The BCCI-run Indian Premier League’s contracts have been dubbed as “the worst contracts in professional sport” by the head of the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association.
Heath Mills, the association’s manager, said Scott Styris had signed the deal but he was unsure if skipper Daniel Vettori had already committed.
Mills said the IPL and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had pressurised the players to accept the lucrative three-year deals or the offers would be withdrawn.
“We recommended they didn’t sign the contract put in front of them and I’m not sure Daniel has signed,” Mills was quoted as saying to the Dominion Post.
“The contracts put in front of the players are the worst contract I’ve seen in professional sport. Players around the world have been signing it and they have no idea what they are signing away. It does not stipulate the rights they are giving away to Indian cricket. I’m concerned our guys signing it will put them in breach of their NZC contracts.
“I don’t think it is a very good contract at all. It is a one and a half page document. Our contracts are 100 pages long and people are very aware of their obligations and restrictions.”
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