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by **Gihan Perer** » Mon, 12 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Today's Sunday Times (London) has an article about the World Cup,
including this about the way the profits are split:

"When the three countries were first awarded the World Cup four
years ago only Pakistan and India were guaranteed a share of
the tournament's profits, which are expected to be in the region
of 25m [25 million pounds sterling, in case your screen doesn't
display the pound symbol].

Sri Lanka were told they could simply keep the profits from the
four matches they were staging."

Anybody know the background to this? Why do India and Pakistan get
the lion's share of the profits? Is it because they invested a lot
more, are hosting most of the games, or what? Did Sri Lanka get a
choice?

Just curious ...

Thanx
Gihan

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by **N_Bakay** » Tue, 13 Feb 1996 04:00:00

SLanaka has ***ed up, almost cost India and Pakistan the world cup and
now u are asking why they dont get any profits?
The lankans are lucky they are getting to host, they are however getting
ticket receipts for the matches played in Lanka.
And that my friend is more than enough for the Banana Republic!

by **N_Bakay** » Tue, 13 Feb 1996 04:00:00

SLanaka has ***ed up, almost cost India and Pakistan the world cup and
now u are asking why they dont get any profits?
The lankans are lucky they are getting to host, they are however getting
ticket receipts for the matches played in Lanka.
And that my friend is more than enough for the Banana Republic!

by **N_Bakay** » Tue, 13 Feb 1996 04:00:00

SLanaka has ***ed up, almost cost India and Pakistan the world cup and
now u are asking why they dont get any profits?
The lankans are lucky they are getting to host, they are however getting
ticket receipts for the matches played in Lanka.
And that my friend is more than enough for the Banana Republic!

by **Ashley Hera** » Wed, 14 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Quote:

>Subject: Re: Splitting the World Cup profits
>Date: 12 Feb 1996 11:24:59 GMT

SL didn't *** up, it's the Tamil terrorists organisation that is trying to
*** up.

Quote:

>SLanaka has ***ed up, almost cost India and Pakistan the world cup

and >now u are asking why they dont get any profits?

Quote:

>The lankans are lucky they are getting to host, they are however getting
>ticket receipts for the matches played in Lanka.
>And that my friend is more than enough for the Banana Republic!

by **Imran Rafiq** » Sun, 18 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Quote:

>Today's Sunday Times (London) has an article about the World Cup,
>including this about the way the profits are split:
> "When the three countries were first awarded the World Cup four
> years ago only Pakistan and India were guaranteed a share of
> the tournament's profits, which are expected to be in the region
> of 25m [25 million pounds sterling, in case your screen doesn't
> display the pound symbol].
> Sri Lanka were told they could simply keep the profits from the
> four matches they were staging."
>Anybody know the background to this? Why do India and Pakistan get
>the lion's share of the profits? Is it because they invested a lot
>more, are hosting most of the games, or what? Did Sri Lanka get a
>choice?

Pakistan and India put up all the guarantee money for the World Cup, ie- they assumed all of the
financial risk for the tournament. This is why they are getting all the rewards. Sri Lanka are not
an equal partner with the other World Cup hosts. Basically, thats the reason.

Regards,
Imran.

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