The ongoing saga involving the Dhaka Premier League has blatantly exposed the incapability of the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh as it failed to serve the interest
\nof the players and lost the confidence of its senior members.
\nThe multiple roles of senior officials, a lack of self-respect and unity turns it to an irrelevant organisation during any crisis, prompting national captain Mushfiqur Rahim to invite the cricketers separately in a recent meeting to push for their demands.
\nMushfiq later met Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan to state their reservations about the grading system, a move which was expected to be taken by CWAB, an organisation of which every cricketer of the country \u2013 current and former \u2013 is a member.
\nThe move made it evident some players\u2019 lack of confidence on CWAB, which in the past also fell short in playing a significant role.
\nThe players alleged that some of the CWAB officials have many roles to play which often creates a conflict of interest preventing them to serve the players properly.
\nCWAB\u2019s long-standing president Naimur Rahman is currently a member of the BCB\u2019s ad-hoc committee and also the president of Dhaka Premier League club Cricket Coaching School.
\nThe BCB and the respective clubs are the two other parties involved in the crisis and Naimur has a significant role to carry out.
\nThe players admitted the many tasks assigned to Naimur undermine his role as CWAB president and in the process he lost his bargaining power which in turn made them suffer.
\nCWAB\u2019s vice-president Khaled Mahmud is no different in this case. Apart from being the vice-president of CWAB, he is also a member of the BCB and a top official of DPL club Prime Bank.
\nBoth Naimur and Mahmud however brushed aside the suggestions of their multiple roles generating problems while representing CWAB.
\n\u2018It depends on an individual and how he handles it,\u2019 Naimur told New Age. \u2018I always tried to serve the interest of the players. Even after joining the ad-hoc committee, I wanted to ensure the welfare of the players,\u2019 said Naimur.
\nNaimur also defended his role as club president saying everyone in the BCB is associated with one role or the other and it should not be any hindrance.
\n\u2018It won\u2019t make me any less of a cricketer no matter if I am a president of a club or not,\u2019 said Naimur. \u2018First of all, I am a cricketer and I will always try to maintain the status,\u2019 he added.
\nMahmud echoed the same view stressing that he always spoke for cricketers whenever he attended any meeting as CWAB vice-president.
\n\u2018When I attend a meeting as a CWAB official, I always speak for the players. Similarly, when I go there as a club official I try to serve my club\u2019s interest. I don\u2019t see any problem in multiple roles,\u2019 he said.
\nIt is however not for the first time that an issue of a conflict in interest has plagued CWAB. In 2009, when CWAB demanded a raise in match fee of the players in the National Cricket League, they faced strong opposition from their very own Gazi Ashraf Hossain, the then chairman of the tournament committee.
\nAshraf was their councillor in the BCB but he had no choice but to serve the board first and as a result, CWAB lost its strength to fight. The then BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal branded CWAB as a collective bargaining agency and refused to pay any heed to their demands.
\nHe was not even willing to recognise the body despite them having a direct representative in the BCB. CWAB had to accept defeat in their first serious movement and till date they could not overcome the defeatist attitude.
\nCWAB general secretary Debabrata Paul later accepted a position of member secretary in the tournament committee while its president Naimur is the chairman of this vital committee, which often deals with the players.
\nCWAB also failed in its quest to protect the interest of the players in the Bangladesh Premier League, though it acted together with its parent body Federation of International Cricketers Associations, an organisation still unrecognised in Bangladesh.
\nFICA succeeded in guaranteeing the payment of most of the overseas players but CWAB, which was expected to play a more central role, largely failed in discharging their duty towards the local cricketers.<\/p>\n

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