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Craig HillHerschelle Gibbs wash your mouth out with soap and water
January 16th 2007 23:57
Herschelle Gibbs should have enough common sense to know that the cricket field these days resembles a goldfish bowl and that remarks spoken in whatever context are likely to be picked up somehow.
http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/rsavpak/content/current/story/276497.html
Despite felling aggrieved that personal remarks made during the recent South Africa vs Pakistan test match have landed him in hot water Gibbs’s appeal against the sentence will be thrown out. The ban might appear harsh but there is no room in the modern game for comments of that nature.
Since the advent of nosy broadcasting technology in the game in the 1980s players have been caught out on a number of occasions. Michael Atherton may have assumed that some dirt could make it from his pocket to the side of the ball without being noticed but he was wrong. Shame Warne might argue that innocent or not the Channel 10 show the Panel might have given him some slack for the far more harmless remark about the cricketing prowess of one Scott Muller. At last count Joe the Cameraman had probably been approached for a role on Dancing with the Stars such was his celebrity status after the event.
Transmissions from the stump microphones can really add to the broadcaster’s offerings. Channel 9 found some great spontaneous television with the exchanges between Paul Collingwood and Shame Warne during the last Ashes test at the SCG. There was no swearing, no racism and generally the pointed and at time humorous remarks caused no offence.
Gibbs on the other hand used swear words and racist remarks and was neither funny nor effective in his musings. He might have known better given his track record of indiscretions. Pleading naivety after 83 test does not cut it. The ban should stand as a reminder to other players that while they are out there on the field they are in the full view and earshot of the public.
Mickey Arthur stated in the aftermath that stump microphones are a bit intrusive. Broadcasters do need to balance the need for cutting edge coverage with an understanding that the players are not there to take part in reality television and suffer the type of scrutiny it brings. Talk back radio has managed live broadcasts successfully for years and perhaps cricket might search a little deeper into the management of this type of audio broadcast in order to achieve interesting coverage without invading the privacy of the players.
http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/rsavpak/content/current/story/276497.html
Despite felling aggrieved that personal remarks made during the recent South Africa vs Pakistan test match have landed him in hot water Gibbs’s appeal against the sentence will be thrown out. The ban might appear harsh but there is no room in the modern game for comments of that nature.
Since the advent of nosy broadcasting technology in the game in the 1980s players have been caught out on a number of occasions. Michael Atherton may have assumed that some dirt could make it from his pocket to the side of the ball without being noticed but he was wrong. Shame Warne might argue that innocent or not the Channel 10 show the Panel might have given him some slack for the far more harmless remark about the cricketing prowess of one Scott Muller. At last count Joe the Cameraman had probably been approached for a role on Dancing with the Stars such was his celebrity status after the event.
Transmissions from the stump microphones can really add to the broadcaster’s offerings. Channel 9 found some great spontaneous television with the exchanges between Paul Collingwood and Shame Warne during the last Ashes test at the SCG. There was no swearing, no racism and generally the pointed and at time humorous remarks caused no offence.
Gibbs on the other hand used swear words and racist remarks and was neither funny nor effective in his musings. He might have known better given his track record of indiscretions. Pleading naivety after 83 test does not cut it. The ban should stand as a reminder to other players that while they are out there on the field they are in the full view and earshot of the public.
Mickey Arthur stated in the aftermath that stump microphones are a bit intrusive. Broadcasters do need to balance the need for cutting edge coverage with an understanding that the players are not there to take part in reality television and suffer the type of scrutiny it brings. Talk back radio has managed live broadcasts successfully for years and perhaps cricket might search a little deeper into the management of this type of audio broadcast in order to achieve interesting coverage without invading the privacy of the players.
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Comment by Anonymous
Ricky ponting took his personal revenge on the field on Harbajan. In my opinion Ricky Ponting should step down as captian.