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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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That we should have a say, off the back
The Champions League is not for international players. It is for the county lads to earn a few quid and get a massive buzz from playing in big grounds in front of decent crowds, something they never experience at home," Vaughan wrote in "The Daily Telegraph".
Advising ECB to to join hands with BCCI in running the Twenty20 league, Vaughan said, "They all feel we should be on the board of the Champions League governing council; that we should have a say to prevent this kind of situation developing. But we are powerless and paying for it."
"I hate the fact that in this country we are arrogant and stubborn. We say "we are not letting India rule the world".
"Yet everyone else manages to build a relationship with India and makes a nice living off the back of it," he said.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/24014/vaughan-asks-ecb-to-stop-blindly-opposing-bcci
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
Advising ECB to to join hands with BCCI in running the Twenty20 league, Vaughan said, "They all feel we should be on the board of the Champions League governing council; that we should have a say to prevent this kind of situation developing. But we are powerless and paying for it."
"I hate the fact that in this country we are arrogant and stubborn. We say "we are not letting India rule the world".
"Yet everyone else manages to build a relationship with India and makes a nice living off the back of it," he said.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/24014/vaughan-asks-ecb-to-stop-blindly-opposing-bcci
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
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If you "have a say" it means that you have some influence. Your opinion is taken into account. "off the back of it" means as a result or consequence of it.
- If you "have a say" it means that you have some influence.
- Your opinion is taken into account.
- "off the back of it" means as a result or consequence of it.
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If you "have a say" it means that you have some influence. Your opinion is taken into account.
"off the back of it" means as a result or consequence of it.
"off the back of it" means as a result or consequence of it.
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