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BPL-FICA battle rages on

Sports Reporter
The war of words between the Bangladesh Premier League and Federation of International Cricketers Association continued when CEO Tim May blasted BPL chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain's suggestions of FICA forging a "hate campaign" against the Twenty20 competition.
Ashraf had told The Daily Star on Thursday that FICA wants to sully the BPL's name and the outstanding player payment figure it stated in a media release on Wednesday -- $600,000 was just part of their imagination.
May however denied the allegations, saying, "I have noted that the chairman of the BPL has come out with some words to the effect that only an amount of $70k is owed to players from the inaugural BPL event. He also alleges that FICA has some plot to destroy the event," he said.
"This is a total nonsense and a shallow and deliberate action of BPL to take attention away from a BPL administration that is clearly either out of its depth or completely oblivious to the facts of the situation. FICA's sole objective is to ensure BPL and fran-
chises act in accordance with the agreements that they have entered.
"Under those Agreements, the franchises and the BCB (in its capacity as guarantor of player payments) owe a number of players, both foreign and domestic hundreds of thousands of dollars
"We are not politically motivated — Bangladesh players are members of FICA — and a well-run BPL is obviously of benefit to all, particularly Bangladesh players. Why on earth would we mount a campaign that will work against our members' interests?" he added.
According to May, the blame clearly lies with BPL and the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
"Our simple obligation to players is to ensure that they are paid as their employment contracts state and to provide advice going forward to players as to the relative risks entering into various events, whether those risks be financial, safety or corruption.
"We make such recommendations free of fear, favour or discrimination. FICA, players and their managers, have tried for months to work with the franchises, BPL and BCB to address this matter. Players and their managers simply have got tired of the endless string of broken promises and excuses provided by these administrators.
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"The irrefutable fact is that hundreds of thousands of dollars are still owed to overseas players and hundreds of thousands more to local players. Any actions that are contributing to the downfall of the BPL are solely those actions of some of the franchise owners, BPL and BCB," he said.