Obnoxious yes, maybe this kind of practice is prevalent in most if not all sports bodies, its just that it never comes out in open.

"Cricket ceased to be a gentleman's game the day folks started playing it"

The more worrying factor out of all this controversy for me is the way people especially those in power have taken positions - 'Racism' is here to stay and that annoys me to no end.

Everybody wants their pound of flesh - Hair is no exception. Ultimately at max he would be dropped form elite panel, sooner or later this controversy would fade out from public/media glare and he would be back on elite panel. All this only if he does not get his $500,000