SHUFFLING FINANCES
Miffed India to give Champions Trophy a miss?
The Big Three is dead‚ the Big One rudely alive and one of the Big Brothers still kicking. Those‚ essentially‚ are the most important aspects of what the International Cricket Council (ICC) accomplished in five days of board and committee meetings in Dubai this week. But there could yet be a sting in this tale‚ with calls for India to boycott the Champions Trophy in retaliation — which would cost the global game many millions in lost revenue. In 2014 India‚ England and Australia hijacked world cricket financially‚ cajoling and conjuring agreement to secure for themselves most of the game’s earnings from the sale of rights. And why not‚ some said — between them those three countries earned most of that money. But the Small Seven‚ after they had been cowed into collusion‚ cried foul. Matters came to a head at this week’s meetings. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) arrived in the boardroom wanting $570m from the 2016 to 2023 rights cycle. Instead‚ they will get $293m. Or...
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