ckt and tv channels. compare the era where dd was the only channel. now with multiple pvt channels operating, apart from the wide choice to the public, these 100s of channels r showing thousands of programmes/serials, etc., giving job opportunities/livelihood to lakhs of artists . so it has been good to the country.
similarly bcci monopoly has to b broken. let icl succeed. more n more cricketers will get the benefit and survive on ckt. public will hv option. channels will hv alternatives. so icl is good for ckt.
Our India has equal/better principles of constitution for Democracy, free-speech and free-market on paper compared to western democracies like the USA. In a way, I am exercising my "right to opinion" in our free-speech and free-market country to voice against an organisation which is going against free-market principles like HOLDING-all-cricket-grounds, black-mailing cricketers, affliates and even sponsors. Man, I dont know, why no law enfrocement body is suing BCCI. When BCCI started IPL with same intentions like ICL, why should ICL be discriminated. Mr.Chandra, think this step from ICC as harbinger of good signs for ICL. The next step from ICC should be...any player playing in ICL will be considered to play for their respective countries. NO BAN. Hey Mr. Vijay, Mr.Khan, Mr.Mukesh..all you big pocketed folks..we will watch ICL and not your hyped, star-studded IPL. Thanks ICC, you have shown that you will not be eaten by BCCI. A bunch of people who claim to run BCCI, which is not a public-listed company (but only a private organisation) and has made a transaction of over a Billion-US-Dollars in overnight and claim to start a new lifted-concept called IPL by monopolising the whole business of cricket, without any prethought, that someday some court-of-law might give any decisions against that organisation (may be in India or may in England or Australia)
RE:IPL
by hema latha on Mar 20, 2008 04:24 PM
I am skeptical and as a tax-paying citizen of this nation, I have no problem in spending some time on this and raising the voice against this gambling game which could ultimately effect common-man coz our obsesssion for the game will rise the cost of services, we live daily. Billion-dollared Big businesses should be run only run by public-listed-companies.
If you ALL get this point, I am sure u will start to realise, what I am talking about.
I will not watch IPL..I will watch ICL.
I will not watch Sony TV..I will watch ZeeTV.
I will not buy tickets in Stadium for IPL..I will buy tickets in Stadium for ICL
I will not buy Reliance Petrol..I will buy IndianOil Regular/XtraPremium
I will not subscribe to DeccanChronicle Newspaper..I will subsribe to TIMESOFINDIA
I will not buy ChennaiIndiaCements...I will buy Ambuja Cements for my house
I will not see SharukhKhan's movies..I will watch AmeerKhan's movies
I will not Fly KingFisher...I will fly JetAirways/SpiceJet
I will not watch STAR-TV (low-brand-valued-Australians owning the Jaipur team)...I will watch ZeeTV (hamara Indian) channels.
When I can live my life happily with easy alternative options, why should I watch IPL. Never.
RE:IPL
by timepass on Mar 20, 2008 09:28 PM
I also want my own league. Why only BCCI and Zee TV. My friends Ballu also wants his own after exams. We are looking for alternate cement companies to sponsor. If not we will get some chawanprash or condom company. WE ALL WANT OUR OWN LEAGUES.
wat ICC doing?bucknor shd not umpire in matches involving and hair for matches involving pakistan.wat is going on?If ICC feels an umpire as unfit to officiate in a match involving a particular side he is unfit in all match/es.howcan they keep umpires away from a particular side? tomorrow aussies may say they dont want rudie koertzen.can icc bow to that pressure? ICC should either remove umpire from panel or give the umpire complete freedom to officiate.if at all ICC has doubt over an umpire's integrity (specially that of bucknor) ICC shd remove that umpire forever.these double standards r not fair.
