So there are people out there who actually think money can buy you talent...
Don't tell me you people (I am talking to the "some people" from the above sentence) think that money can buy you love as well!!!
You do? Oh you poor things!
No.
Let me break it to you gently... money does not always buy what you want.
(Except, I could use some right now to buy that D&B bag I've been eyeing....hmmm)
Case in point: the English cricket team.
Yup they get paid loads; yet they get ritually clobbered by Australia.
Or even Yuvi XI.
In a perfect world, the English would be paid in croutons.
OK that doesn't even make sense. But I guess you know what I mean. (Please say yes.)
So the point of this post is that those who think just because the IPL teams cost millions, they should win millions... are innocent.
They, the innocent ones, might be socialists too, but let's not get personal.
The "invisible hand" of the market decides who gets what.
(My ECON101 teacher would be so proud!!)
And while the hockey players in India might think that life is unfair (for them it is, I guess) that is the way it goes.
Of course, I am disappointed that none of the IPL teams made it to the semis.
However, how this is a moral lesson is beyond me.
But then, to quote that (over-paid) Brittany Spears, I am not that innocent.
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exactly leela!
if say tomorrow both victoria/nsw loses out to T&T will it be right to say that how the poor team whose board is as unprofessionally managed as one could get defeated the most streamline system in place that oz claim? will that reduce oz domestic system to caricature based on a t20 defeat? can't even laugh at their broad (read thick) mindedness...
Agree whole-heartedly, Leela. The point is those who are crowing against IPL now are driven by that most elementary of emotions - jealousy. Clutching at straws, you might call it. So, the first year of CL sees IPl teams crashing out so it totally rubbishes the business model? What if IPL teams dominate in the next 5-6 years? Will the same guys write that money can afterall buy success? No, ofcourse. They'll just shut their mouths(and...) and wait for an opportunity to diss IPL.
I dont remember who won the EPL in the first year, but I think it wasnt Man U. Look at EPL history today - who has won maximum number of titles? So, after the first year, people should have said "Man U(or Liverpool)" didnt win the EPL this year - what a waste of money and *Bleep* these guys are!"?
Their logic just rotfls me :-)
The Otago Volts and Wayamba XI play together a lot and have a number of players who turn out for New Zealand and Sri Lanka respectively. Wonder why they didn't even make it to the second stage.
People tend to sound a lot smarter when they have the benefit of hindsight. I wonder how many of them would have bet their house on none of the IPL sides making the semis. The fact of the matter is Victoria, NSW and Trinidad & Tobago have more talent than Bangalore and Delhi (minus AB, Collingwood, Vettori) while most of the Chargers hadn't played competitive cricket for a while.
Haha, I know who you mean, the some people are the franchise owners who think they can just buy talent, well the Champions Trophy sure showed them!
Also, if you're in the crouton shipping business (very obvious hint, try being a little bit more subtle next time, it might even be better to send an email directly to the ECB offering to manage all the logistics of crouton transportation from factory to the player's homes) could you consider putting Achettup branded soup on the truck sides?
lmao @ socialists... I mean thats just nasty.
Just to let Raj know, Man Utd DID win the first Premier League title.
The whole concept of starting the Premier League is different from the Champions League tournament. So I'm not sure you can use the EPL analogy for the CL. It's the IPL which is modelled on the EPL and not the CL.
Cheers!
p.s : Leela, the reason IMO why the IPL teams flopped out is what has also been seen in the media. The IPL teams trained together I guess for a week before the competition, while the rest of the teams are just that TEAMS.
Even if the superstarts do stick together as a team, success isn't a given. You just need to look at the first set of Galacticos at Real Madrid :-)
Well you have a point here.
This time around the IPL teams did not have much time to group and bond hence they started of slow and the format of the tournament was such that the one bad game they had carried forward into the next round (for delhi and banglore).
if the tourney had 12 teams into groups of 6 and each teams played 5 matches then the whole story would have been different! anyhow the only surprise is the T & T team.
It is a fact the both the Aussie teams and the car cobras are equal if not stronger to the IPL teams.
as raj has said in the long run the IPL teams will do good.
and T & T they are playing brilliant cricket who started preparing specifically for this tournament from July and the IPL teams hardly for a few days!
Money is a huge motivation for these teams but not the IPL ones they already have the revenue coming in with sponsors and ticket sales and other means.
Hopefully we have a different format to the champions league next here.I am sure Modi will do the needful :)
SP,
Good point about the Aussie system vs. the Wicb "system".
The thing is all this ranting reminds me of the pre-90s Bolly flicks. Remember where rich people= bad and poor people=good.
LOL!
Raj,
To me this holier than thou attitude is flabbergasting; especially coming from countries that are used to capitalist systems!
I mean who pays millions to read trash about Princess Diana!!?!
Mahek,
So true. And I am even willing to (perhaps) accept the argument that Indian domestic players are basically seconed class...
But to say that just because franchise owners paid them millions, the whole system is tainted is beyond me.
And frankly, I am more than happy that Indian domestic players are finally making good money.
Yeah, see no one talked abt Otago Volts and Wayamba... does it mean that just because they weren't part of the IPL, they are above reproach?
Wierd.
Ache,
Damn! I was trying to be subtle about the crouton business... but you!
:-)
You know for all the people who criticized the IPL teams, I haven't found a single person who has argued anything logical beyond "Modi is evil", and while I am not a Modi fan, I don't hate him either!
TG,
The IPL teams trained together I guess for a week before the competition
See, now that is logical... I wonder why that is difficult to understand.
Aditya,
Let's just assume that the IPL teams flop year after year... but my point is it still does not make the whole franchise business thinggy immoral.
But like you and Raj, I hope there is a turnaround!
:-)
Leela, David at The Silly Mid Off has actually written an article comparing the Super Test (world vs Aus) and the Champions League, where he actually concludes Lalit Modi took an ICC plan and made it work better, so not everyone is heavily influenced by the monopolizing media outlets and their obvious motivation for pushing home this point of view.
Modi might be an astute businessman, or merely someone with the influence and power to get things done here, but I'm afraid I might never like the guy if the articles I've read about him are true, I think it was either scorpi or Som who directed me to an outlook article which showed just how ugly the political scene in Rajasthan got, and there were several allegations of blatant and gross misuse of power. I can't put a link here because I think outlook doesn't maintain an archive of all their editions online.
David Warner
Philip Hughes
Simon Katich
Michael Clarke
Moises Henriques
Brad Haddin
Brett Lee
Nathan Hauritz
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Doug Bollinger
This is probably the first-choice NSW XI. You have 9 test cricketers and 11 international players. Even if you take out Clarke, Haddin and Bracken it's still much stronger than any of the IPL sides in the tournament. Also, Australian and South African teams have been playing domestic Twenty20 games for atleast four seasons now. So why should it be surprising that they're in the semis?
As for money not buying talent, I remember a Real Madrid side winning the first five European Cups (Present day UEFA Champions League, the tournament closest to cricket's Champions League) after stealing Alfredo di Stefano from Barcelona. They also had Ferenc Puskas.
Ache,
I too managed to read a little about Modi's back"ground, and was disappointed with the whole "kidnapping" charges.
However, I would like to believe that the franchise owners too have a say in the way teh IPL works. And why wouldn't they; we are talking about the rich and powerful in India here.
So, while everything might not be lily white pure, it(the IPL) definitely is not Modi's fiefdom.
Mahek,
Yeah, no doubt the Australian "club" teams have been superb.
Anyway, the only IPL team I expected something from is RCB. And they too were disappointing.
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