National Sports Centre chairman Sean Tucker believes that the Bermuda Cricket Board’s newly-created Elite Player League could still be held at the facility.The BCB had pulled out of using the venue because they decided, in the new economic climate, it was too costly to –do so.While Tucker said the Board of Trustees couldn’t allow the facility to be used for free, he was hoping the two sides could find a solution.“We’re trying to work with the cricket board to give them the best price that we can,” said Tucker. “The problem is that we operate on a different model than the Workman’s clubs do. The –majority of their staff, or all of their staff are mainly volunteers. Our staff are paid employees, so if they have to come in on a Saturday they expect to be paid time and a half.“If they are in from 8am to 7pm, with three members of staff, someone has to cover that (cost), we can’t be expected to pay that out of pocket otherwise we’d be supplementing the league and we don’t have the resources to do that.“We want to make sure that our costs are covered, and our out of pocket expenses, at the very least, are covered.“So that’s what we are working towards, we are trying to come up with the best proposal that we can. If we can meet somewhere in the middle then we’ll be good to go.”Tucker spoke to BCB vice president Allen Richardson yesterday, and said he hoped the two sides might be able to come to an agreement by the end of the week.“We’re not being difficult, we’re not trying to be expensive, because we’d like to have them there.“We’re not a Government department, we’re a QUANGO, we’re a board that operates independently, and if we were to pay them out of our pocket it wouldn’t make sense.“I spoke to Allen Richardson today (Wednesday) and I hope to have the figures that we can work with by the end of the day so that we can come up with a solution soon.“We want to have them there, Trevor (Madeiros - head groundsman) has put in a lot of time over the past few months trying to get the wicket ready for this, and some cricket is better than no cricket at all. They just have to figure out how they can pay for it.“I hope we can meet in the middle, and I don’t think we are that far apart that we can’t come up with a solution. We can’t do it for free, but we are certainly willing to negotiate.”The Board were reportedly being asked for roughly $1300 a day to use the facility, and with seven days of cricket scheduled over six weeks, that –translated into a sizeable sum for a –governing body that has lost nearly $1m in funding already this year.Originally scheduled to start last weekend with double-headers on –Saturday and Sunday, the opening games were postponned by injuries and work commitments.The first matches are now due to take place on Saturday, May 21, and could yet be held at the National Sports Centre.