Defending Cricket and IPL, questions posted by my friend in Facebook, explaining what is what about Cricket and IPL. IF you hate IPL or CRICKET, you may also share the same questions :)
"In country like India its waste of time .People leave their work and ignore their duty to watch cricket matches. Students watch cricket leaving their exams aside. IT s not worth to leave work aside instead we should give high priority to our work.When we are at work we should be dedicated to work .."
IF time is money then people shouldn't not go to movies and play games. A movie releases almost every Friday in India, where as IPL is only for 45 days and anyone can have access to games easily Why does no body wants the "Liquors" to be banned when it not only takes peoples money but also their life?? there are more liquor addicts in the world than all the sporting lovers put together. THE LIQUOR company easily makes 10 times the profit o IPL IN A SINGLE DAY. Can anyone deny that?
"Why should BCCI & ICC invest the sponsor's money to nation building."
REMEMBER CRICKET IS NOT THE RICHEST SPORTING WELFARE IN THE WORLD. why is that no no talks a word about other RICH LEAGUES in the world? what about NBA? NBA is the richest sporting league in the world. FIFA? FIFA is arguably the worlds richest sporting body. IPL is involved in a number of charity events and of course in lots of controversies, no one can deny that. It has given life The gaming Industry is richer than IPL. There are hundreds of companies in the entertainment industry, Would you ask them to spend their money in nation building? how many children are addicted to games? IPL happens only for 45 days, where as a child gets access to games any time and day IPL doesn't conduct matches on every month, its only a 40 days affair
"The adults don't concentrate on their work/job"
Easily there are more horse ridding and lottery addicts in the world than all the IPL AND CRICKET LOVERS Put together. IPL is a grand success and India's pride among sporting leagues. I can enjoy all the action right in my drawing home without paying any extra fees :) there are people in India who are individually as rich as the IPL team purely by gambling and distributing Liquors,even the BIGGEST IPL addict won sit in front of the TV for more than 45 days! but what about the liquor companies? horse riding and gaming addicts which open for more than 300 days?
Even in the busiest year, India has not played more than 90 days of ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS
"Cricketers are rich, they earn more, what have they done for the nation?"
May be Sachin but again he wont be in the top 15, Golf, Tennis, Basket ball and Football players easily dominates the list. The cricketer are doing charity within their strength.
I enjoying watching cricket like many other fans and make it a point not to miss any matches but not at the cost of my life, what I am saying is when liquor, gambling, smoking and horse riding can exist and if politicians can loot money and roam free, there is no harm in watching cricket :) I can understand if you say cricket is boring but I don't know why you hate them because of the money they earn
Being part of the Indian team requires lots of sacrifice, you don't get their by enjoying weekends. A domestic cricketers practices everyday sacrificing his weekend fun, his world is just cricket and there is no guarantee that he will play for India, he has to spends lots of time in the grounds doing the same things over and over again to make it to the top 30 players
Almost every kid wants to play for India, imagine the competition Remember OUT OF thousands of domestic players only a handful of them are picked to represent India, people only see the money they earn not the effort every day to reach and to stay in the top :)
"India can save lots of money if IPL is banned"
This is nothing short of a JOKE, where was all these money before IPL was started? was it with the poor? these money are from RICH BUSINESS TYCOONS, if IPL is banned they are not going to gift the money to the Indian poor
"Why celebrities & cheerleaders in between cricket ? Remember Cricket is a GAME
What is wrong if cheerleaders are there?? Cheerleaders are not there for any other cricketing format other than IPL. Do you know Basket ball, Rugby, Football and Baseball have cheerleaders?
"A game shd be real ... Today's cricket is not like that... I accept the 1980 cricket.."
Cricket is a time consuming game, before 1975 there was no One Day Cricket, all matches were played for 5,4 or 3 days, only after 1975 one day cricket came and after 30 years T20 came, today we have T20 which is just like watching a movie for 3Hrs only. There is nothing unreal except a match is fixed. Changes are part many sports to make it popular
"There is nothing wrong to watch cricket, but many people do suicide, quit job, take 2 days leave and many illegal things happening behind."
Its not crickets problem, nobody quites there job to see cricket, there may be one or two mad people like that but for the stupidity of some you cannot blame cricket.
Its is not like Liquor or Gambling where 90% of them who are involved are are addicted to it. 90% of Cricket fans wont quite, take leave or kill themselves to watch cricket
"Sports is not a Business... Nowdays Sports are using as a business."
Have you watched English Premier Leagues? NBA, European Ice Hockey or other sporting leagues which club is involved? IPL is just like that, in other sport leagues the foreigners dominate the sport, IPL is the only league in which the INDIANS HAVE DOMINATED!! There is no Asian League like IPL, there is no LEAGUE like this in the whole of EAST, this is India's pride
"If a team wins or not every player shd be paid Rs.10,000. They shd play for country. Sport is not played for money or fame. 2) No players shd contract for advertisements I'm 100% sure no one will join the team to play cricket. Advertisers wont sign contract with players."
First understand that salary is not paid by the Indian Government or the State Government, they are paid by their associations, like BCCI AND TNCA they get their money through sponsors, once in every 4 years. Indian team gets a new sponsor, its through them the cricketers are earning money and why do you want the National players of any sport to play without money??
People in other sports complain of not getting money at least that is not the case of cricket in India. The associations are responsible for managing money
"Advertisers are paying because of crazy people watch cricket."
Advertisers are ready to pay only if people are attracted to something, that is how a sports body earns money and cricket is no exception
IPL AND BCCI has some corrupt administrators beyond doubt, they have brought shame to Cricket and its fans like me, but loving CRICKET the talent is different
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