WELLINGTON, Oct 12: The chief of the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association has expressed the Indian Premier League (IPL) deals reportedly signed by Daniel Vettori and Scott Styris as “the worst contracts I’ve seen in professional sport”.

Heath Mills, the association’s manager, said Styris had signed the deal but he was unsure if Vettori had committed.

Mills said the IPL and the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had pressured the players to accept the lucrative three-year deals or the offers would be withdrawn.

“We recommended they didn’t sign the contract put in front of them and I’m not sure Daniel has signed,” Mills told the Dominion Post. “The contracts put in front of the players are the worst contract I’ve seen in professional sport.

“Players around the world have been signing it and they have no idea what they are signing away. It does not stipulate the rights they are giving away to Indian cricket. I’m concerned our guys signing it will put them in breach of their NZC contracts.—Agencies