"The value of the cricketer has just increased through what is happening in the IPL," Morris told BBC Sport.
"It's perfectly natural for the PCA to want our members to take advantage of that - it's a unique opportunity."
Morris was replying to comments made earlier by Giles Clarke, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
"We are not interested in people playing in the IPL," Clarke said, before adding that he would not change the domestic calendar to suit the Indian league.
The ECB supremo also said he was "not getting any pressure" from players eager to sign up for an IPL franchise.
IPL chairman Lalit Modi, however, told BBC Sport that England's top players are keen to feature in the lucrative Twenty20 series.
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And he said he would be happy to move his season forward to accommodate England's big names, who would all be attractive to IPL teams.
The billion-dollar competition, which has attracted players from every leading cricket nation apart from England, runs from 18 April to 1 June, clashing with the English season.
Any English cricketer wishing to compete in the IPL, or any other overseas league, requires ECB approval.
So far, Hampshire all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas, who has played one-day and Twenty20 cricket for England, is the only Englishman to sign up for the league.
But on Thursday, New Zealand allowed five players, including skipper Daniel Vettori, to miss the start of their tour of England so they can play in the IPL.
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Modi believes England players are also keen on the IPL, and vice-versa.
"I know a lot of them are interested but we don't want to conflict with the English season," said Modi, who is also vice-president of the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India.
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