Players' money safe with us, says Shah
Posted on May 04, 2007 at 12:08 | Updated May 04, 2007 at 15:51
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Mumbai: The BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told Cricketnext that too much should not be read into the delay in players’ payments.
"Their money is safe with us. As the contract was not finalised we could not pay them," Shah said.
He clarified that the copy of the new contract, stating the revised retainer-ship fees of Rs 5 lakhs for all the players, was issued 10 days ago. "Even new players will have to sign it. It’s a contract for the whole year," he said.
Shah was peeved when asked why the contract issue had been kept in abeyance for so long.
"This is an issue between the Indian cricketers and the Board. Our players haven’t said a word. Why should you guys (press) have a problem with it?" he shot back. He refused to commit on a last date for signing the contracts.
The Board secretary made known that the Indian team would not be entitled to 26% of the gross revenue of the Board, which was earlier distributed to them as fees and allowances. He clarified, "Revenue can go up to 40%. It would depend on Team India’s performance."
Members of Team India did not get their payment since the Champions Trophy in October last year. Apparently many senior cricketers have expressed displeasure on the Board’s stoic indifference to the matter.
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Posted By Prakash Srivatsan
haahaa....shouldn\''t the players money be safe with the players themselves? what is the board doing with it? will the board
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Posted By Ramamurthi hari Rao
BCCI is synonymous with mismanagement. No respect for contractual obligations be it with TV firms or players.
credibility at its lowest
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Posted By Girish V. K.
Not paid money since October 2006! No wonder they lost the Champions Trophy & the World Cup! Would Narayan Murthy
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Posted By Mehamood
Nirajan Shah is simply a joker. He should nt talk to media. Shard Pawar is using him as pwan -
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Posted By vinodb
This man is a garbage and if india has to play good cricket in future and have to develop in
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