Greg Chappell Today

[Qlder]

Steve Waugh did fine

How much did Aussie cricketers earn in the early 80s? I heard somewhere they began getting corporates and sponsor in the mid 80s so they were better paid than manual, blue collar workers

I do wish Greg all the best

A lot of Aussie cricketers still had jobs in early 80's. Greg Chappell worked at an insurance company and this was his reason he gave for not touring. He was given all summer off work so had to spend some time represenrng the company

 

[Jumno]

A lot of Aussie cricketers still had jobs in early 80's. Greg Chappell worked at an insurance company and this was his reason he gave for not touring. He was given all summer off work so had to spend some time represenrng the company

I read somewhere Steve waugh brought a big house in the 80s and he did fine

Still an insurance company is better than working at a factory

 

[Shri]

is better than working at a factory

yeah my left shoulder wasn't the same for a year after cleaning tubs with a high pressure water gun for a few months in a meat factory

 

[Qlder]

Steve Waugh did fine

Steve Waugh debuted after Chappell retired and he retired 20 years later than Chappell so don't know how you can compare? A lot more money around when Waugh played

 

[Coronis]

Start an OnlyFans

I'd sign up to Greg's out of pure curiosity

Anyone can make money on OnlyFans just from feet pics.

 

[shortpitched713]

yeah my left shoulder wasn't the same for a year after cleaning tubs with a high pressure water gun for a few months in a meat factory

It's a wonder you were trusted not to burn down the facility, with that sort of equipment at your disposal.

Good on ya, mate!

 

[Fuller Pilch]

It is like expecting people to send money to Douglas Jardine!!

Unless he's now retired, Ewen Chatfield drives (drove) taxis.

 

[Line and Length]

The following quote from Chappell in a related article explains his situation:

"Unfortunately I had a business setback a few years ago. I don't need to go into details about it, but the opportunity cost went with that situation, the years of sorting out the finances just meant that not only did I not have much coming in, but there was nothing to invest,"

Teammates rally around struggling Aussie great

'A heap of cricketers on the bones of their arse'

wwos.nine.com.au

 

[Shri]

It's a wonder you were trusted not to burn down the facility, with that sort of equipment at your disposal.

it was a water gun you ****ing moron

 

[social]

Chappell retired in’83 and was basically paid minimum wage for more than half of his career

Throw in a couple of bad investments and there you have it

Contemporaries such as Doug Walters are still working at 77

 

[GotSpin]

People should chip in to pay for his bad investments

 

[Jumno]

He did have some high profile jobs, I'll never earn over USD £120k, he earnt £175k per year in one job

I was working minimum wage jobs for long while I studied for two degrees

Through hard work, good decisions, effort I'm doing well, not investments, sound decision making and looking to get a mortgage in a year

I'm only in my early 30s and doing amazing

 

[shortpitched713]

it was a water gun you ****ing moron

I trust you could have figured a way, given the lore.

Also, in case you couldn't tell, I'm playing with you bro.

 

[Shri]

make jokes that make sense

 

[Anil]

It's a wonder you were trusted not to burn down the facility, with that sort of equipment at your disposal.

Good on ya, mate!

Burn down the facility with a water gun??

 

[social]

Sums up what it was like back in the day

Lawson was a test cricketer AND a young optometrist and still couldn’t get a mortgage

Keep in mind that this was post WSC when things had marginally improved

I was player of series in Ashes but couldn’t get a home loan. Modern players don’t know how lucky they are

Today’s players are well-fed, well-shod and well-housed, but when an old player left the crease you were never sure whether they would be.

www.smh.com.au

 

[GotSpin]

He did have some high profile jobs, I'll never earn over USD £120k, he earnt £175k per year in one job

I was working minimum wage jobs for long while I studied for two degrees

Through hard work, good decisions, effort I'm doing well, not investments, sound decision making and looking to get a mortgage in a year

I'm only in my early 30s and doing amazing

Yeah lets not run around banging on about poor pay back in the 80s when GC has been on the cricket administration payroll for the past 20 odd years plus his cricket center

 

[social]

Yeah lets not run around banging on about poor pay back in the 80s when GC has been on the cricket administration payroll for the past 20 odd years plus his cricket center

The cricket centre is a sports store and he had another massive one on the Gold Coast

Lost plenty on them

No secret that he did his arse on investments and would have been wiser to just trade off his name

 

[Nintendo]

Anyone can make money on OnlyFans just from feet pics.

As an expert on the feet pic market I can tell you this is fake news. Footfinder is a far more egalitarian market.

 

[jcas0167]

What I don't get is at 75 he'd be on a nice married couple pension (so not dire situation), unless he has too many assets to qualify in which case he definitely doesn't need a go fund me.

However, I think it's more about the difference in wealth between cricketers now and back then and this is just trying to give him something to make his life comfortable. As I understand it the go fund me is linked to the testimonial dinner so he's just getting a testimonial 39 years later than he should have (nearly every retired cricket great had a final testimonial back then, but he didn't)

Yeah, county players used to get a testimonial season after 10 seasons. Hadlee and Border had televised testimonial matches. How good were those. Alfie Langer and Paul Vautin played in the Border one and Vautin pulled off a great one handed catch.