St John’s, Antigua – In response to an article in the Trinidad Guardian today, August 6th, the WICB wishes to clarify the issues which have not been factually presented in the article:
1. It is the WICB which is paid a Participation Fee by the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) of US$500 000. This Participation Fee is for the WICB to nominate a team from the West Indies to participate in the Airtel Champions League.
2. The WICB incurred costs of just over US$2million in staging the recently concluded Caribbean Twenty20 2010 Tournament.
3. Having borne such a significant cost to stage the Caribbean Twenty20 2010 Tournament – from which the winner was nominated to participate in the Airtel Champions League – the WICB has decided to retain one third of the US$500,000 to help in offsetting costs for hosting the Caribbean Twenty20 2010 Tournament.
4. The WICB will give the remaining two thirds to the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) as a result of the Guyana team emerging winner of the Caribbean Twenty20 2010 Tournament and being nominated to represent the West Indies in the Airtel Champions League.
5. It is for the GCB and the Guyana players or their representative to agree how this two thirds of the Participation Fee is shared.
6. The WICB understands that the actual issues in dispute regard the request by WIPA to engage in negotiations with the GCB:
i) with WIPA as agent for the players on matters pertaining to the sharing of the GCB’s share of the Participation Fee and prize monies and
ii) with WIPA as agent for West Indies Player Management Company Limited (WIPMACOL) on matters pertaining to players’ image rights.
7. Neither the WICB nor the GCB can negotiate use of players’ image rights for the Airtel Champions League. This is the exclusive purview of the CLT20. Any players’ image rights negotiations WIPA as agent for WIPMACOL wishes to engage in on behalf of the Guyana players must be done directly with CLT20. The WICB wishes to make it clear that with regard to the Airtel Champions League it has no involvement where the exploitation of players’ image rights are concerned. Further the CLT20 has clearly indicated that issues relating to exploitation of players’ image rights are not for WICB or GCB.
8. The WICB did not and cannot negotiate with WIPA on any issue pertaining to the Guyana team’s participation in the Airtel Champions League as the team participating is not the West Indies Cricket Team.
9. Any prize monies earned from the Airtel Champions League by the Guyana team will be paid directly to the GCB by CLT20 and WICB has no part in this.
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