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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly endorsing fantasy gaming platform My11Circle doesn’t concern its direct rivals and the board’s official sponsors Dream11, the corporate’s co-founder Harsh Jain mentioned on Tuesday. Two days earlier than the board’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), there are talks about members planning to ask Ganguly to come back clear on the problem of him endorsing a model that’s the sponsors’ competitor. “We will not be involved about Sourav Ganguly‘s private endorsements. This is BCCI’s inner matter and I’ve no additional touch upon this challenge,” Jain, who can also be the corporate’s chief government officer, instructed PTI.
PTI has additionally learnt from JSW Group sources that opposite to some experiences, the previous India captain is now not part of the steel-making firm’s board, having relinquished the position after taking over BCCI presidency.
JSW Group co-owns IPL franchise Delhi Capitals. “Sourav had declined endorsement offers from Tata motors and BYJUs as both were BCCI sponsors. So where does the question of conflict arise,” a senior BCCI official mentioned.
Asked if Ganguly could be cornered on the assembly, he laughed and cited an instance. “At the height of the (IPL) fixing scandal in 2013 after N Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on allegations of his involvement in spot-fixing, before every meeting the media used to write that Srinivasan would be cornered but I can tell you nothing of that sort happened,” he mentioned.
“So why don’t we wait till the meeting gets over?”
Sports lawyer Vidushpat Singhania additionally does not see any case of battle in Ganguly’s endorsements. “If the BCCI’s sponsors had put a clause that none of the office bearers can be part of any rival company on individual capacity then the case of conflict arises. In this case, I don’t think Dream11 got that clause in contract. So then there is nothing wrong,” Singhania mentioned.
According to the BCCI guidelines, “Any Administrator or their near relatives should not be associated with any company/organisation that has entered into a commercial agreement with the BCCI.
“Association shall not imply any close to relative who’s working as a daily worker of the corporate/organisation. However, this won’t apply to the smallholding of shares in a public restricted firm.”
The administrator cannot draw any financial benefits from the BCCI.
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“An administrator shall not draw any monetary advantages from the BCCI besides as per the TA and DA guidelines for BCCI, ICC, ACC conferences or conferences with international boards, and any retirement profit he/she could also be entitled for as a former cricketer/umpire or another capability or such different bills which may be incurred in finishing up his/her duties.
“An administrator or his near relative shall not be associated with a player management company or a player agent in any form either honorary or paid.”
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