It was money base but! Wasn't the board paying b grade wages was that the term?. Players got ripped off and quit for the cash in thr shorter form. is that close ?
It was far more than that. The initial major rift largely stemmed from the WIPA president signing off on a significant pay cut to contracted players at all level from memory, while the board itself did a major deal with a telecommunications company that was in direct competition with a rival company that already sponsored a huge amount of players.
The selection criteria has been chopped and changed numerous times from stipulations like ‘only players who compete in the domestic odi competition will be considered for the odi team’ to an inability to write no objection certificates for players who wanted to play in the franchise leagues when the international schedule allowed it or skipping some of the less important series etc.
It runs to far more levels than simply ‘so and so wanted more money.’