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Boycott. London: Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has called for a ban on syndicated newspaper columns written by current cricketers as the write-ups give them a chance to “spill the beans on what goes on in the dressing room”. Boycott said there should be a strict policy on the matter as they earn enough and do not need to write such columns for dailies. “As for newspaper columns, I would get rid of those altogether. In my day, everything we wrote in the papers had to be submitted to the authorities, both at the county office and Lord’s. If it came through all those checks, it was bound to be pretty watery stuff. In which case, why bother in the first place? I would say to players, if you want to be a journalist, retire,” Boycott wrote in the Daily Telegraph. Boycott said if need be, the respective Boards should hike the players’ salaries in exchange of assurances that they would not write for newspapers. “If the players don’t agree, the authorities can use the ultimate sanction: don’t pick them. Not playing for England would cut their income back by two-thirds at least. Hit the players in the pocket that will make them think,” Boycott suggested. — PTI
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