And when you factor in the number of additional concessions they were given simply for accepting a smaller revenue share and rookie wage scales, the players walk away from this deal in fine financial shape.

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Big Bang helped facilitate privatisation, demystifying the share-buying process that many ordinary people had found a stumbling block, thus allowing people to simply walk into their banks and order a parcel of shares.

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