"These regulations are [there] in order to run the President's Trophy and Cup Grade-I events in a more professional manner after reviewing the last iteration of both events." A representative from WAPDA told Cricinfo that the department wanted a revision to the increase in the participation fee. But a PCB official said that WAPDA and Sahir Associates were spooked by the board's decision to supervise players' contracts, salaries, and match fees. It is understood KRL also wanted to pull out and had informed their players about the same, citing a hike in the participation fee. OGDCL were supposed to play in the President's Trophy Grade 2 (gold) after finishing at the bottom in the first-class President's Trophy last season and Kingsmen Academy had missed out on promotion after losing to MIT Solutions in the final.