Boycott slams 'tawdry' Fletcher
Geoff Boycott says players and coaches shouldn't be allowed to write about their experiences for at least two years after they finished
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Geoff Boycott says players and coaches shouldn't be allowed to write about their experiences for at least two years after they finished. Boycott, like many, is dismayed by Duncan Fletcher's revelations this week and believes it's nothing but destructive.
As for players writing during their playing career, he believes this is not necessary:
Today's players earn far more than my generation ever dreamed of. I am delighted for them — it is right that they should be well remunerated. In cricket, the top players' contracts start at £350,000, and that's before all the sponsorship deals and endorsements; they don't really need the extra cash that comes with a ghosted autobiography or newspaper column.
He even admits that he should have waited more than a year after retiring before publishing his autobiography – it got him into plenty of hot water with the Yorkshire committee. Powerful and forthright stuff from Boycott, as ever, so read all about it here in The Daily Telegraph.