The winning of the inaugural ICC World Twenty Twenty championships has sparked celeberations across the entire country. A victory like this not only invokes celebration, it lifts the entire spirit of the nation. You can see the spark in the stride of a milkman doing his work in the wee hours, the delight in the persons assorting the newspapers in the early hours, the eagerness of the kids to go to school for discussing the beautiful moments, every where around us we can feel it.
Certainly these kind of triumphs lift the entire nation, but the question is whether BCCI & politicians are giving it too much of a hype. The bounties being announced for the players bemuses me.
Does Yuvraj deserve two crores and a porsche car when the domestic cricketers have not got their salaries and the coaches have earned only pennies when compared to the players.
If the Indian team needs to do consistently then, the domestic cricket must be strengthened. New pitches must be laid, academies must be created in every state, stadiums and ground staff must be properly maintained. It is not just the players alone who must reap the benefiets, the entire cricketing fratenirty must live.
If a player plays (just in squad, no need to play) an entire season, he will earn a minimum of 50 lakhs as match fee alone. Apart from that sponsorship deals, prize money for tournaments, etc. So, there is no need to worry about these players, instead attention must be shown on the relentless coaches and passionate grounds men who toil hard to create players.
Maybe BCCI can announce prize money for players, since it is making huge profit in the recent years, but I can't understand the logic in which the state governments are announcing prize money when a lot of more things require immediate attention in this country.
We need to realize that we have just won a world cup, lot of people in this country are still struggling for a single meal a day.
Certainly these kind of triumphs lift the entire nation, but the question is whether BCCI & politicians are giving it too much of a hype. The bounties being announced for the players bemuses me.
Does Yuvraj deserve two crores and a porsche car when the domestic cricketers have not got their salaries and the coaches have earned only pennies when compared to the players.
If the Indian team needs to do consistently then, the domestic cricket must be strengthened. New pitches must be laid, academies must be created in every state, stadiums and ground staff must be properly maintained. It is not just the players alone who must reap the benefiets, the entire cricketing fratenirty must live.
If a player plays (just in squad, no need to play) an entire season, he will earn a minimum of 50 lakhs as match fee alone. Apart from that sponsorship deals, prize money for tournaments, etc. So, there is no need to worry about these players, instead attention must be shown on the relentless coaches and passionate grounds men who toil hard to create players.
Maybe BCCI can announce prize money for players, since it is making huge profit in the recent years, but I can't understand the logic in which the state governments are announcing prize money when a lot of more things require immediate attention in this country.
We need to realize that we have just won a world cup, lot of people in this country are still struggling for a single meal a day.
2 comments:
This is true indeed; nobody cares what is actually happening to the sport. Cricket in India has now literally become restricted to very few; of course it is more a business now than a sport! If they, who love the sport, think for a moment about the future of the sport, they won't do all this stupid stuff. Of course it needs sixth sense :)
Obviously the state govts giving lakhs as prize money for the players are not acceptable. How come you have money for giving prizes and not for addressing people's needs. I guess all this comes in the wake of the emerging parallel body ICL. I wonder not even the Aussies having won 3 world cups would have got such huge prize money. The players can be feliciated, appreciated, celebrated, right i agree with all these. But why do you give extra money for doing their job? players are supposed to win matches and thats why they have been selected from 1 billion people to play for the country. Yuvraj has hit 6 sixes, great indeed but does it deserve 1 crore? do any scientist here in the same country get even half the money for some new invention? 12 crores is sure a lot of money to give to 15 players even though they had won the world cup. I wonder on what basis BCCI decides to give the prize money amount, whatever it certainly defies logic.
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