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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: commitment
24 Mar 2025 Acquired Indian Premier League Cricket
“The IPL team owners are starting to own or have partnerships with the other T20 leagues that are popping up. So it’s very easy for them to be like, you guys shouldn’t allow a players’ union and we won’t allow a players’ union.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Claim type
- commitment
- Recorded
- 24 Mar 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket
Transcript context
…Or indirectly the IPL because the BCCI sets the salary cap or the auction per size. Then there’s the fourth thing, which is, okay cool, there are these other leagues popping up. There’s South Africa, there’s the US. The IPL team owners are starting to own or have partnerships with the other T20 leagues that are popping up. So it’s very easy for them to be like, you guys shouldn’t allow a players’ union and we won’t allow a players’ union. Okay, great. You guys shouldn’t pay higher salaries. We also won’t pay higher salaries. Okay, great. This happens at the international governing body level anyway. The effective state of play right now, they are all effectively serfs to the BCCI and the IPL.…
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