Cricket Board's affiliates want a reduction in the Rs 33 crore fee payable to the International Management Group for services rendered in conducting this year's Indian Premier League in South Africa,according to BCCI sources. "A fee reduction in the range of Rs 7 or 8 crore is what the members want," informed sources. The 25 associations affiliated to the Board are set to get Rs eight crore each as their share of the IPL spoils and apparently want an increase in this amount. The Board snapped ties with the IMG after the 2009 tournament with secretary N Srinivasan citing the charges payable as "disproportionate" to the services rendered by the sports management firm in his letter of termination. IMG's Senior Vice President Andrew Wildblood refuted Srinivasan's views in his reply to the Board and said the ten-year contract signed between the two parties in September 2007 was binding. The IPL's Governing Council met here yesterday and authorised BCCI President Shashank Manohar to resolve the issue with IMG and report to the Board's AGM on September 24.
