I am not sure if most of them have followed the IPL auction till date. If they did , then they would be aware that in every auction, its the market dynamics that decides the price of the commodity being auctioned (in this case its their badminton playing skills.) In IPL, so many great players have gone unsold or had to settle for a lower base price. Its a function of the purse of the franchise at that moment of bidding, the weight they are assigning to the skills of the player & their requirement of that skill set. Its no insult to anybody , but plain and simple market dynamics. Players just have to learn to deal with it & perhaps grow their stock by performing in the tourney. Just my opinion on the matter.
The mistake is there on IBL's part & the players too. IBL for signing them up for a base price and then slashing it without keeping the players in loop about the same prior to the auction.
And the players too are not in such great form or are not known names. Tell me how many tournaments has Jwala Gutta won and being just a doubles / mixed doubles player she does not deserve more.
But according to me it is Ashwini Ponnapa who deserved a better price. She is a good player.
Re: hahaha
by Ananya Gupta on Jul 25, 2013 05:23 PM
Agreed ! but the fault also lay in wrong assessment by IBL. It is these small things which shows that at the end BCCI is more professional than any other sports body in India.
Re: crying
by Sameer on Jul 26, 2013 05:07 PM
surendra singh,
no one is forcing the players to play in IBL. the players have to be smoking pot or something. Surely they have to realize that Badminton is not as popular in India as cricket. How are they expecting huge sponsorships ? I am skeptical if the sponsors would be able to recover the IBL money in the first place.
So I won't be surprised if IBl gets cancelled next year