'Minor Cricket League' for Bangladesh

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BCB should introduce ‘National Minor Cricket League’ as a hierarchy of professional National Cricket League. ‘Minor League’ cricket, can be an umbrella organization for leagues that have agreements to operate as affiliates of National Cricket League which will directly affiliated with (and can be named after) one National league team through a standardized Player Development Contract that compete at levels below that of National League. The minor league teams will be directly owned by their National league parent club.

More so the National League teams can introduce 40-man roaster with 25 in reserve list eligible to play the National League and remaining 15 in disable list or play at level of minor league. The minor league players will work at the lower end of Natioanl league pay scales and will be covered by all rules and player agreements of the players association. They will generally work for far less pay as they develop their skills and work their way up the ladder toward the National leagues. Many players may have signing bonuses and other additional compensation although that will be generally reserved for early round draft picks.

On maturity Minor League Cricket can also introduce other teams which are not affitiate with any National Cricket League teams. These teams can work their way up with their standard of cricket to the Natioanl Cricket League if eligable by BCB; increasing the teams playing in National league.

The main purpose of the system is to develop players available to play in the National leagues on demand. And that will open up a development pipeline of talents.