"It was obviously a really long winded process to recover money owed to players taking a legal route" Gillespie said on Thursday (June 23). "We are grateful for FICA's support on this, and it demonstrates the benefit of players banding together under a global body that exists to benefit players around the world."
Following the ICL's failure to pay the amount that was owed to the players who played the tournament in 2009, a legal process was initiated in India with the assistance of FICA and it took a little more than five years to get resolved.
"We believe the complexity and length of this legal case, which was a basic breach of contract issue, highlights the need for a collective solution and contract enforcement mechanism in cricket, such as a global grievance arbitration body," FICA Executive Chairman Tony Irish said following the outcome.
"We have seen this work effectively in other sports. The global cricket structure should be underpinned by mutual respect of contract by players and administrators/event organisers alike. It is also important that we continue to shine a light on situations in which player contracts are not honoured. Basic protections should be afforded to players, and the whole game can benefit by having an efficient global system that works."
The ICL was a private T20 league funded by Zee Enterprises Limited that operated between 2007 and 2009. A precursor to the now-popular Indian Premier League, the ICL was disbanded after not receiving BCCI's recognition with all its Indian players granted amnesty.
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