Bargaining through Cricket

Bargaining power is a concept related to the relative abilities of parties in a situation to exert influence over each other. If both parties are on an equal footing in a debate, then they will have equal bargaining power.



Here in this episode, bargaining power might increase or decrease just because of the simple reasons as follows:

1. As is known to everyone, Darrel Hair ws one of the few umpires in the elite panel of ICC. So because of that, he is in strong position to negotiate his offer to make it more lucrative.
2. Darrel Hair , again as known to everyone, has been accused for his favoritism for teams like Australia.(Highlighting the Chucking incident of M.Murlitharan of Sri Lanka which shook the cricketing world and first time raises the question about the integrity of the apostolic umpires). In this case Mr.Hair might have not been in the strongest of the bargaining position.

Answer to question 2 also comes form this: My position as a performer has been unquestioned so far, keeping that in mind I will like to leave the profession/organisation/team on a high. Why? Just because you are in a strong position to bargain not only for your current employer but also your future employer. I like Cricket so again I will take an example from my favorite sport. Had Saurav ChandiDas Ganguly retired when he was at the nadir of his career, he wont have been able to book a spot in his Ranji team as well(That actually happened), But because, he decided to call it off on a high(Got a century against Australia in his last test series) , he was not only able to garner a lucrative offer form a sports channel for commentator, but also got a hearty farewell.

Just extending the flow, I will extend this to answer the 3rd question.
It must be remembered, that BCCI too gave the chance to Saurav ganguly to retire, when there was severe pressure on him, India were losing matches as tress keep losing thier foliage in the twister, and Ganguly was at the lowest level of his first class career. Had he accepted that offer, as I mentioned earlier, he might not have been able to bargain with his future employer. SO it depends, if I am on highway, then I will definitely take a detour, but If m on sideways, then I am on crossroads, with every chance of being run Over. :D

Please levae comments if you make some sense out of my post.
Cheers!