Pact on Catches

I am more than surprised to see Ponting still trying to sell his pact on catches after all the incidents during the last series between India and Australia. As a team in that series, Australia played bad sport by claiming everything as a catch. While batting, their batsman stood their ground even after the catch was taken cleanly at waist level. In the recent past, Australian team is the one that benefited most when it came to umpiring decisions and match referee verdicts. For opposing captains, it's essentially choosing between umpiring errors vs. Australian fielder's word when comes to close catching. No wonder they choose NOT to sign the pact to minimize damage to their team.