My first post in my first blog about cricket!!!!!!
The recent decisions by BCCI have shown that the men at the helm of affairs are driven more by greed for earning money than reason or passion for the game they are supposed to represent. True that BCCI is not a charity organization and needs to make money to sustain but where is the line between a real need for earning profit for the association and making profit for the individuals themselves.
When the ICL was floated as a concept I doubt if BCCI officials even gave a thought about what it was. They just understood that the concept could work well for them (the pitiful lot who run it) and the game and the players may well be damned. They could have discussed the plan with the promoters of ICL and then come to a workable solution. They could have stuck a partnership with the ICL and given them the charge of running the domestic league. BCCI could take care of all the international fixtures of the Indian team. This would have resulted in a more professional setup, better ground conditions and also better pay for those playing in the grassroots level but the BCCI chose to act in a very high handed egoistic manner.
What they have successfully done now is to just make more money from themselves and change cricket from a game to more of an entertainment show!!!! Ego and greed – the only thing which seems to motivate the people who run BCCI.
When the ICL was floated as a concept I doubt if BCCI officials even gave a thought about what it was. They just understood that the concept could work well for them (the pitiful lot who run it) and the game and the players may well be damned. They could have discussed the plan with the promoters of ICL and then come to a workable solution. They could have stuck a partnership with the ICL and given them the charge of running the domestic league. BCCI could take care of all the international fixtures of the Indian team. This would have resulted in a more professional setup, better ground conditions and also better pay for those playing in the grassroots level but the BCCI chose to act in a very high handed egoistic manner.
What they have successfully done now is to just make more money from themselves and change cricket from a game to more of an entertainment show!!!! Ego and greed – the only thing which seems to motivate the people who run BCCI.
History has shown us that ego and greed doesn’t take anyone anywhere. It might seem successful initially but then its downfall all the way. When that happens I don’t expect any of the current lot of people who run the game to be around. They will make their money and run away. It will be left to whoever takes it up after the mayhem to go through a painful reconstruction process of Indian cricket or even world cricket!!!!!!
As a cricket fan I can just pray for the game!!!!
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