BCCI-ICC Saga ICC finance reforms to hit India in a Big Way,Should BCCI boycott the CT?[Update:Post 4 Pakistan Pushes To Reduce BCCI's Revenue]

[vijay50]

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MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) - for the first time in more than 25 years - will remain a mute spectator to the goings on at the International Cricket Council (ICC) that is all set to bring about a deluge of policy changes this weekend.

The two-day board meeting of the ICC will get underway in Dubai on Friday. It will not matter who is representing India at the meeting - though for the record Supreme Court-appointed administrator and IDFC MD and CEO Vikram Limaye will attend along with BCCI secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary.

It won't matter because the agenda for the meeting - that will have a major impact on all stakeholders in the game - was put in place long ago at the ICC's previous meetings in 2016 even as the Indian Cricket Board was busy fighting a never-ending battle for survival in the Supreme Court.

BCCI's only shot at stopping these policy changes from being ratified is if they pull out of an ICC tournament. "Should India decide to pull out of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in June - scheduled just before the ICC annual conference - the ICC will not survive the financial onslaught such a move will potentially unleash. That's the only way," says an ex-administrator.

For now, following are the policy changes that will be passed at the ICC Board meeting in the next two days and their repercussions:

A) Writing off the Big Three model that had initially allowed BCCI to rake in a 20.3% stake in ICC revenues, the newly done math is now likely to bring down BCCI's revenues from the ICC by half, if not more. Those in the know say 'expect worse damages'.

Repercussion: ICC's position paper for the 2015-23 financial cycle and one for the following seven years threatens India with a loss in excess of Rs 3000 cr.

B) Ireland and Afghanistan likely to be given Test status which in turn could make way for a new Test cricket structure. The structure may not be a two-tier but a baseball-styled conference structure as it happens in the MLB (US).

Repercussion: The BCCI's financial muscle has been such that member countries of the ICC depend on India's overseas tours to earn dividends from their respective rights holders. India, in turn, had been trying to use it to its advantage to create a viable home season - like the English summer and the Australian Boxing Day - which could now be made to wind up.

C) One ICC tournament mandatory every year alongside qualification tournaments for World T20.

Repercussion: India's biggest fear, and rightly so, will be that such a move could destabilise its IPL window, thereby hurting the interests of a well-oiled league that's easily world cricket's envy right now.

D) Pooling of overseas television rights - this is not on the ICC Board agenda but will be part of discussion among Member Boards.

Repercussion: From a section of broadcasters to ex-BCCI administrators, they've all never found logic in how rights - that do not sell individually - can sell in a bundle. But that aside, India's concern also stems from the fact host countries get to earn the most from India tours and therefore the BCCI should have a say in the decision.

The water has already flown from under the bridge and there's little the BCCI can do now except wait for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Only if they threaten to pull out of it, they believe, will the wind begin to blow their way.

Post the ICC Board meeting, these policy changes will come up for ratification at the annual conference of the governing body in June this year. To be specific, the annual conference will be held soon after the conclusion of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.

 

 

 

The question Indian cricket administrators need to ask themselves - and those governing them right now - is if they will be ready by June if they need to defy these "undesirable" policy changes.

 

 

Should the Supreme Court see reason and the Committee of Administrators play ball, India can well bring out the ace up its sleeve.

 

 

 

BCCI's Members Participation Agreement (MPA) with the ICC clearly states that should their interests not be upheld, they are free to walk away. India's pulling out is not something world cricket will merely sit and watch. Under former president Anurag Thakur, BCCI had already begun threatening the same until the SC order cracked a different whip altogether.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/bccis-last-shot-pull-out-of-champions-trophy/articleshow/56946441.cms?from=mdr

[BeautifulGame]

Typical toilet article .

Less on facts and full on rubbish scaremongering nonsense.

[sscomp32]

People still believe toilet?  

[Malcolm Merlyn]

2 hours ago, BeautifulGame said:

Typical toilet article .

Less on facts and full on rubbish scaremongering nonsense.

 

What is rubbish?BCCI wont lose money if the Big 3 is rolled back?

 

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The Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan on Friday said that he would push for the elimination of the Big Three governance system and revenue distribution formula, besides opposing the proposal for four-day Test matches at the International Cricket Council's Board meeting in Dubai.

"We want the Big Three governance system and revenue distribution formula abolished and we see no constitutional problems for the ICC to do this," Shahryar told the media in Karachi before leaving for Dubai.

Shahryar made it clear that Pakistan had supported the Big Three governance system in 2014 because India had signed a MoU with them that they would play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2023.

"That was our reason and condition for supporting the Big Three but when India has not fulfilled its obligations under the MoU, we see no reason to continue our previous policy," he pointed out.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has profited the most from the Big Three governance system as it gets the major chunk of the revenues that ICC earns from its events and broadcasting rights between 2015 and 2023.

India is suppose to get around 21 per cent share followed by Australia and England.

