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Racism at Yorkshire CCC


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Need actions not marketing gimics. Those who have forgotten and want to "move on" while pretending to be all righteous will lap it up though :rolleyes:
 
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I commend Patel for taking on the job and hope he is serious about making proper changes. I hope he puts them in a position where in 5-10 years time it looks like a club I want to support again. But this isn't the way to do it
 
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Well done Andrew Gale.
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Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford, who took over as chairman of the club last November as the racism crisis caused sweeping changes, conceded the extent of Yorkshire's financial predicament in his annual report to members 10 days ago which revealed a £795,000 loss for the year and a provision of £1.9 million for compensation and legal fees associated with the affair.




Debts are in danger of spiralling once more towards £20 million and a financial restructuring is inevitable with the main question being the future involvement of the Graves Trust, which has loaned the club around £15 million on commercial terms. Colin Graves, a former Yorkshire chair, was forced to distance himself from the Trust when he became chair of the ECB, and is regularly heard emphatically refuting the suggestion that they give him an underhand influence on the club's affairs.




Yorkshire's pay-off to their former CEO Mark Arthur and director of cricket,
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, is already thought to have exceeded £600,000. The £1.9 million provision also includes a settlement with Rafiq of £200,000 and the payment of his legal fees.




Lord Patel wrote: "We have been rocked to our foundations. We have incurred £1.9 million of exceptional item expenditure during the year. These relate to various costs associated with the racism allegations against the club… This has a significant impact on the club's financial position and it will be necessary to complete a refinancing exercise over the coming months."




Further changes are underway. Paul Hudson, Yorkshire's finance director, is preparing to step down, with the COO Andrew Dawson stepping in until a permanent CEO is recruited. The post has been unfilled since Yorkshire paid off Arthur shortly before Christmas with Lord Patel fulfilling some functions, even though he has been a low-key figure at Headingley during the season
 
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One thing I’ve found a bit strange in all this, is the role of Peter graves

ive hardly seen him mentioned but he was the main man at yorkshire during these problems apart from when he was issuing diktats to ruin Durham and enhance yorkshires right to tests
 
Unfair dismissal is a legal minefield, in this case I don’t think it matters weather the sacked people were racist or not, if the correct procedure wasn’t followed you are fcuked.if the reports are accurate Yorkshire s best bet is to settle out of court.
 
Ghfd said:
One thing I’ve found a bit strange in all this, is the role of Peter graves

ive hardly seen him mentioned but he was the main man at yorkshire during these problems apart from when he was issuing diktats to ruin Durham and enhance yorkshires right to tests
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Good luck on your libel charge. Peter Graves is an actor -Colin Graves was the Yorkshire chairman😃
 
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Gammons on all the cricket forums claiming its proof Rafiq was 'crying race'. f***ing retards.

These things are generally down to lack of proper process.
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It all stems back to the initial cover up and hoping it would disappear. If they'd started the process then, with a fair independent investigation they'd have had time to come to some proper conclusions about members of staff one way or another
 
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