CoA to approach Apex Court on VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly's conflict of interest issue

Keeping the Lodha reforms in mind, BCCI ombudsman Justice DK Jain ruled that Laxman and Ganguly will have to choose one of the multiples roles they have in the BCCI at the moment, but let Sachin Tendulkar off the radar after the latter decided not to essay his role as a CoA member until he was given a term of reference. Now, after seeing no clarity being emerged on the contentious issue, the Committee of Administrators (COA) decided to approach the apex court of the land. 

"It has been decided to approach the court to have some clarity. It is becoming increasingly difficult to define conflict of interest. While Justice Jain has simply gone by what is there in the BCCI constitution (one person one post), not allowing former players to commentate is a tad unfair on them," a senior BCCI official, who was part of the meeting, told PTI.

"Taking the example of Laxman and Ganguly who may be required for CAC commitments only once or twice a year, they should not miss out on other assignments like commentary because of that," the official added.

However, another official has added that it is clearly stated in the BCCI constitution that one can’t hold two positions in the BCCI, but asking the cricketers to step down from their commentary role is hard.

"As per the reformed BCCI constitution, it is pretty clear that you can't hold more than one post at the same time. So Justice Jain has gone by that and made the right decision. At the same time, not allowing former players with multiple roles to do commentary is also hard.

"Mark Waugh was an Australian selector, yet he used to commentate. Where does conflict of interest begin and end? It is pretty difficult to define," said the official.