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Monday, July 6, 2009
Pay to play, Delhi style
HOW ABSURD would it be if members of Indian team were asked to pay their way when they went abroad to represent the country? Well, the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) believes there is nothing wrong in asking its players to pay for the privilege of representing their team on tours to Australia and England.
The DDCA is taking an under-22 team to Australia and an under-19 team to England on official tours and players who can afford it have been asked to fork out Rs 1 lakh to defray expenses.
"It's an official tour, 50% of which is being paid by players and 50% has been taken care of by DDCA," said Sunil Dev, DDCA Sports Secretary. "We want them to pay because we thought certain things given free are not good. Still six players have not been charged a penny."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India would not comment on the DDCA's decision to charge players. "This is a matter of a state board so BCCI can't comment on this," Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty told HT.
The players themselves don't seem perturbed. "My parents are employed and we were in a position to pay, so we did," said a player who will be touring Australia. Paying to be part of an official tour is certainly not the norm. "We have never paid anything while representing the board," said former Delhi and India all-rounder Madan Lal.
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