Mass exodus from state associations expected

[gattaca]

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After the Supreme Court brushed aside objections raised by Board of Control for Cricket in India pertaining to the Justice RM Lodha panel recommendations and dismissed the cricket board's president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke, there was a sense of panic in the state associations.

The state bodies, having stonewalled implementation of reforms since July last year, find themselves with no further room to manoeuvre. Most state-level officials, realising that they have no choice but to amend their respective constitutions - in line with Lodha panel's recommendations - and hold fresh elections, have stirred into action. Legal eagles are poring over various sections and sub-sections that need to be amended in order to bring in more transparency in the administration of the game at all levels.

The court order rendered officials at numerous state associations redundant. The age cap of 70 years, which kicked in on Monday (January 2) itself, summarily ended the administrative careers of BCCI heavyweights like Sharad Pawar (Mumbai), N Srinivasan (TN), IS Bindra (Punjab), MP Pandove (Punjab), Niranjan Shah (Saurashtra), G Ganga Raju (Andhra), Chirayu Amin (Baroda), Farooq Abdullah, ML Nehru (J&K) and Ashirbad Behra (Odisha).

And there are others who have been forced into cooling periods, having not only completed nine-year tenures (with mandatory breaks) - the maximum stipulated by the Lodha panel - but also overshot it many times over. It is virtually the end of the road for Thakur and Shirke, who have been at the helm of Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra for well over a decade. Ditto for player-turned administrators like Brijesh Patel (Karnataka), Chetan Chauhan (Delhi) and Ranjib Biswal (Odisha). Chauhan, incidentally, is six months shy of his 70th birthday.

With the cream of Indian cricket administration caught and bowled by Lodha and even the second-string officials too standing disqualified for overstaying their welcome, the state associations will cease to be fiefdoms of a few. They can now look at bringing in fresh faces, not only from the cricket world but also other fields in order to boost professionalism in the ranks. But with virtually every past and present official out of the reckoning, the big question is who will be the next BCCI president?

There is a buzz about Sourav Ganguly coming to the fore. However, the Lodha panel stipulates that any official wishing to take up another post - at the state level or at BCCI - after completing his three-year tenure will have to go through a three-year cooling period. There was some ambiguity about whether the cooling-off period would be applicable to officials wishing to move from state to the BCCI platform, but the Lodha panel subsequently made its stand clear through a set of FAQs.

While clarifying that the period as office-bearer under the state will not be counted towards the period as an office-bearer in the BCCI and vice-versa, the Lodha panel said: "Technically, one individual can be an office-bearer at the state association for 9 years and separately an office bearer councilor at BCCI for another 9 years, subject to the cooling-off period after each term."

Sourav, who has been CAB joint secretary for 14 months and president for the past 16, only has six months left to complete a cumulative three-year maiden stint in his home association. The apex court has given a maximum of six-month time frame to Lodha panel to complete the implementation process of the reforms, culminating with BCCI polls. This means by the time the entire exercise is over and elections are held, Sourav would be already heading into the cooling-off period. 

 

 

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Now we know why Shirke and Thakur didnt want to implement lodha recommendations. Even ganguly cant be BCCI president.

[BeautifulGame]

Time to enjoy retirement for these lot.Long overdue 

 

 

[gattaca]

1 minute ago, BeautifulGame said:

Time to enjoy retirement for these lot.Long overdue 

 

 

lol and there are quite a lot of them.

Edited January 4, 2017 by gattaca

[Sajid_Rana]

Nice to see Indian cricket in crisis.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Have novices running the game in India.They will be treated as shit by ICC.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Nice to see Indian cricket in crisis.

Worry about PakistanCricket.

[Lannister]

Look at all those old crooks. No wonder all these state boards opposed the reforms. After 70, its a retirement time. Go play with your grand children. 

[WC2011INDIA]

7 hours ago, Lannister said:

Look at all those old crooks. No wonder all these state boards opposed the reforms. After 70, its a retirement time. Go play with your grand children. 

more like govt servants 60. SC judges 65 and HC judges 62.