After much drama, BCCI has decided to shift the IPL to South Africa. They said that it’s the government’s attitude that forced them. There has been a huge debate that which side is at fault. Let’s see the two sides of the coin...
1. Government – has finally denied the security to IPL at many places due to elections. Well, one might argue that elections are more important than sports so govt is right in their decision. But there’s lot more to it than what meets the eyes..
a) Scheduling of IPL was known to govt a long time back, but why did the home minister raised doubt about it’s security only one day after the Lahore attack.
b) Most of the states which have refused to provide security for IPL are congress led states; is it a coincidence?
Well, the real issue is that congress is in the election mode. So after the Lahore terrorist attack they don’t want to risk any mishap at the time of election that too in a tournament that whole India will be watching! So it’s a losing proposition for govt and hence the denial of security. The bigger question here is that what kind of signal it sends to the world. We can’t provide enough security to an Indian Sports event when we are “hoping” to hold Commonwealth games next year??
2. On the other hand, BCCI is hell bent over organising the “Indian” Premier League, even if it has to happen in a non-Indian country!!!
What a shame! IPL is not just another international cricket tournament. It’s meant to be a concept more on the lines of “English Premier League” where Inter-city rivalry brings in the real interest and drama. People join clubs of their favourite team, go to the stadiums wearing shirts of their teams and cheer them up. Now we can have a situation where Delhi Daredevils could be playing in Johannesburg and rather than having enthusiast delhites screaming for them in the crowd, they will have some foreigners mocking at them. The very promise of the tournament that is being Indian is ignored at the outset. Have you ever heard English Premier League being held in India ??? For BCCI it’s huge money at play which it cannot risk, even if they have to hijack the event elsewhere.
I wonder if anybody has spared a thought for the Indian viewer who has made IPL a huge success. Well Mr Lalit Modi claims that they have “taken care” of his needs and kept the dates and timings of matches the same. Of course, how else they would justify the huge sum they are charging to the advertisers for the Primetime.
So no need to take the hassle of going to stadium this time to cheer for your favourite team. Just sit in front of the “idiot Box” and say “Chak De” . Cheers to BCCI for selling the Indian dream outside. Keep it up!!!
1. Government – has finally denied the security to IPL at many places due to elections. Well, one might argue that elections are more important than sports so govt is right in their decision. But there’s lot more to it than what meets the eyes..
a) Scheduling of IPL was known to govt a long time back, but why did the home minister raised doubt about it’s security only one day after the Lahore attack.
b) Most of the states which have refused to provide security for IPL are congress led states; is it a coincidence?
Well, the real issue is that congress is in the election mode. So after the Lahore terrorist attack they don’t want to risk any mishap at the time of election that too in a tournament that whole India will be watching! So it’s a losing proposition for govt and hence the denial of security. The bigger question here is that what kind of signal it sends to the world. We can’t provide enough security to an Indian Sports event when we are “hoping” to hold Commonwealth games next year??
2. On the other hand, BCCI is hell bent over organising the “Indian” Premier League, even if it has to happen in a non-Indian country!!!
What a shame! IPL is not just another international cricket tournament. It’s meant to be a concept more on the lines of “English Premier League” where Inter-city rivalry brings in the real interest and drama. People join clubs of their favourite team, go to the stadiums wearing shirts of their teams and cheer them up. Now we can have a situation where Delhi Daredevils could be playing in Johannesburg and rather than having enthusiast delhites screaming for them in the crowd, they will have some foreigners mocking at them. The very promise of the tournament that is being Indian is ignored at the outset. Have you ever heard English Premier League being held in India ??? For BCCI it’s huge money at play which it cannot risk, even if they have to hijack the event elsewhere.
I wonder if anybody has spared a thought for the Indian viewer who has made IPL a huge success. Well Mr Lalit Modi claims that they have “taken care” of his needs and kept the dates and timings of matches the same. Of course, how else they would justify the huge sum they are charging to the advertisers for the Primetime.
So no need to take the hassle of going to stadium this time to cheer for your favourite team. Just sit in front of the “idiot Box” and say “Chak De” . Cheers to BCCI for selling the Indian dream outside. Keep it up!!!
1 comment:
sir,
Rightly said..its d money which is forcing bcci to go outwards keeping on stake the basic charcter of the tournament which is the emotional attachment of the people with their particular cities n players ...
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