Mumbai: Financially the most important point in the BCCI case is about “having advertisement breaks only during lunch or tea in international matches” which will lead to BCCI losing around Rs 1,600 crore in revenue.
The Board has apparently also told its state associations that they can file affidavit separately. Saurashtra Cricket Association president Niranjan Shah indicated that his association would file a separate affidavit in the Supreme Court.
The BCCI, however, agreed to one of the Lodha panel’s recommendations on appointment of a CEO in the working committee that preceded the SGM.
“The committee authorised the president and secretary to appoint an agency to search for candidates for the posts of CEO and CFO,” a release said. However, Shukla indicated that the posts of CEO and CFO were created “on the basis of Project Transformation report”.
The BCCI members authorised the president and secretary to discuss the governance and financial restructuring of the ICC subject to such restructuring being incorporated in the constitution of the ICC for permanency.
Board wants ICC restructured
BCCI president Shashank Manohar, who is committed to ending the monopoly of India, Australia and England in the ICC, has been asked by the working committee to apprised them of the steps that are being taken regarding the financial restructuring of the global cricket body.
As per the earlier structure, BCCI along with England and Australia were pooling in 80 per cent of the revenues, being the nations that brought the money to the body. However Manohar, as ICC chairman, had made it clear that he wanted equitable distribution.
While this could lead to a revenue loss for the BCCI, it also did not go down well with the members that the matter was not brought to the table in any of the BCCI meetings.
However, the working committee on Friday decided that Manohar and secretary Anurag Thakur should discuss the financial ramifications of such a move.
“The members authorised the President and Hony. Secretary to discuss the governance and financial restructuring of the ICC subject to such restructuring being incorporated in the constitution of the ICC for permanency,” a BCCI release stated.
