Delayed BPL payments draws Player Association ire

[Ian Pont]

Originally Posted by BANFAN
What does he mean by we are not in a hurry??



So, we have five months to solve the payment issue as well??

Lipi has lost his senses or what kind of attitude was he showing here??

I am pleased that BD fans are starting to realise what is going on. The only reason anyone complains is that they are not being treated properly. Some will be afraid to speak out because they work within BD and do not want to make it awkward for themselves as they are players or coaches.

We are almost 6 months after the event. Mushy spoke out at the beginning. The BPL GC are trying their best to clear things and I applaud this.

The longer is goes on though, the more damage is being done sadly. At some point, the penny will drop.

[layperson]

Just saw the news in NTV and it said all franchises have cleared their payments barring dhaka gladiators and duronto rajshahi. Lipu was saying that if they dont clear the dues then BPL will look to replace the two franchises in the next edition.

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by BANFAN
What does he mean by we are not in a hurry??

He is following the same time dimension as Shahara Khatun. Remember the 48 hours isn't over yet... so 5 months could be an eternity

[Maysun]

Frankly all the franchises should have been dissolved for not respecting the numerous deadlines and reminders. Just shows that BCB isn't stern and doesn't have the guts to take the initiative.

[Sohel]

Khoda Hafez BPL, and thank you for the one season stand.

[playmaker]

Originally Posted by layperson
Just saw the news in NTV and it said all franchises have cleared their payments barring dhaka gladiators and duronto rajshahi. Lipu was saying that if they dont clear the dues then BPL will look to replace the two franchises in the next edition.

HMM fair enough. Mushfiqur complained and so did many of those involved with Dhaka gladiators.

This two franchises should be scrapped and they should let my para team participate

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
He is following the same time dimension as Shahara Khatun. Remember the 48 hours isn't over yet... so 5 months could be an eternity

Like: স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্র� �র ওয়াদা .... ??

[NoName]

So much for BPL season 2.

[Crisis]

So much for BPL 2. Disappointing that because of some companies, our cricket couldn't improve

[Ian Pont]

We all know how the BPL helped BD do so, so well in the Asia Cup.

The guys spent a month playing and training on their skills in a highly competitive environment, against international players. The BPL is therefore a cricket gold mine for the BCB. It is one of the things that should be protected, enhanced and invested in.

It makes no sense to P*** off every player, coach or investor.

[BengaliPagol]

clearly it is valuable but i dont know if many international players will play in BPL after this payment issue that has been going on for a while.

[cricheart]

IMO over-commitment & over-paying certain players like Afridi, Gayle, Hodge etc is the core reason for this "disorganised" BPL disaster. Such high ambitious league based on an experimental business model go running in short notice with some franchises like those optimistic seasonal traders plays business with fake $ figures, yep in near future it will become a case study in those financial accademic assignments like, why/how BPL failed.

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by cricheart
IMO over-commitment & over-paying certain players like Afridi, Gayle, Hodge etc is the core reason for this "disorganised" BPL disaster. Such high ambitious league based on an experimental business model go running in short notice with some franchises like those optimistic seasonal traders plays business with fake $ figures, yep in near future it will become a case study in those financial accademic assignments like, why/how BPL failed.

Sad but very true.

[F6_Turbo]

The NBR has seized bank accounts connected to the Dhaka Gladiators because they failed to pay taxes to the tune of BDT2.5Crore

[playmaker]

This DG teams should be kicked. Bring in some other team

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by F6_Turbo
The NBR has seized bank accounts connected to the Dhaka Gladiators because they failed to pay taxes to the tune of BDT2.5Crore

Seriously, what were they smoking when they bought Afridi for $700,000 ?

[F6_Turbo]

Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
Seriously, what were they smoking when they bought Afridi for $700,000 ?

tbf they always knew he was going to at best play a couple of matches...so while his bid price might have been 700k his actual payout would be a fraction of that.

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by F6_Turbo
tbf they always knew he was going to at best play a couple of matches...so while his bid price might have been 700k his actual payout would be a fraction of that.

Even though...fraction of 700k is not a joke when the base price was 100k and they should have known their financial position before going for such huge amount.

[Ian Pont]

Thursday, August 2, 2012Sports

BPL Tax Issue
Shihab Trading's accounts frozen
Star Report
In a bid to realise the overdue taxes, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked banks to block all the accounts of Shihab Trading, which had the ticket-selling rights of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 cricket tournament.

However, the decision was taken only to realise the taxes from the organisation, which had bought the ticket-selling and distribution rights for Tk 45 crore.

The money-spinning BPL took place in Dhaka and Chittagong in February this year and the first edition created huge enthusiasm among sports lovers in the country and the meet saw full houses, except for a few games, throughout.

The NBR has also asked the Game On Sports Management (GOSM), which had earlier bought the rights of the BPL for six years at a price of 44.33 million dollars, to submit documents proving by next week that it too deposited taxes on prize money for champions and runners-up teams by deducting taxes at sources.

"As per rules, Shihab Trading should pay 5 per cent of ticket selling earnings as tax which it did not do," said Kanon Kumar Roy, who heads the team formed by NBR to collect the BPL taxes.

Roy said Shihab Trading was supposed to pay Tk 2.25 crore in taxes, but Shihab Trading claims that the amount is Tk 2.16 crore.

"Even after insisting to its own estimate, Shihab Trading did not pay any taxes. That's why we have asked banks to freeze all accounts," said Roy, also the director general at the Directorate of Inspection (Taxes).

The NBR action came as payment of taxes by stakeholders of BPL, including its six franchises, stands much less than its estimate of nearly Tk 20 crore from transactions under the BPL tournament.

So far, six franchises and other firms involved in the tournament paid only Tk 3 crore as taxes, insiders said.

The NBR formed the team in early February to monitor all financial transactions -- thought to be hundreds of crores of taka -- to ensure that all taxes were going to the state coffers.

As per rule, each franchise was supposed to deduct 25 per cent tax against payment to foreign players and 10 percent in case of local cricketers. Some five percent tax on the value of each bid auction was also was supposed to come.

Shihab Trading bought the rights to sell tickets from GOSM for Tk 45 crore

[F6_Turbo]

Local news reporting that

BPL outfit Chittagong Kings have cleared all outstanding player payments

Hopefully this is accurate, and that others do the same asap

[F6_Turbo]

[akabir77]

well according to this news DG has cleared all its foreign cricketers payments... so he admits that he haven't cleared coaching stuffs payment... and idiot press guy doesn't even ask him that what about coaches and desi players?

http://www.bangladesherkhela.com/ind...editionID=1677

[Dilscoop]

I can assure you, this will NOT happen in MLC >>

[akabir77]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
I can assure you, this will NOT happen in MLC >>

what is MLC?