Cricket Umpire offered to resign for cash

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I know some people have been a bit reticent about posting this story here but I think it's worth discussing. The last test match between England and Pakistan ended in farce when Pakistan were accused by the umpires of ball tampering and refused to come out after tea in protest and now this happens.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/5286690.stm

Umpire Darrell Hair offered to quit in exchange for $500,000 (£266,000), the International Cricket Council has said.

The Australian, 53, made his offer in an e-mail to the game's governing body after Sunday's ball-tampering row which ended the fourth Test at The Oval.

Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove penalised the tourists five runs and allowed England to choose a replacement ball after deciding that Pakistan had tampered with the one which had suddenly started reverse-swinging after 56 overs. When Pakistan initially refused to re-emerge after tea in protest, the two officials ruled that they had forfeited the game.

Speed urged the media not to question Hair's motives even though he himself was "extremely surprised by the content" of Hair's e-mail on Tuesday to Doug Cowie, the ICC umpires and referees manager, in which he made his offer.