nairbe
Active Member
So Ahmed has been bought into the one day team. There has been some silly talk from some quarters in regards to his wish to not where the VB logo and his fast tracking. The sad comments from Walters and Campese shed a poor light on our sporting culture.
I agree that his fast tracking to citizenship so he could play for Australia was wrong. I say this because to me, changing or stretching the rules is plain cheating. But i am happy to have him there and let him have a go, maybe the ICC should set qualifying rules for all countries.
I find the VB logo matter odd for a couple of reasons. If he does not want to wear it for personal reasons then fine, the question is more why is a beer company sponsoring a sporting team anyway?
Alcohol is a major social problem and with the alcohol fuelled stupidity of many young sports people one would think cricket would want to distance itself from the product.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/racism-row-over-australia-cricketer-2257299
I agree that his fast tracking to citizenship so he could play for Australia was wrong. I say this because to me, changing or stretching the rules is plain cheating. But i am happy to have him there and let him have a go, maybe the ICC should set qualifying rules for all countries.
I find the VB logo matter odd for a couple of reasons. If he does not want to wear it for personal reasons then fine, the question is more why is a beer company sponsoring a sporting team anyway?
Alcohol is a major social problem and with the alcohol fuelled stupidity of many young sports people one would think cricket would want to distance itself from the product.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/racism-row-over-australia-cricketer-2257299