The revelation that Darrell Hair offered to quit as an umpire in return for a pay-off of $500,000 raises some interesting questions, apart from exactly how much these umpires earn.
This man was paid to make judgements. Yet he could not fully think through his action of emailing this offer over to the ICC. Surely he must have considered that if the ICC wanted rid of him they'd take the infinitely cheaper option of leaking the email rather than paying him?
In any case, the Pakistanis are vindicated. See Mike Marqusee for some analysis of this affair before this latest twist.
Eh? The Pakistanis are vindicated? How exactly?
Posted by: David Kavanagh | 26 August 2006 at 11:43 AM