As anticipated in the very beginning the Indian premier league is turning out to be the money game played by the team owners. Vijay Mallya thrashed Rahul Dravid and his team mates along with Charu Sharma the team manager of the losing team for poor game. King Khan has gone a step ahead and threw five players out of the team to cut costs though none of the players so thrown out have played a single game.
The players expressed their grief after being sent home by King Khan. However they must know that such things will happen and there is no solace to it. Especially when the King Khan is kind enough to pay all of them their agreed sum as per the contract, it becomes irrelevant to ask if the players are at loss. However one must understand that cricket has become more a money show than just a game. In India cricket was treated like a religion, but in this new avatar it is formally recognised as a money game.
Going forward, the mindset of all the participants of the game will undergo a lot of changes. On the one hand the spectators have learnt the new money rules of the games and on the other the players will learn. The days should walk into history when a particular player would keep playing till he himself could not play. Also those who were totally sure of their safe place in the team will henceforth will always have a sword on their heads. The corporate culture has fully entered into the cricket. And this entry also consists the pink slip. Those who don't perform or not fitting in the setup will be thrown out. The performance appraisals are going to be more target driven and the achievements in the key result areas in the immediate past will be more important than anything else. |
