Alistair Campbell quits Zimbabwe Cricket role [Updated]

[Flakeman]

I feel sorry for how clouded your judgement is based on a man's skin colour. Shame on you.

That 200k was just ONE of the pull outs from the many sponsors which I happened to hear of.

Why do they pull out? Because....well....need I say any more?

[bavuma_rabada]

My two cents on the Cricinfo article...

Why are you pointing fingers at Utseya? If your character is attacked you defend yourself even via the courts, and sue agitators for defamation. You don't resign. Campbell has said nothing, he hasn't acted. He is running before the committe has presented its findings. Question yourself why.

Have a great weekend.

[jaybro]

I said the $200k would pay wages for a while not forever #neverreadswhatotherspost

I don't have figures and you don't have figures that's why I said watch this space in 12 months ......

You'll be happy because my prediction is there will be no white players or admin and Whatmore will most likely leave now AC is gone he probably won't get paid because Bvute and his mates will be too busy spending all those ICC grants you speak of ......

We always get ICC grants but the only time the players are getting paid and there are international fixtures is when AC is around #fact

[bavuma_rabada]

Why do they [sponsors] pull out? Because....well....need I say any more?

Read this tweet form Adriaan Basson, editor of an Aparthied paper https://twitter.com/AdriaanBasson/statu ... 7027427328

What's this about Jurie Roux?
SARU CEO Roux sued for R32m

Cape Town - The University of Stellenbosch is suing South African Rugby Union (SARU) CEO Jurie Roux for R32m - the amount the Cape university believes Roux used to help fund the Maties Rugby Club.

Dark cloud over SA Rugby

De Beer has already been dismissed by the University after he allegedly transferred funds from student accounts to a personal bank account to draw interest, while deputy director of student finances.

Roux was chairperson of the Stellenbosch University Rugby Football Club, chairperson of the Varsity Cup (Pty) Ltd and a senior director of finances and asset management at Stellenbosch University, before being named the new chief executive of SARU.

De Beer took over from Roux as chairperson of Maties rugby.

This is a former staunch Apartheid varsity (some would argue it still is), that is suing one of their own for corruption, even though some of the money benefitted their own kids' rugby.

Did you hear any sponsors pulling out of rugby like they did with Gerald Majola and CSA? Majola was involved in tiny money compared to the Jurie Roux rugby scandal above, but the sponsors left and new ones refused to come back until he had left.

Rugby sponsors should question governance. Sponsors contribute almost half of the R800m that flows into the South African Rugby Union’s coffers each year. But do they?

For instance, the Saru constitution stipulates that each union must provide an operating budget "which should reflect no worse than a break-even situation" within two months of the start of each new financial year. If member unions fail to do this, Saru can stop funding them.

In practice, some unions have failed to submit such financial statements for years. Yet Saru continues to hand over millions of rands to them each year.

So you see Flakeman sponsors don't care about the background of the person in charge as long as he fits their profile. Which is precisely what you're accusing me of, except I've got evidence on the contrary, but none of you have any concrete evidence in AC's case.

Basically, the ZC sponsors are leaving because someone with a questionable record, someone who hasn't absolved himself of those accusations, and hasn't waited to hear what the committe and its investigations have to say or force them via the courts to produce that report so he can act on it to clear his name. That makes no sense, and if that's the case we should be happy that Zimbabwe Cricket won't have to deal with such organisations.

Look at what is happening in the Chris Cairns perjury trial. Truth, honesty and closure are very important. They are taken seriously. Clearly not by some of you guys here.

If you want more info and more examples feel free to PM. I'll school you and enlighten you properly on ethics, how corporate governance operates, plus how the stock exchange has responded to similar examples like Alistair Campbell here in Africa, not Europe. All of that should prove your double standards here on ZCF. Campbell is not a loss. Morally his departure is a blessing.

He would have never come to ZC if it didn't already have any ICC grants, and he was expected to raise that money entirely from sponsorships to fund the game (including his salary) in Zimbabwe at large.

Read about FIFA sponsors as a basic teaser.

[jaybro]

My two cents on the Cricinfo article...

Why are you pointing fingers at Utseya? If your character is attacked you defend yourself even via the courts, and sue agitators for defamation. You don't resign. Campbell has said nothing, he hasn't acted. He is running before the committe has presented its findings. Question yourself why.

Have a great weekend.

The funny thing is how berate these guys like Liam and Tristan on social media from your keyboard and hidden alias ( and you call Whatmore a coward ) and now AC, do you think these people care what you have to say about them? It's like you think they owe you a response it's pathetic you're a no body don't bother these people

[sure-shot]

When you have people with no cricketing background running the sport (only in Zim), what should one expect...?
Welcome back to the dark old days & farewell to cricket!!!!!
Congs Bavuma, the ball is entirely in your court now

[maehara]

Predictably, thread turns nasty. Locked.