It seems cheating pays after all.

An Australian Tv advertising company is in talks with certain members of the disgraced cricket team, hoping to make a series of ads for the autumn.

''in bad taste. The ads created by Billabong Productions will feature a former player using masking tape around the home. They will appear during certain high profile TV programmes such as ‘I’m a Celebrity, get me out of here’. A spokesman from BPL said that an as yet unnamed cricketer will appear in different rooms of a house, producing tape from his pocket in answer to various decorating and DIY problems. The deal is thought to be worth somewhere in the region of A$2M. There is also talk of involvement from sandpaper giant Har''
Unbelievable!

Re: It seems cheating pays after all.

Was it Oscar Wilde who said there is no such thing as bad publicity ?

Re: It seems cheating pays after all.

They need some money - all their sponsors have dropped them and they have lost their jobs in the lucrative Indian League.

A one-year ban would have enormous financial ramifications for Smith, who stands to lose roughly $4.5 million from on-field earnings alone.

As the Australian captain Smith is on the highest retainer for any cricketer in the country, with a base salary of a reported $2 million per year as he pockets $14,000 per Test match.

It is unlikely Warner will ever play for Australia again after his one year ban has ended, Smith is banned for a year and any leadership role for a further year.

Even the governing body suffers - Magellan has withdrawn its naming rights sponsorship of Cricket Australia and (b?)millions have been knocked of the value of the game as Cricket Australia is about to negotiate a new TV deal as the old one ends at the end of this season.

It was a very expensive piece of sandpaper.

Re: It seems cheating pays after all.

I left it for as long as I could.....



April fool!