Sachinism Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 More than two-thirds of players polled in a recent survey believe the BCCI has an unfair influence on decision-making within the ICC. The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) has renewed its calls for a review of the game's governance after releasing the results of its 2011 player survey, which also revealed strong support for the decision review system and 50-over cricket. Despite overwhelming approval for how this year's World Cup was run, the findings were not all positive for the ICC. Of the 45 players polled, only 6% believed that decisions at ICC board level were made "in the best interests of cricket", while 49% felt decisions were made according to "party lines or best interests of the country that they are representing". The remaining players were "unsure". When asked if ICC decision-making was influenced unfairly by the power of the BCCI, 69% said 'yes', while 31% answered "don't know". None of the respondents gave a definitive 'no'. Despite those concerns, 63% said they had confidence in the ICC's ability to govern international cricket, although the FICA chief executive Tim May said the findings raised important issues, with 46% saying the structure and composition of the ICC executive board should be reviewed. "Players have highlighted that the governance of the game is a serious issue," May said. "FICA have continually advocated for a review of the game's governance. Its present structure is outdated, full of conflicts, cronyism and far from best practice. FICA does believe though that the ICC day-to-day management has improved considerably and are unfairly tarnished as a result of decisions of the ICC Chief Executive and Board Committees." The call for a review of the game's governance is not new. FICA have been pushing for change for several years, and the former ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed this year said he would be in favour of an independent commission running the game, although he also said the idea that countries always voted in geographical blocs was, based on his time at the organisation, not accurate. The FICA survey did reveal some good news for the ICC, with 94% of players rating the recent World Cup as "good" or above, compared to only 11% giving the 2007 tournament that level of support. However, the event is still too long, according to 74% of those surveyed, while 72% backed the decision to reduce the number of teams in the next World Cup to 10, and 91% felt the Associate nations should have a chance to qualify. The majority (82%) of players said the DRS made for better decision-making from umpires at the World Cup, and 97% thought the DRS should be compulsory in all Test matches. Notably, FICA is not affiliated with players from India - the BCCI being the major opponent of the DRS - or from Pakistan or Zimbabwe. The survey also showed: * 32% of players would retire prematurely from international cricket to play exclusively in the IPL and similar Twenty20 tournaments * 40% said that given the magnitude of salaries being offered by the IPL, they could envisage a day where they would rank their obligations to IPL and other T20 events ahead of obligations to their home boards * 94% believed that superior salaries offered by the IPL would motivate younger players to hone their skills principally to T20 * 40% said their board schedules too much international cricket * Only 24% of players favour a change in the format of ODIs * 39% believe boards schedule too many ODIs, reducing the public's interest in the format http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/517518.html T20 is defo taking over and there is nothing that can be done about it
Asim Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 When asked if ICC decision-making was influenced unfairly by the power of the BCCI, 69% said 'yes', while 31% answered "don't know". None of the respondents gave a definitive 'no'
ganeshran Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 If BCCI is not to have an unfair share in running the ICC, then all nations should contribute equally to ICC coffers rather than BCCI providing most of the income.
Asim Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 If BCCI is not to have an unfair share in running the ICC' date=' then all nations should contribute equally to ICC coffers rather than BCCI providing most of the income.[/quote'] so paisa is everything for ICC...? jisnay b dia ICC ko khareed lia...
rkt.india Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 so paisa is everything for ICC...? jisnay b dia ICC ko khareed lia... Administration of cricket takes a lot of money. Bhikaris cannot run cricket. ICC too needs money for proper execution. payment of ofiicals and share also goes to country cricket boards. Most of the boards are running because of BCCI. What are you talking about?
ganeshran Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 so paisa is everything for ICC...? jisnay b dia ICC ko khareed lia... Money is not everything but very important for the running of day to day activities of ICC. Most of the revenue is given by BCCI, most of the revenue of ICC tournaments comes from Indian advertisers. Do you expect BCCI to pay that much money and not demand a disproportionate say in running the affairs?
Asim Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Administration of cricket takes a lot of money. Bhikaris cannot run cricket. ICC too needs money for proper execution. payment of ofiicals and share also goes to country cricket boards. Most of the boards are running because of BCCI. What are you talking about? Thats not an issue here, Actual point is still there: ICC decision-making was influenced unfairly by the power of the BCCI
rkt.india Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Thats not an issue here, Actual point is still there: ICC decision-making was influenced unfairly by the power of the BCCI whoever has the power has the say. It is a universal truth. In 80s-90s, it was England Australia who used to rule now its our turn. It is a global truth, USA rules UN, while UN supposed to be an impartial organization, but what it does, just plays in hands of USA.
Asim Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 whoever has the power has the say. It is a universal truth. In 80s-90s, it was England Australia who used to rule now its our turn. It is a global truth, USA rules UN, while UN supposed to be an impartial organization, but what it does, just plays in hands of USA. hmmmm, yeah that true, unfortunate though... well, keep on having your say then :two_thumbs_up:
putrevus Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 hmmmm, yeah that true, unfortunate though... well, keep on having your say then :two_thumbs_up: what exactly has India done to show that it has misused its power can you cite one incident, Why is is everyone so bitter about BCCI.
Sachinism Posted June 2, 2011 Author Posted June 2, 2011 ICC has no balls. They need to step up to BCCI. BCCI doesn't have as much control as they think they do, they need ICC quite a bit. Its not like BCCI will pull away from ICC as there would be no international games for them and resort to playing IPL all year round, that too, without any international players.
putrevus Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 BCCI looks after its own interest which every board should do , I don't see why there is so much fuss about BCCI. didn't we have enough of Mike Denness and Malcolm Speeds running ICC both racists ruining Indian cricket.
ravishingravi Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 whoever has the power has the say. It is a universal truth. In 80s-90s, it was England Australia who used to rule now its our turn. It is a global truth, USA rules UN, while UN supposed to be an impartial organization, but what it does, just plays in hands of USA. This is the sublime truth of life. Everyone wants to be the ruler. When they can't we see this resentment. But I am still wondering what have BCCI done through ICC that ha helped Indian cricket team.
vvvslaxman Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 FICA? why is cricinfo giving them so much importance?
Blue-no1 Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 ICC has no balls. They need to step up to BCCI. BCCI doesn't have as much control as they think they do, they need ICC quite a bit. Its not like BCCI will pull away from ICC as there would be no international games for them and resort to playing IPL all year round, that too, without any international players. Once BCCI quits, there will be no one watching test cricket played between other teams. Test cricket will be finished with out BCCI. ICC is made up of two bit cricketers from England and is a useless organization that is there only to swindle money.-Indian money.
cricketsangeeta Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 BCCI is GOD and ICC is nothing in front of BCCI, you can see Harbhajan and Symonds Money Issuse that is a perfect example of it.
f.b.m Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 One team is supported by ~70% of the cricket watching public so it should only follow that they have 70% of the say, no? All the people who say that BCCI has too much power and that it should be a one country, one vote system should ask themselves this question: Should the voice of a NZlander really be 250 times more important than the voice of an Indian? I dont want to give the impression that I support BCCI's dominance though. Like I said many times (with no effect): The idea that countries should play countries is a stupid idea and all these rumblings are the effects. Can you imagine someone devising a system where 70% of the people are the talent base of ONE team while the other teams get 1-2%?
Ultimate_Game Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Thanks for stating the obvious FICA. In other news/surveys rain is wet, PCB is shambolic, Afridi will "uretire" and SL struggle away from home.
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