL.

Dr. Money Hilaire

At 1:53 of the video above, WICB C.E.O Mr. Dr. Ernest Hilaire says: “I listen to our players speak, and they speak about money.  That’s all that matters to them…”  Look how he screws up his face in disgust.

This is something we would normally ignore, except that it reeks of hypocrisy.  You see, Hilaire has his own history of deceptive money-grubbing.  He once used a clerical error on a contract offer to squeeze every last cent from West Indies cricket.

In the interest of even-handedness and full information the general public would like to know the following:

1. Is it true that Dr. Hilaire  was offered remuneration for the job of Tournament Director, T/20 2010 that was far more than that of the CWC Managing Director  for a shorter and less complex tournament. Did this remuneration include salary, discretionary entertainment, a motor- vehicle and a performance bonus ?
2. Is it true that Dr. Hilaire did not accept this offer and produced a series of arguments to a committee as to why he needed more money such as his giving up his job, that he would need to rent a house in St Lucia because he had rented out his own house and must have a housing allowance and a particular type of car and that he was not satisfied with the performance bonus because he did not want to be in a position to have the Board decide whether he got a bonus or not and that he wanted a  guaranteed pay out at the end of his contract?
3. Is it true that as a counter offer Dr Hilaire was offered a gratuity instead of the performance bonus to which he agreed but insisted it be set at 30% of base salary but the WICB ‘s highest offer on this was gratuity was 20%  which was the usual level?
4. Is it also true that in fact Dr Hilaire got both in the end which  totalled  US$244,000 per year in salary and allowances and as Chief Executive Officer of WICB his compensation package is in excess of US $ 300,000.00 not including per diems?

These are things the public would like to know.    If you have an official WICB document to share on the questions above, send to wicbexpose@gmail.com

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