BPL teams to get ticket sales revenue

The governing council of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) today announced that franchises who have complied with player payment obligations last season will receive a portion of ticket sales revenue.

The decision was made during a BPL governing council meeting today, which centered on the issue of outstanding payments owed to both local and international players who were part of the players' draft last season.

"The Governing Council has agreed in principle to allocate a portion of ticket sales revenue to franchises that have demonstrated compliance with player payment obligations. This is the first time that the BCB will distribute revenue from ticket sales to BPL franchises," BCB said in a press release.

"The disbursement, scheduled ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, will be conditional upon the verification of payment acknowledgments from the respective players," it further read.

According to the press release, the BCB has allocated Tk 55 lakh each for the four teams that qualified for the playoffs while the remaining three teams would get Tk 45 lakh each.

However, the final disbursement will be based on the percentage of outstanding player payments each team has cleared relative to their eligible share.

The governing council also warned legal actions against franchises if they continue to "default on payment obligations despite repeated official notices".

As per the guideline of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), the franchises had to clear all their dues by March 8 - a month after the previous edition of the BPL ended on February 7.

But it is learnt that most of the franchises are yet to complete the payments of their players, coaching staff as well as the support staff.