'Premier League to start as scheduled'
The tenth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League will kick off on July 28 as previously announced, claimed chairman of PFLC Abdus Salam Murshedy after an emergency meeting at the BFF House yesterday.
Murshedy said that the league will start on time and definitely with a title sponsor finalised. “The emergency meeting was called in regards to settling the schedule and other issues of the league. There is no reason for the league to be deferred. We can say that we will start the league on July 28 and there will be a title sponsor for the league.”
There were whispers going around that the start of the league, which was originally scheduled for June 12, may defer yet again after the marketing rights holders, Saif Global Sports, sent a letter to the game's governing body raising their concern over a few issues including not getting title sponsors for the event. Murshedy, however, brushed aside such concerns. “We did receive a letter from the official marketing rights holders and discussed about it. All we can say is that the league is going to start on time, whether with old sponsors or new ones, we can't yet say.
“There has never been a case where the league started without a title sponsors no matter how small or big the sponsors were. It won't happen this time either. We will unveil the sponsors before the start of the league and will complete other formalities,” the BFF's senior vice-president added.
There has, however, been no schedule or format of the league released by the game's governing body as yet.
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