And that development was further embellished by the introduction of central contracts which meant England's premier players were not over-taxed by the daily grind of county cricket and came under the control of the ECB.
If you're filling in the employment pages, do make sure the benefits that you list tie up to your P11D (Benefits Statement) and you make appropriate expense claims for things like business travel and professional subscriptions to ensure you are not over taxed on work-related expenses income.
If adopted, the levy would be applied from January 2014: all securities transactions involving an EU-based financial institution would be taxed at 0.1% and all over-the-counter derivatives deals at 0.01% of the notional principal amount.