Darrell Hair Offered to Resign for a Payment of $500,000/00

[kayakamina]

The actions of a corrupt umpire or a misguided one under stress?

[kayakamina]

Should have been posted in the Sport section.

[electricblue]

Well its on the news isnt it?
Anyway,,,I'd call it blackmail!!

[shammydodger]

If the ICB thought they could end the controversy by releasing that to the press, I think they'll be proved seriously misguided.

[bernardo]

It was blatant corruption and a crude attempt at extortion and blackmail. [edtied by AB]

[El D]

I don't think it was blackmail or extortion - he simply gave the ICC an option of the easy way out. He resigns, for which he desired ample compensation as an elite level umpire, and everyone is happy. Personally, I think it is a disgrace that the ICC released such details - no doubt some hidden mandarin.

[Lucifer]

Now that Pakistan can dictate which (tame) umpire they're prepared to accept officiating over their games, how long before other sporting groups start demanding the same?
Argentina/Portugal national football clubs? Chelsea?
That way really will lead to corruption!

[anotheoldgit]

Totally agree with both El D & Lucifer.

[qapmoc]

If somebody offered me half a million dollars to resign I do it like three seconds ago !! The only stress I would be under would be worrying if the offer would fall through.

[El D]

The disclosure by Hair that the ICC encouraged his suggestion reveals them to be, if not crawlingly pathetic, morally bankrupt - what kind of of organisation reveals JUST the offer made without placing it in the context which it was obviously discussed with them in the hopes of discrediting one of their senior employees and distancing itself from the crisis - utterly pathetic imo.

[matt66]

In this entire series a lot of crucial decisions have gone Englands way. Cook/Strauss and peitersen have been beneficiaries of Hairs decisions and Engloand have been able to then build big totals. In one case even Boycott was off his chair exclaiming...'how can that not be out'. So let us not have the malarkey about hair being a quiet family man well liked and thus for some reason not corrupt. he in my opinion is a bigotted individual who favours the white cricketer over asian ones. remeber he has history. He has made life miserable for many asian bowlers by calling their actions. His autobiogaphy has been blatantly anti asian. Most of his bad decisions have benfitted white players. he is a corrupt bigotted individual who should be removed from the game and cast in the dustbin of cricketing history.