hyderabad the united states of america cricket association usaca and philadelphiabased real estate firm global sports ventures gsv have announced a multiyear multimillion deal for a professional cricket league in usa usaca president gladstone dainty and gsv president and chief executive jignesh jay pandya announced the deal to the tune of 70 million in new york citythis partnership is expected to boost cricket in usa after a few failed initiatives it will fund the grassroots local coaches umpires leagues academies and school system and pay them through cascade funding programmes instead of beefy membership duesthe deal also means usa joins the list of icc members to have executed such a professional league and make cricketers full time professionals in the continent this deal with global sports ventures is exciting for the players in the sense that this deal allows us to make our players full time cricketers cricket in the united states because of viewership and interest in immigration pattern etc is going through the process of the commercialization with that type of incentive i am sure we will reach the top so the players can look forward men and women to professional contracts dainty saidthis multiyear multimilliondollar licensing agreement will change the way the sport is played followed watched and administered were excited to provide for the first time ever annual contracts to our players he addedwe are very happy and committed to growing and supporting the development of cricket in united states we are putting 70 million towards this first step in growing the sport in us the professional sports landscape is a notoriously tough market to break into but were confident in the strength of the consumer demand in the us pandya saidwith the iccs continuous support and parallel mission to grow cricket in the united states american athletes will have an opportunity to compete on national and international levels this licensing agreement allows us to help grow the worlds second most popular sport right here in our own backyard pandya added