Cooling-off period will deprive worthy administrators: BCCI tells SC

The BCCI on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the coolingoff period will deprive cricket of worthy administrators and the country cannot afford to lose experienced individuals who can take the sport to new heightsSolicitor General Tushar Mehta representing the BCCI submitted before a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli that as its constitution exists today there is a coolingoff period and if a person is an officebearer of state cricket association for one term and BCCI for one term then that person would have to go for coolingoffAs the bench queried Mehta that he was saying the coolingoff period will be only for two terms in the BCCI and tenure in state cricket association would not be considered the SG citing the proposed amendments in the constitution said the concern of the court that no one should be perennially in charge is taken care of and also the experience gathered at state association is not wastedRelook at 70plus criteriaOn the aspect of disqualification Mehta said there are several persons who have contributed to cricket but they are also working in furtherance of other gamesldquoI donrsquot want to take names but one of the finest cricketers is now doing tremendous service in golfrdquo he said adding that the restriction of 70 years should also go away regarding representation in ICCAlso ReadBCCI announce squads for ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022 Australia South Africa T20IsCiting the constitution the bench noted if a person is an officebearer of another sports association then that person should not be part of the cricket association ldquoIf you want to be in cricket then focus on cricketthe same person should not be there at more than one placerdquo it orally observed It also told Mehta 70 years is an old age though there are doctors and lawyers who are still doing well after 70 yearsAs Mehta said that the ICC has no age restriction the bench said ldquoDo not tell us that in Cricket Australia or ECB there are people over 70 yearsrdquoState and BCCI are differentOn the aspect of coolingoff period Mehta submitted the proposed amendment suggests that the term served at the state cricket association should not be considered for coolingoff period Mehta said both state cricket associations and BCCI have different sets of rules and regulationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeverPlay Quiz How well do you know about Chelsea Football Club