What Next for US Cricket?

What happens next in the soap opera that is US Cricket is best posed as a set of questions with partial and ever-shifting answers.

1. Does ICC now recognize the USACA elections despite widespread concern that it has been rigged?   To do so, ICC must be convinced that the elections cannot be undone which if it were to occur down the road will be a PR disaster for ICC and its US investors.
2. Does the new USACA Board with its absolute majority for the Dainty faction amend the Constitution to ensure a "long life hereafter?"  One would expect that this would be what they would like to do first.  After all, when else will they get a chance to pass whatever changes to the Constitution now that they have an absolute majority.  However, if ICC is showing mixed feelings towards this regime, they may not try it hastily.
3. Does the USACA Board then bring back many disenfranchised leagues now that their vote cannot hurt them?  They have to.  ICC expects them to "serve" all cricketers in the US not just the chosen few.   The money that ICC hands out is also linked to the number of cricketers.  Now that the election is over, expect USACA to setup a process to get leagues to be compliant (which they always were as most would argue.)
4. Do disenfranchised leagues refuse to pay their dues to USACA given that doing so didn't quite get them a right-to-vote and worse most of it was used for legal actions? Some wont because they are sufficiently upset/had enough/annoyed, but many others will pay the dues to not be on the outside so to speak.  It will be ironic when the leagues that couldn't vote do pay their dues.  USACA is betting on it and from rumors are some are already lining up to pay their dues to their masters.
5. Do disenfranchised leagues band together and form a rebel organization and stay united against USACA?   They will try but they have to deal with repeated unity crisis as USACA exploits the private agendas of each league to the fullest.  Again, USACA is betting on it.
6. Does Vardarajan and company take USACA to court this time in a full-fledged lawsuit given that the injunction to stop the elections were denied and league appeals fell on deaf ears?  Unclear now that the election is over if Vardarajan will have the appetite to keep fighting.  He is not a member of USACA so it is hard to fight from outside.  But what he did so far is commendable - put money where his mouth is and but for the oddly conservative Judge Koh, he may have helped finally push Dainty and company out of their comfort zone and possibly into oblivion.   Would have been nice.

USACA faces Legal Action in California Federal Court

It had to happen.  Someone was going to take legal action against USACA who under the leadership of Gladstone Dainty have been reckless in their adherence to the constitution and dismissive of due process.   Ram Vardarajan, a candidate for USACA Presidency has filed legal action which asks for the current election with 15 "hand picked" leagues to be stopped and replaced with an election with all leagues that were considered in good standing as of November 30, 2011.   

Here are some galling facts that will make it interesting for Mr. Dainty and his merry men in court.

1) Some non-compliant leagues were deemed compliant by board decree where other identically non-compliant leagues were left non-compliant.  The ones which were deemed compliant by board decree were ones who are expected to vote for Mr. Dainty.   Completely arbitrary and therefore patently unfair.

2) USACA only has banned non-compliant leagues from voting.  The outcast leagues can still play as part of USACA, their players represent US teams and of course they still need to pay their dues.  Your vintage "Taxation without Representation" at work.

3) Elections were supposed to held (per constitution) by March 30, 2011 and no later than November 30, 2011.  Of course such details dont bother Mr Dainty and his merry men.   First things first -- which was to figure out how to gerrymander so that the majority of the voters would vote for him.  That was what compliance ended up being about.  Now we can have the elections said Dainty. 

It is so bad right now for US cricket that we may all disagree on lots of other things but most of us will agree that Gladstone Dainty and his style of cricket mismanagement and corruption has to go.  

Lets hope justice is served and USACA is forced to hold elections which permit all leagues in good standing to vote.   That is democracy.  And that is what we deserve.