Plans afoot for franchise hockey league
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) has decided in principle to introduce a franchise-based hockey league in the country following a proposal from T-Sports, the first and only sports-exclusive satellite television channel.
"A few days back, an event management group of T-Sports proposed to us to hold a franchise-based hockey league with participation of six to eight teams. Today's executive committee meeting decided in principle to arrange it with the hope of getting back on the turf again," BHF general secretary Mohammad Yousuf said after a marathon meeting at the Falcon Hall in Tejgaon yesterday.
"After today's meeting, we will discuss with T-Sports every detail of the proposal, including how franchises and sponsors will be managed," Yousuf said. "We also gave our nod to the franchise-based league because a similar league is taking place in neighbouring India and the introduction of this tournament will add a new tournament in our calendar." However, the meeting could not take any concrete decision regarding the Premier Division League, which has not taken place in the last three years.
The BHF general secretary added that they have agreed to host India's junior squad for a six-match series.
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