Lancashire League Handbook 2024

LCL Handbook 2024 34 (hereinafter called“a Professional Agreement.”) 1.3. Every Professional Agreement shall be submitted by 28th February before the start of the following season, or if signed later within 28 days of the signing thereof to the League Secretary. Knowledge of any part of the Agreement shall be confined to the Chairman and Secretary unless they decide that the interests of the League require that any part of the Agreement should be laid before the League Committee. 1.4. The total remuneration payable by a Club under any Professional Agreement shall be expressed as a fixed and pre-determined sum payable to the professional and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing but for the avoidance of doubt unless it is contained in the Professional Agreement no payment of any kind shall be paid to the professional (either by the Club or directly or indirectly by any third party including but not limited to third parties acting on behalf of the Club or on behalf of the player) by way of:- (a) any capital sum in consideration of them signing the Professional Agreement; (b) any bonus or other payment dependent upon results or performance of the Club; (c) any commission on attendance or admission payments to matches in which the Club (or any member of the Club) is engaged or is in any way involved in the production or organisation (either directly or indirectly) thereof; (d) any benefit or similarly organised event or series of events whether it or they be cricket matches or any other function whatsoever; (e) any similar or like payment or benefit in kind. 1.5. Every Professional Agreement shall incorporate clauses in the following terms or in terms certain to have the effect of the following clauses:- (a) Cricket League, a copy of which the professional hereby acknowledges they have received, and in particular to submit themselves to the authority of the Lancashire League Committee in regard to their conduct, whether on or off the field of play, during the continuance of this Agreement. (b) If for any reason the professional shall be forbidden by the Lancashire League Committee from playing in any match promoted and/or organised by the Lancashire Cricket League, this Agreement shall forthwith be determined and the professional shall have no claim arising out of such termination whatsoever against the Club save in regard to any remuneration payable hereunder in respect of a period or periods preceding the determination. (c) The professional agrees to play for and represent the Club in every cricket match in which it is engaged during the season and which is