Cap­tain of the T&T Red Steel Dwayne Bra­vo is not pleased with the terms and con­di­tions laid out for women in sport.

As a con­se­quence, he is ad­vo­cat­ing for the present im­bal­ance to be­come a thing of the past.

Start­ing with bet­ter con­di­tions for fe­male ath­letes, Bra­vo al­so raised con­cerns about their fi­nan­cial in­cen­tives and de­clared the time had come for women to re­ceive bet­ter pay pack­ets.

In a T&T Guardian in­ter­view, Bra­vo said he be­lieves more could and should be done for women. "You have con­ver­sa­tions with the women's foot­ball team and the women's net­ball team...I mean, they are rep­re­sent­ing the coun­try. They are giv­ing their heart and soul, yet still they have to bal­ance their jobs with the sport. They al­ready don't get paid well, and it's un­fair for them."

Bra­vo said: "We as men, maybe, get pay bet­ter, I think. But re­gard­less of what gen­der, I be­lieve you should be paid prop­er­ly if you are rep­re­sent­ing your coun­try, be­cause you are putting your life and your body on the line. To me sports women don't get treat­ed prop­er­ly and this is not on­ly in T&T. but through­out (the world). I think they need to look at women's sport a lot more se­ri­ous­ly."

Com­ment­ing on the present state of women's crick­et in the West In­dies, the team leader said he was not pleased.

Bra­vo de­clared be­ing both "em­bar­rassed" and in a "state of shock" over the state of women's crick­et in the re­gion.

"The qual­i­ty of the crick­et? I mean... It's show­ing in TV and stuff! It's just not nice for the eyes. I don't want to com­ment too much on it be­cause I (will) re­al­ly have to get in­to de­tails. That's why most times I get in prob­lems," he end­ed.