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Nah, enough was said two and a half months ago. Look, Clarke hit a great innings and has captained well in this series. But what I was saying at the time, ages ago before we all got sick of this conversation, was that his sponsorship with Vodafone represents a conflict of interest for CA, the...

Thanks for that mate - good luck against Zimbabwe. Cheers!

You disagree with all my points - I get it. They're all ridiculous. Do you do that with all the opinions here, or just the ones that aren't exactly the same as yours? For an admin on a discussion site you sure aren't big on promoting open discussion.

There are a few respondents to this site who should seek a definition on what a conspiracy theory is. CA is not trying to read Australia's brainwaves. If they were, they would have returned Clarke to the Sheffield Shield prior to the Ashes to work on his form. The national selecting body being...

Clarke still deserves one-day selection. I'm not talking about the fifty over game. He can captain that for as long as he's in form as far as I'm concerned. Apart from Clarke personally, Vodafone only sponsor the test matches. The one-dayers and T-20s are sponsored by VB and KFC respectively...

Yeah, I've played team sports. Cricket, hockey and football, but these were for clubs. I payed my fees and had my dose of competition for the weekend. The difference with the Australian cricket team is that it's supposed to represent the best of Australia. It's not a club, and selection in it...

Vodafone chose Clarke for 3 reasons. Firstly, he was seen as having a good connection with Gen Y, with all his photo shoots, tats and use of Twitter. Secondly, he likes to keep himself in the centre of attention, with all his photo shoots, tats and use of Twitter. Thirdly, he was vice captain...

Actually only Clarke has signed an ongoing deal with Vodaphone, apart from CA itself. The other players to appear in their ads receive one-off bonuses, which is fine. CA would have said "Who wants to go with Clarkey to do this ad? There's five grand in it for you", or something like that. Got no...

This is not a conspiracy theory though. Clarke is on Vodafone's payroll, receiving a million dollars for a three year deal which commenced in June 2010. Cricket Australia is also sponsored by Vodafone and controls selection. You think it's far-fetched? There may not be a Vodafone executive...

Stability in the Australian cricket team through the convergent careers of now retired stars Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist, the Waugh twins, Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer was rarely questioned. Why would it be? It was in fact in the nation’s best interests to keep them all...

This is not some kind of conspiracy theory - it's standard marketing practice to pay someone famous to be your face on TV, then pay someone else to make sure that person stays famous. What I'm saying is this should have no place in representative sport. It's fine if, say, a footy player is paid...

The issue of selection to the Australian cricket team is deeper and more serious than many realise. Almost the entire country was calling for Michael Clarke's head prior to the last Vodafone Ashes series. We know this. The nation pleaded for an in-form batsman to replace him. He was well out of...