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‘Not Aligned’: ACA Rejects BBL Plan
Union CEO Paul Marsh says the current Cricket Australia proposal leaves player revenue share and pay unchanged.
- The Australian Cricketers' Association halted Big Bash League privatisation on Sunday, pledging to reject Cricket Australia's current plan without an improved player deal. Union CEO Paul Marsh confirmed the position in an update to members.
- On Monday, June 15, 2026, Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird convenes with state chairs in Melbourne to determine the BBL's immediate future, though the ACA's resistance complicates the restructuring agenda. A vote on proceeding to the next privatisation phase was scheduled.
- Cricket Victoria motioned to sell 100 per cent of the Melbourne Renegades under a proposed 'self-determination model,' where states would retain 51 per cent of proceeds while CA receives 49 per cent, provided CA covers salary cap increases until 2031.
- Marsh contended the current Memorandum of Understanding fails to improve player revenue shares or address salary increases for all cohorts. Without a better offer, he said the ACA cannot support privatisation, which CA views as essential for diversifying income.
- Media rights expert Colin Smith noted that growing the BBL salary cap is crucial to retaining talent and attracting better media rights value when the current deal expires in 2031. Without such growth, Smith warned, Australian cricket faces a considerable rights fee downturn.
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