TWENTY SOMETHING......OR CORPORATE GIZMO..........
On a perfectly good morning.....nice and warm.....I find myself...on the couch.....still sleeping....It's been a long time I watched cricket...save the mercilessly watched tapes of the Indo-Pak match of the WC'03......It was quite fun watching them after assembling the satellite dishes...yeah ppl won't give those in a cable line here...we did had a stand-off with our apartment management for installing them...i wudn't give up on the thrill of watching a cricket match with a dozen other ppl...i shud say a dozen other commentators....experts witht heir views...but still thats the closest u cud get to see that in a stadia.....so where was I ??? yup long time no see cricket matches.....and suddenly it rambled on to the 20-20 cups and the newly proposed and still not outta the woods Corporate Cup.....I had the chance of going through lot of articles both for and against them...some of which were really good....so as it stands lemme compare the 2 ...I shud give it to the wily genius of Dalmiya....ppl up west may say he's trying to usurp power frm the traditional natives of cricket....but why shudn't he...the largest viewership and the most sales potential is in india only....so y not exploit it....but what is bound to happen is a definite controversy between the board and the sponsors on monetary issues.....if there is so much money involved (rumored to be around 1 crore for the winners) ....i loved the idea of clubs putting forth their muscle getting classy players to don their colors....thats what makes footbal so exciting.....club loyalties run higher than patriotic fervour.......a mouth watering opportunity to see traditional rivalries at home...say a match between B'bay Buccaneers and the Madras Manglers....ok iwas off target with the names...let them do the thinking.....if it takes couple of overseas players to do the trick.....so be it....i had watched a couple of ranji matches and it was pathetic....well u cud call it attendance as in a classroom....what makes a Ind - Bangaladesh encounter more fun to watch that a TN-Mumbai ranji final one wud never know....?
Sexing up cricket as it put across more often...is nice....."Nothing ventured...Nothign gained"...I just picked it up from a stupid episode of "relic Hunter"...I bet u wudnt' see VIVA performing at the matches......or maybe they will....( i hate their music !!).....atleast u wudn't see a Jacuzzi out on the lawns....and if u r as bored as me u might wanna see these 2 articles frm Outlook ( 1 & 2
P.S I beleive my next article shud be on the revival of hockey........nah...i'm being too critical....
On a perfectly good morning.....nice and warm.....I find myself...on the couch.....still sleeping....It's been a long time I watched cricket...save the mercilessly watched tapes of the Indo-Pak match of the WC'03......It was quite fun watching them after assembling the satellite dishes...yeah ppl won't give those in a cable line here...we did had a stand-off with our apartment management for installing them...i wudn't give up on the thrill of watching a cricket match with a dozen other ppl...i shud say a dozen other commentators....experts witht heir views...but still thats the closest u cud get to see that in a stadia.....so where was I ??? yup long time no see cricket matches.....and suddenly it rambled on to the 20-20 cups and the newly proposed and still not outta the woods Corporate Cup.....I had the chance of going through lot of articles both for and against them...some of which were really good....so as it stands lemme compare the 2 ...I shud give it to the wily genius of Dalmiya....ppl up west may say he's trying to usurp power frm the traditional natives of cricket....but why shudn't he...the largest viewership and the most sales potential is in india only....so y not exploit it....but what is bound to happen is a definite controversy between the board and the sponsors on monetary issues.....if there is so much money involved (rumored to be around 1 crore for the winners) ....i loved the idea of clubs putting forth their muscle getting classy players to don their colors....thats what makes footbal so exciting.....club loyalties run higher than patriotic fervour.......a mouth watering opportunity to see traditional rivalries at home...say a match between B'bay Buccaneers and the Madras Manglers....ok iwas off target with the names...let them do the thinking.....if it takes couple of overseas players to do the trick.....so be it....i had watched a couple of ranji matches and it was pathetic....well u cud call it attendance as in a classroom....what makes a Ind - Bangaladesh encounter more fun to watch that a TN-Mumbai ranji final one wud never know....?
Sexing up cricket as it put across more often...is nice....."Nothing ventured...Nothign gained"...I just picked it up from a stupid episode of "relic Hunter"...I bet u wudnt' see VIVA performing at the matches......or maybe they will....( i hate their music !!).....atleast u wudn't see a Jacuzzi out on the lawns....and if u r as bored as me u might wanna see these 2 articles frm Outlook ( 1 & 2
P.S I beleive my next article shud be on the revival of hockey........nah...i'm being too critical....
posted by Dawdler at 11:45 AM
<< Home