Contracts for player: Finally BCCI comes up with it!

[fineleg]

Can this BCCI do any job properly?????:angry_smile:

Chandan, This is how BCCI was, this is how BCCI is, and this is how BCCI will be

[Sachinism]

sehwag should be group C laxman should be grade A, or coz he dont play ODI's he gets paid less? karthik is in B, while uthappa and pathan in C hmmmm

[Chandan]

Ok. Now read this: What is wrong with this picture? The Indian team has left for Australia—and left their unsigned contracts behind.

It’s like this: More than 75 days ago, 33 players were awarded graded contracts by the BCCI for the 2007-08 season. In an interesting gesture, the BCCI had almost doubled the number of players it had on retainerships and even included a new “D†category, of players who the Board thought would probably play for India in the near future. Unfortunately, the Board simply didn’t find the time to get around to sending the players copies of their contracts or getting them signed. “They’ll probably do it at some stage,†said a top player, “but when, we’re not sure.â€

Well, here’s some happy news for them, possibly. BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah says the contracts “will be signed in the next couple of daysâ€. “There is no problem here, as the clauses were the same, the contracts are a formality.â€

Asked why it took two and a half months to send off unchanged contracts, Shah said “delays happen†and that “members had to be consultedâ€. But consulted about what when there were no changes is rather unclear.

Shah, incidentally, also said the players would soon be receiving their (delayed) 13 per cent share of last year’s revenue. “We take it from September to September (the cricketing year), so when they’ve signed the contracts, we’ll send them the money,†he added.

Perhaps the signing of contracts is a formality, but if there were no changes to be drafted, then the delays just reflect an utter lack of a system (or perhaps, interest) on the Indian Board’s part. As the players have been in India for the last couple of months, there was no reason to not send them the contracts to look through properly, instead of hurriedly insisting they are signed - which is what will probably happen - just before they fly off to Melbourne.

Check that out: the Board, raising inefficiency and procrastination to new heights, didn’t find time—over a three-month span—to send players their contracts. And the same board says it will pay players the money that is due to them from last year, once the contracts have been signed. Here is another aspect of an intriguing situation: First, the breakdown of the contracts, and a list of which player gets what. And now, this list of the 34 players who have been signed on for the BCCI’s nascent IPL in the first phase of recruitment (there are 33 contracted players on national duty). The story points out that the money players are making in IPL are way ahead of whatever the ICL could afford. Isn’t the more startling fact this, that the BCCI—which initially mocked the ICL as being a retirement home for former cricketers—is now willing to pay retired former cricketers considerably more money for much less work than it pays the national players—a list headed by Sourav, Sachin, Rahul, Anil and such—who represent the country, and have a far more rigorous schedule? ------------------------- What do you say here?