CoA Rules Mumbai Out Of The Voting Rights In BCCI Working

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) appointed by the honorable Supreme Court of India has brought about an amendment in the Memorandum of Rules that administer the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI). And this has stunned the 41-times champion of Ranji Trophy- the Mumbai team, who has lost their voting rights as of now.

As per the recommendations put forward by the Lodha Committee, each cricketing state is allowed to cast only one vote, and in this, the Maharashtra Cricket Association and Gujarat Cricket Association have been picked from their respective states.

In accordance to the regulations, the founder members such as Cricket Club of India and National Cricket Club (NCC) were put off, along with other government institutes such as Railways, Universities and Services.

According to the Board’s constitution, "In States with multiple Existing Members, the full membership shall rotate annually among such Existing Members such that only one of them will exercise the rights and privileges of a Full Member at any given point of time. The rotation shall be as per the policy framed by the BCCI.”

The working committee will also be replaced by a head council, where there could be multiple changes including, cricket players’ association, ethics officer, agents’ register and electoral officer etc.

The amended memorandum has also put up certain other changes which are stated as: "The Board shall appoint an independent auditor to scrutinize the statement of accounts with regard to the payments made by the Board to the member and all further payments due to a member, associate member and an affiliate member shall be released after the audit report."

The “Serious Note” By BCCI CEO:

The hubbub recently is all about the oncoming Indian Premier League, where the cricketing associations are waiting for the funds to be released to host the matches. However, the BCCI CEO Mr. Rahul Johri replied back to the associations, reminding them about the “usual protocol” inculcated by BCCI in the stated matters.

Addressing to all the 10 state associations, the letter forwarded by the honorable CEO states, "We have received a letter dated March 2, 2017 from Saurashtra Cricket Association in relation to the amount of Rs 30 lakhs per match for hosting IPL.

"You are aware that as per the standard tripartite agreements, the amount is payable by BCCI within 14 days from the day the tournament ends and is subject to and conditional upon the performance in full and at each match of the hosting association's obligations".

He also stated that payment on ‘ASAP basis’ is not justified and the amount required can only be released when the associations have duly performed all the obligations.

According to the rules of BCCI, the associations mandatorily receive an amount of 60 lakh per match. Out of this, half of the amount of released from Board’s treasury and the other half (30 lakhs) from the franchise. This adds up to a total of 4.2 crores per association, for the 7 home matches of a franchise.

In a single tune, the State Associations have come up with a view that if they were not paid the amount of Rs. 60 lakhs per game of IPL, as designated, it would be hard for them to meet the expenses of the infrastructure and other needful to be offered to the match.

The current BCCI officials are strict in their regulations and have also sent a draft of stadium agreement, containing the payment terms of IPL.

"For the sake of good order, please execute and return the same," writes Mr. Johri, where he also mentioned that the release of funds would be on orders passed by the Apex Court of India. Subscribe us for latest sport news.