IPL cricketers not paid enough, says FICA chief

Ipl cricketers not paid enough, says fica chief0

The chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), Tom Moffat, has issued a call for players in the Indian Premier League to be “paid fairly and proportionately.” This comes amid growing complaints that cricketers are given a far smaller amount of income than athletes in other major sports.

At least half of the money is distributed to the players in the form of pay in the majority of the best athletic leagues throughout the world. In the Premier League, which is England’s highest level of football competition, players receive 71% of the money generated by the league. The National Basketball Association (NBA) of the United States pays its players wages equal to fifty percent of the league’s total earnings. However, in the Indian Premier League (IPL), players only receive 18% of the revenue that their teams earn.

“Players love playing in the IPL but there’s no doubt that overall player payments are well behind other analogous sporting leagues,” Moffat said in an interview with Telegraph Sport. “If you look at it comparatively, as a percentage of overall revenue that the league generates, there’s no question that overall player payments are well behind.” “The Indian Premier League has revolutionized the game, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India has done an outstanding job. It’s one of the premier athletic tournaments in the world, and that’s reflected in the value that it creates every game.

“We look forward to continuing to see the IPL and WPL be successful as well as players being paid fairly and proportionately…”

The Federation of International Cricket Associations (FICA) is a global cricketers’ player union that is connected with players’ unions from seven of the 12 full member nations. These nations include England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the West Indies.

However, there is no players’ union in India, which is regarded as a significant barrier for players who are advocating for a greater share of the revenue generated by the IPL.

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