Shahryar said Pakistan has done its homework on the revenue distribution system and wants equal share for all member countries.

"Under the current formula we will end up with just around 98 million dollars while India stands to get around 500 million. We don't see this as an system based on equality."

Shahryar said they are expecting India to oppose disbanding the Big Three governance system but due to changes in the BCCI set-up they might not be clear about their policies.

"The ICC meetings will give us a chance to sit down with the new office bearers of the Indian cricket board and see what they have in mind specifically in relation to bilateral series with us," he said.

Shahryar also said that Pakistan would not support four-day Tests as there is no need to tinker with the spirit of Test cricket.

"Five day matches are the spirit of Test cricket and what happens if it rains in a four-day Test. I don't think we need to try to change things with Test matches."

Now Pakistani have joined in.I wonder how many of you will support our funds being directed to Pakistan.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

ICC must be put in its place.Boycott the CT.

[KeyboardWarrior]

I say Boycott CT ... i am with BCCI .... 

[Ironhide]

This Shashank Manohar is the biggest curse on Indian cricket, i have run out of abuses for this man and his betrayal to his country. Only if Dalmiya was still alive, he would have been the ICC president.

[kosingh]

Schedule second IPL in peak cricket season (around Christmas), disrupt the game worldwide.

[kosingh]

Shankar Manohar screwing India from one side, Supreme Court screwing India from the other 

[BeautifulGame]

Shankar Manohar screwing India from one side, Supreme Court screwing India from the other 

It was agreed in the BCCI SGM almost unanimously [Only Amitabh Chaudhary opposed ]

According to an official who was present at that SGM last February[2016], the BCCI members agreed that the percentage of the BCCI's share could be scaled down to 16-17%. Manohar and Thakur were authorised by the BCCI to negotiate this at ICC meetings. "But it was clearly decided that they would report back to the BCCI before any final decision was taken," the official said.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1080700.html

The question should be why BCCI agreed for this roll back in the first place.

[Sandeep99]

Extend the IPL season and watch them twist.. It's high time. Other boards need to re-realize who the boss is. Boycott CT.

[mishra]

Once BCCI gets to grips it could do few things.

1. Play less bilateral series to compensate fall in revenues.

2. If forced, Make a second string side which can travel to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ireland, Zimbabwe

3. Extend IPL next season. IPL is mature enough to gather crowd.

 

 

Do all of above for a year or two and ICC will fall in line

Edited February 3, 2017 by mishra

[maniac]

People who wanted likes of Thakur and Manohar over Srini Mama over are eating humble pie......Manohar and Thakur are spineless crooks while mama was a crook too but the guy had balls of steel.

 

 

[mishra]

49 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

Extend the IPL season and watch them twist.. It's high time. Other boards need to re-realize who the boss is. Boycott CT.

No need to boycott CT. Just send Second string side and extend IPL.

[renjith]

Can someone give a clarification on this?

Have india in any previous icc meeting agreed to roll back the big three model?

If not how can icc decide to roll back it without India's consent?

 

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Can someone give a clarification on this?

Have india in any previous icc meeting agreed to roll back the big three model?

If not how can icc decide to roll back it without India's consent?

 

If this is passed in the ICC annual meeting then its done.

[BeautifulGame]

16 minutes ago, renjith said:

Can someone give a clarification on this?

Have india in any previous icc meeting agreed to roll back the big three model?

If not how can icc decide to roll back it without India's consent?

 

It was passed with majority members voting.Same way it can be reversed if majority members vote to reverse the decision.You don't need India's consent if 8 out of 10 boards decided to vote for roll back.

[renjith]

13 minutes ago, Malcolm Merlyn said:

If this is passed in the ICC annual meeting then its done.

 

6 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

It was passed with majority members voting.Same way it can be reversed if majority members vote to reverse the decision.You don't need India's consent if 8 out of 10 boards decided to vote for roll back.

Thanks.

Since indian tv rights cover the major share of finance involved in cricket, can't bcci dictate terms easily at any point of time?

[BeautifulGame]

5 minutes ago, renjith said:

 

Thanks.

Since indian tv rights cover the major share of finance involved in cricket, can't bcci dictate terms easily at any point of time?

One we are at our weakest with all the court battles and elections due soon.So not much experience heading BCCI.

 

And more importantly we also need International cricket and other countries as much us they need us.Going cry baby and confrotatial helps noone particularly when almost every board is against this.Already we are only country having separate unofficial window for IPL.So its not like we have our privileges in a sense. 

 

 

[renjith]

46 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

One we are at our weakest with all the court battles and elections due soon.So not much experience heading BCCI.

 

And more importantly we also need International cricket and other countries as much us they need us.Going cry baby and confrotatial helps noone particularly when almost every board is against this.Already we are only country having separate unofficial window for IPL.So its not like we have our privileges in a sense. 

 

 

Thanks for the details Bro.