USA's unconstitutional review
The problems which blighted the USA Cricket Association last year might be about to resurface according to a report from Cricinfo's Deb K Das
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
The problems which blighted the USA Cricket Association last year might be about to resurface according to a report from Cricinfo's Deb K Das. It appears that the long-awaited constitutional review might not be all it seems after the intervention of one of the panel charged with the process.
She voted to junk the process of democratic elections for the USACA board and executive, and proposed instead that they should all be appointed by an expert panel to be named by USACA. This constitution would be submitted to the 35 presidents of the USACA member leagues for approval. There would be no vote of the USACA membership, and no elections for any USACA positions.
This would start the whole internal battle again, and Das wonders if the ICC would get involved.
Without decisive action on their part, USACA will continue on the same dysfunctional path that was first enunciated by Speed and Mani three years ago, and US cricket will continue to exist in its self-created doldrums.
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa