Possibly of interest to some on here ….

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/09/14/yorkshire-agree-pay-andrew-gale-richard-pyrah/

 

Gale underperformed for years as coach. They could have sacked him many times for it being a results business and few would have cared.

 

They obviously had a strong case for unfair dismissal. Costing YCCC a fortune.

 

It says compensation will cost them “ tens of thousands”
Surely it’ll be hundreds of thousands ?

 

Definitely hundreds of thousands….

 

YCCC is currently in a very precarious position at the moment, hopefully they have a plan/investor in the pipeline.

 

I’m no fan of Andrew Gale, however he is the focal point for a group of lads (some of them are mates of mine) who were abhorrently treated by the new board of YCCC.

This isn’t about performance, this is about scapegoating and breaking employment law.

Comments like yours create a false narrative and aren’t helpful at all to all of our rights as employees, no matter what your job role or position.

 

why? I think all he meant was, they could have sacked Gale on genuine grounds for under performing (he certainly wasn’t popular with the fans) and saved themselves some money.
No different to the thousands of football fans who call for various coaches to be sacked every year.

 

I think what they did as employers was illegal and those players/ coaches have a right to challenge their sackings but equally it was necessary for YCC to take unprecedented action in order to regain Test match status and survive financially and send a message to the wider Yorkshire community they were prepared to act . Sadly there were people who were caught in the mayhem that didn’t deserve to be

 

I was just about to say similar.

 

That's it. Gale was a useless coach for a few seasons and for whatever reason they stayed loyal to him and didn't take their opportunity, when if he had been fired for results nobody would have questioned him being fired. Yorkshire could have avoided this position.

 

Because whether he was underperforming as coach is irrelevant to this story.

To bring it up now is making excuses for YCCC to get rid of a number of hard working people who have illegally lost their jobs.

Gale was sacked because he was scapegoated for racism with no due process. It is completely irrelevant whether you or anyone think he was an underachieving coach. That’s nothing to do with him being sacked.

The is a class action because a number of people were disgracefully sacked. If everyone focusses on Gale and not the entire group, this is why employers feel they can treat workers how ever they wish to.

 

Agreed, and is precisely why YCCC is up the sh*t creek! I cannot for the life of me get my head round how this was handled from an employment law point of view. Also the ECB have also much to answer for.

 

Let's not parade Gale as some kind of tragic hero in this. The bloke was sacked for being a racist. The fact that Yorkshire were completely incompetent in the process doesn't take away what Gale is.

 

As I have said before, I’m not a fan of Andrew Gale, I know him, have played against him and never agreed with his own business being involved with YCCC whilst he was on the staff.

He hasn’t a) been disciplined or b) investigated for racism. He was sacked without due process. That’s my point.

Im not suggesting he hasn’t done anything wrong, I’m suggesting that YCCC sacked him without due process, illegally with many others who definitely didn’t do anything wrong.

My other point is that you can’t go around saying he should have been sacked because of his results or he’s a **** bloke is irrelevant to this story. It’s adds credence to YCCC who broke the law.

If they’d have followed due process, investigation and disciplinary then sacked him, because of evidence, I’d say good riddance.

 

Agree with that.

I've played with him and against him for years. He's got me free tickets for Yorkshire games (which is probably hypocritical of me cos I think he's a CBomb).

Yorkshire have dropped a right bollock in doing that they did in the manner they did - but he deserved the flick.

Its a shame that people who I thought were good men have turned out wrong uns too. But that's life I suppose.

 

Whatever the rights and wrongs of individuals. A feckin blind man could see what the rulers at YCCC were going to face in unfair dismissal claims. Unless they they knew they would end up in the courts and underestimated costs and payouts.
Hope some of those sacked, take/took em to the cleaners.

 

The whole situation is a total catastrophe and needs sorting quickly.
The saddest part is how it has and will affect YCCC.

Yorkshire has only recently been overtaken by Lancs as having the most members and on the playing side, we have young players with great potential.
One consolation is that the ECB will certainly not want to lose the club and will give financial backing in terms of funding etc.

Another poster suggested an investment company stepping in.
Yorkshires biggest asset is the ground so they would want it bringing into the equation you would think.
Would that be the start of the decline ?