<p>“While we had made progress in our relationship with the players and that the industrial relations environment was more stable, we were still to negotiate a new MOU with WIPA and that we would be putting forward a proposal for a wider distribution of resources,” West Indies Cricket Board President Julian Hunte said in the annual general meeting earlier this week.<br /><br />“I always felt that the differences with WIPA would explode before us once the WICB became firm and resolute that this was the way forward.<br /><br />“All other issues -- injury payments, late tour contracts, retainer contracts, intellectual property rights, etc. -- have been and would continue to be a mere smokescreen for the fundamental issue of whether WICB would be strong enough to have WIPA to accept the proposals for a new MOU,” he was quoted as saying by the ‘Jamaica Gleaner’.<br /><br />Hunte also came down heavily on players and the WIPA for boycotting the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup ticket launch and their strike just before a Test against Bangladesh.</p>
<p>“While we had made progress in our relationship with the players and that the industrial relations environment was more stable, we were still to negotiate a new MOU with WIPA and that we would be putting forward a proposal for a wider distribution of resources,” West Indies Cricket Board President Julian Hunte said in the annual general meeting earlier this week.<br /><br />“I always felt that the differences with WIPA would explode before us once the WICB became firm and resolute that this was the way forward.<br /><br />“All other issues -- injury payments, late tour contracts, retainer contracts, intellectual property rights, etc. -- have been and would continue to be a mere smokescreen for the fundamental issue of whether WICB would be strong enough to have WIPA to accept the proposals for a new MOU,” he was quoted as saying by the ‘Jamaica Gleaner’.<br /><br />Hunte also came down heavily on players and the WIPA for boycotting the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup ticket launch and their strike just before a Test against Bangladesh.</p>