Aidan11 wrote:
I wondered where the winning bidder's money went in theses auctions. Wasn't sure if it was the player or the BCCI. What happens if the player isn't happy with the bid? Or do they have a minimum they are prepared to play for? Also what happens to a player who isn't sold? Do they try for less money or do they just have to accept the IPL doesn't want them?
The player is selling himself for base price, so if someone bids for him even at base price he becomes part of the franchisee who bids for him. He has no option to say i wont sell at even base price. Neither can the bidders offer less than base price nor can the player under sell themselves. If he says i am available to sell then he has to get sold if someone buy. He cant say no to franchisee once he is bought.
Players who are not sold are put up again next day. Then second round happens, some more get bought. Then on that day itself auctioneer discusses with franchise bidders which pool they want to bid, eg international unsold, national unsold etc. For eg Ross taylor who was unsold on first day last year got unsold in second lot as well, then in discussions auctioneer asked if any franchisee want to bid for any particular players. the they took few names in auction pool as per discussion and Ross Taylor got sold in that lot at base price.[/quote]
Thanks for explaining that adi.
It's certainly a unique way of signing players but it seems to work. I can't see something like that happening over here.[/quote]
It is not perfect because imo Ronchi should have been sold in this form. It does not means Ronchi is a bad player at the moment, but the foreign spots are fixed and why waste lot i they are not going to play. Most IPL winnings teams have 3 sure starters foreign players. Like international teams, foreign players have sealed spots in IPL teams and it is difficult for foreignors to remove those well settled foreign players which also might disrupt the team combo. So it becomes pointless to buy Maxwell when Mumbai already have Corey and Pollard and the backup foreign all rounder who will get only one or two matches. Why waste so much money for one match, better to buy local top quality player who will play more matches and give better returns fro money spent.
Alex Hales was someone Mumbai could have looked once Mussey was out last year but his form was disastrous in ODI and Big Bash. So better to go for in form Finch who also is a a one or two or 4 overs bowler given his bowling form in that match. In Rohits injury he can captain as well. Plus now 3 years of IPL experience. Apart from such things other franchises have other factors to look at to not select quality T20 players. So many will miss. There cannot be a perfect system with so many consideration for franchisees. Still franchisees have very good foreign players.
There is a lot of flexibility offered by auctioneer in round table discussion after second round of bidding gets over. Actually the retaining concept covers 80% of players they want, so two auctions are more than enough. Plus they have the flexible lot category. Franchisees in fact cannot complain apart from the budget limitation aspect in the auctions.
What surprises me is England had T20 (Friend Life) since many years before or whatever it was called when it started. ECB failed to market it. BCCI used same format but marketed it well in first year itself. Aussies tarted Big Bash and they made it bigger than Friends Life in just 2 years. But Friends Life is standing where it was. No marketing, they just change names of teams. What about broadcasting globally or on U Tube like IPL. No good marketing strategies just name changing wont help.
Test FL's - 8 , ODI and Tests Combo FL's - 1, ODI World Cup - 1, ODI FL's - 7, ODI and T20i combo FL's - 1 ,
T20 Franchisee FL's - 7, T20i Cup FL's- 1, T20 FL's- 5 , 50 Overs Domestic FL's - 1, 40 Overs Domestic FL's- 1