KUMBLE PITCHED FOR RADICAL PAY HIKES
New Delhi, June 23: Remunerations dominated former India coach Anil Kumble’s 19-page proposal on restructuring of contracts to the BCCI in which he had demanded that the “chief coach should earn 60 percent of the captain’s estimated earnings”.
The document also supported national coaches “earning from IPL” to “augment their income” without specifying whether it amounts to ‘Conflict of Interest’.
He had also suggested that 20 per cent of the players’ Central Contracts should be variable pay based on their “fitness standards”.
The PTI has access to Kumble’s presentation, which he submitted at the Committee Of Administrators’ behest during the final of the IPL on May 21.
Titled ‘Restructuring of Remuneration And Contracts of Personnel Of The Indian Cricket Team’, Kumble, on Page 12 of the document, proposed a hike for the support staff.
Under Point No 10 ‘The Suggested Change: Enablers’, the former skipper had given a four-column tabulation chart.
‘Enablers’ is a terminology Kumble used for the team’s support staff.
While suggesting a hike of `7.5 crore from the ‘current’ `6.5 crore, Kumble in the ‘Remarks’ column wrote: “At 60 per cent of Captains’ estimated earnings’. Eligible for 30 percent of his salary as variable bonus on team performance”.
Kumble’s proposal is an indicator that whenever Virat Kohli would have earned more from the BCCI, his own earnings would have gone up proportionately.
The chart also suggested that Sanjay Bangar’s salary be hiked from current `1 crore to `2.25 crore while R Sridhar should get `1.75 crore instead of the current `1 crore with “retrospective effect” from June 1, 2016.
However, something that has caught the attention of BCCI mandarins is his suggestion of national coaches “earning from IPL”.
Interestingly, former COA member Ramachandra Guha, in his parting shot, had written about national coaches “moonlighting” for IPL teams which he termed as a clear case of Conflict of Interest.