The BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India) seems to have forgotten what the very initials of their organisation stand for. They seem to think that they can decide who does what anywhere in the cricket speaking world!
Whether it is the makeup of a team to play against India in a different country, the roster of commentators for a completely independent broadcaster, or even the players who are eligible to play in competitions run by other organisations in other countries. They don’t seem to have any limit to their own perception of their authority. Surely the last letter of their acronym should give some idea of where their sphere of influence in the sport? Doesn’t the acronym BCCI limit them to control of the game IN INDIA? Then why do they think that they can demand presence or absence of certain participants in other countries, other games and other companies?
In New Zealand recently India requested that NZ not select a certain player as part of its own Invitation Eleven to play against India. NZ quite rightly refused and selected the player in question. India then threw a tantrum and pulled out one of its own star players! Why just one, why not all of them? Why the star of the team? Was the player allowed to have a say – it’s his career, presumably he wanted to play!
Later in the tour of NZ, a particular person was invited to be a commentator by one of the NZ broadcasters. Again India tossed their toys out the window and demanded that he not commentate!! What arrogance! Did they really think that a company in a different country, pursuing its own profit motives as best it could, would change their mind because of the BCCI? Maybe if the BCCI backed up their demands with some wads of cash, but that’s pretty unlikely!! These, and many other, unwarranted demands around the world are causing a lot of very unnecessary furore.
The point of contention is that these people have some past connection with the ICL tournament, which runs in competition against the BCCI’s own tournament – the IPL. And to have any connection is not just frowned on, it is harshly banned. Players around the world have had their international careers cut short simply because they were involved with the ICL and thus annoyed the BCCI, who then ‘leaned’ on the national organisations of the players involved and got them ‘unselected’.
If they want to ban half the players in their own country from the international cricket scene – go ahead, their problem. But they have no mandate to try and do the same thing in any other country around the world. Stop creating turmoil in the international game, and stick to shitting in your own nest. That’s were you belong BCCIndia!
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World Domination of Cricket
By goodtalkingThe BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India) seems to have forgotten what the very initials of their organisation stand for. They seem to think that they can decide who does what anywhere in the cricket speaking world!
Whether it is the makeup of a team to play against India in a different country, the roster of commentators for a completely independent broadcaster, or even the players who are eligible to play in competitions run by other organisations in other countries. They don’t seem to have any limit to their own perception of their authority. Surely the last letter of their acronym should give some idea of where their sphere of influence in the sport? Doesn’t the acronym BCCI limit them to control of the game IN INDIA? Then why do they think that they can demand presence or absence of certain participants in other countries, other games and other companies?
In New Zealand recently India requested that NZ not select a certain player as part of its own Invitation Eleven to play against India. NZ quite rightly refused and selected the player in question. India then threw a tantrum and pulled out one of its own star players! Why just one, why not all of them? Why the star of the team? Was the player allowed to have a say – it’s his career, presumably he wanted to play!
Later in the tour of NZ, a particular person was invited to be a commentator by one of the NZ broadcasters. Again India tossed their toys out the window and demanded that he not commentate!! What arrogance! Did they really think that a company in a different country, pursuing its own profit motives as best it could, would change their mind because of the BCCI? Maybe if the BCCI backed up their demands with some wads of cash, but that’s pretty unlikely!! These, and many other, unwarranted demands around the world are causing a lot of very unnecessary furore.
The point of contention is that these people have some past connection with the ICL tournament, which runs in competition against the BCCI’s own tournament – the IPL. And to have any connection is not just frowned on, it is harshly banned. Players around the world have had their international careers cut short simply because they were involved with the ICL and thus annoyed the BCCI, who then ‘leaned’ on the national organisations of the players involved and got them ‘unselected’.
If they want to ban half the players in their own country from the international cricket scene – go ahead, their problem. But they have no mandate to try and do the same thing in any other country around the world. Stop creating turmoil in the international game, and stick to shitting in your own nest. That’s were you belong BCCIndia!
Tags: BCCI, India, cricket, IPL, ICL, Indian Cricket League, Indian Premier League
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