Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
24 Mar 2025 Acquired Indian Premier League Cricket
“Then because they had so much leverage and there was so much money, I think if I remember right when discussions were being bandied about about this happening, Chris was like, I’m just going to go play in the IPL and no longer play international cricket for the West Indies.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 24 Mar 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket
Transcript context
…But they don’t have enough leverage, it doesn’t matter. The Indian market would say, okay fine. We don’t need Chris Gayle. We’ll still watch without him. Then because they had so much leverage and there was so much money, I think if I remember right when discussions were being bandied about about this happening, Chris was like, I’m just going to go play in the IPL and no longer play international cricket for the West Indies. What are you going to pay me? That’s going to come close to this. This is the argument for a potential LIV Golf–type situation, is that everyone would react in that way if the price was big enough. What’s the phrase? If you’re going to go, go so big you never have to go again. You better get enough cash in just a few years of playing in some new league that it doesn’t matter if you ever need to do anything else again.…
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