The Previous Franchise Owners Can be Part of the New T20 League: CSA

Cricket South Africa (CSA) was forced to postpone their private Twenty20 league which they had planned to set up, last year.

Well, it had to be postponed due to a series of events. The major reason is the lack of sponsors for the tournament. The project hasn’t been being backed by any sponsors which have halted the progress.

The teams of the tournament were sold to prominent names from the T20 Leagues across the world. It also includes some of the Indian Premier League (IPL) owners.

However, the team owners are now threatening to take legal action against the board as they have ought to start a new league.

Meanwhile, South Africa Cricket has given a suggestion to the franchises. They have told them that they can be part of the new tournament as well.

After the tournament was postponed for a year, they struck a deal with broadcasting giant Supersport. The tournament is slated to be held in November 2018.

In addition. the T20 global was also scheduled to be held at the same time.

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Furthermore, Franchise owners are willing to be part of the newly proposed tournament.

After the emergence of the news, the board officials of CSA said that they are happy to know the fact that the franchise owners want to be part of the new league.

“The fact that they want to be part of it is an encouraging response, and this confirms that they believe, as we indeed do, that our new T20 is a good product that compares with the best international standards,” acting chief executive Thabang Moroe was quoted as saying in the press release.

 

“At the same time, it is essential that we follow the process in the development of our T20 strategy which in the first place required us to resolve the outstanding issues from last year,” he added .

 

“As has been well documented, the key to the postponement was the inability to secure key stakeholders and revenue streams. We have now secured a broadcasting equity partner and are currently engaging potential sponsors. Once those parties are secured as a collective the business plan will be finalised. We will then be in a position to clarify what we can propose and offer to other stakeholders,” Moroe concluded.

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