The Lodha committee recommendations are still in process to be applied in all areas, the conflict of interest is one of them and it is making some noise as few former players and officials have to give up income, and positions from other sources.
The latest conflict of interest has come up with BCCI’s commentators, whether they are entitled to write sponsored columns and to participate in sponsored award programmes.
If those cases arise in a conflict of interest according to the Lodha committee recommendations, former players like Gavaskar, Murali Karthik, and Sanjay Manjrekar, alongside Cricket expert Harsha Bhogle, have to give up their additional income sources.
“The contracts between the BCCI and its commentators should be examined to see if they permitted BCCI commentators to 1) write sponsored columns for newspapers, and or 2) participate in sponsored awards/ rating programmes,'said a Top BCCI official.
Referring to that merry conflict of interest a Top BCCI official pointed out a similar case, where a physiotherapist with the Indian women's team had to quit her job because her brother is an official with a state association.
“As per the Lodha Committee guidelines on conflict of interest, those employed with the BCCI can't have another source of income. We've become very strict with conflict of interest issues - recently, a physiotherapist with the Indian women's team had to quit her job because her brother is an official with a state association. The CoA will have a look at their contracts, but the final call on this issue will be taken by a Supreme Court-appointed Ombudsman, as and when he's appointed by the apex court," a top BCCI official said on Sunday as per quoted by TOI.
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