Central contract money isn't to bee sniffed at though, top boys are on a decent wedge aren't they. Isn't £700,000 about what they get, plus endorsements money, and is the match fee they get included in the700, 000? If not that's decent too and soon adds up, add to that the honour of representing your country at the highest level.
Can they not still play some of the high profile T20 stuff when possible and available?
Put that all together and that's plenty of money anyway, how much more they likely to earn if they just play white ball franchise stuff?