Comments on: BCCI and Indian Cricket – Monopolies are Never Good http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/ Meandering Musings on Globalization Wed, 09 May 2012 17:39:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ritesh Shrivastava http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/comment-page-1/#comment-8389 Ritesh Shrivastava Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:11:55 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/#comment-8389 Dear Basab , Great post which brings into focus the importance of copettion in the labour market . What's your opinion on your ex-employer Infosys's condition that the employees who resign can not join the 5 named competing companieswithin 6 months of resigning ? Isn't it ludicrous 'coz anyone will join or get an offer an organization where his skills are compatible ? In fact, many Indian companies have come up with ludicrous notice periods of 2-3 months even for junior level staff to prevent staff attrition instead of looking inward and seeing why the staff attrition is high due to underdeployment of his capabilities and treating the employees in a herd . I see no difference between them and BCCI which threatens players with life bans/sanctions for joining ICL. Dear Basab ,

Great post which brings into focus the importance of copettion in the labour market . What’s your opinion on your ex-employer Infosys’s condition that the employees who resign can not join the 5 named competing companieswithin 6 months of resigning ? Isn’t it ludicrous ‘coz anyone will join or get an offer an organization where his skills are compatible ? In fact, many Indian companies have come up with ludicrous notice periods of 2-3 months even for junior level staff to prevent staff attrition instead of looking inward and seeing why the staff attrition is high due to underdeployment of his capabilities and treating the employees in a herd .

I see no difference between them and BCCI which threatens players with life bans/sanctions for joining ICL.

]]> By: Diwakar Muthu http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/comment-page-1/#comment-7953 Diwakar Muthu Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:19:26 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/#comment-7953 This has been the sad state of Indian sports affairs of late. If one looks at the business side of Indian sports one can see the private leagues or professional leagues initiated by the relevant bodies and later supported by the media, sponsors and the players. Since they don't generate humunguous revenues like the BCCI, they stay in the background. Coming to your view point, I agree that the BCCI is playing monopoly and also blocking other business ventures to grow. The new league announced in a franchisee model as a competitor to the ICL and not recognizing it has also pushed the ICC not to affiliate itself with the BCCI For the ICL to succeed they would need some interesting format / players that can capture the imagination. The best thing for them would be to approach the ICC and the BCCI and propose a two-tier international championship where teams are split into 2 groups and the top 4 teams from each group compete for the championship. But then, the BCCI is run by Politicians rather than professionals like the Premierleague, NBA, NHL and it is a difficult task for ICL to thrive and prosper in this environment. I wouldn't be surprised if ICL wraps business in a year and the recruits are left to play the minor leagues This has been the sad state of Indian sports affairs of late. If one looks at the business side of Indian sports one can see the private leagues or professional leagues initiated by the relevant bodies and later supported by the media, sponsors and the players. Since they don’t generate humunguous revenues like the BCCI, they stay in the background.

Coming to your view point, I agree that the BCCI is playing monopoly and also blocking other business ventures to grow. The new league announced in a franchisee model as a competitor to the ICL and not recognizing it has also pushed the ICC not to affiliate itself with the BCCI

For the ICL to succeed they would need some interesting format / players that can capture the imagination. The best thing for them would be to approach the ICC and the BCCI and propose a two-tier international championship where teams are split into 2 groups and the top 4 teams from each group compete for the championship.

But then, the BCCI is run by Politicians rather than professionals like the Premierleague, NBA, NHL and it is a difficult task for ICL to thrive and prosper in this environment. I wouldn’t be surprised if ICL wraps business in a year and the recruits are left to play the minor leagues

]]> By: Tushar Jha http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/comment-page-1/#comment-7922 Tushar Jha Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:32:01 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/#comment-7922 Competition will make more money flow into the sport which has historically been good. More sponsorship often translates into better facilities and incentives for the players which in turn attracts and motivates better performances. (This is quite tacit though. No player starts of playing thinking about the money.) Basab: Cricketers being paid a small portion of what the board makes for quite interesting reading. I wonder how this stacks up with boards of other Cricket playing nations. Nevertheless, the money is still a lot more than (even in proportion I guess) what players had been getting till the start of the last decade ( Every former cricketer quietly regrets having played in the "wrong" era).So I guess, the players are not complaining. Now about ICL.ICL has done quite a few things right so far, in challenging BCCI's monopoly, in appointing Kapil Dev as the Head, who shares a strong emotional connect with the masses( He goes around every TV channel saying,"we want to promote cricket" " Bachhon ko mauka dena chahte hain..blah blah..") Purely from a "betterment of the game" point of view, ICL's entry may have its positives. But one outcome maybe that too many players (average ones) with performances against various average teams will stake their claim to the national side. One of the reasons why Australia is what it is today, is that they have only 8 premier teams in the domestic circuit whose standard is only marginally lesser than the national side. But yeah, it will be great if ICL or any other league can help me be a part of an "IT Services XI" playing against Chris Cairns and Chris Harris. Competition will make more money flow into the sport which has historically been good. More sponsorship often translates into better facilities and incentives for the players which in turn attracts and motivates better performances. (This is quite tacit though. No player starts of playing thinking about the money.)
Basab: Cricketers being paid a small portion of what the board makes for quite interesting reading. I wonder how this stacks up with boards of other Cricket playing nations. Nevertheless, the money is still a lot more than (even in proportion I guess) what players had been getting till the start of the last decade ( Every former cricketer quietly regrets having played in the “wrong” era).So I guess, the players are not complaining.
Now about ICL.ICL has done quite a few things right so far, in challenging BCCI’s monopoly, in appointing Kapil Dev as the Head, who shares a strong emotional connect with the masses( He goes around every TV channel saying,”we want to promote cricket” ” Bachhon ko mauka dena chahte hain..blah blah..”)
Purely from a “betterment of the game” point of view, ICL’s entry may have its positives. But one outcome maybe that too many players (average ones) with performances against various average teams will stake their claim to the national side. One of the reasons why Australia is what it is today, is that they have only 8 premier teams in the domestic circuit whose standard is only marginally lesser than the national side.
But yeah, it will be great if ICL or any other league can help me be a part of an “IT Services XI” playing against Chris Cairns and Chris Harris.

]]> By: Vijay Rapaka http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/comment-page-1/#comment-7902 Vijay Rapaka Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:43:50 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/2007/09/30/bcci-and-indian-cricket-monopolies-are-never-good/#comment-7902 Hi Mate, Your Blog is Fantastic! I hope ICL will come up n break the Monopolism of BCCI! BCCI seriously 'controlling' cricket in india by making such stupid things for last few decades! there r few state clubs, till now they have been not capable to give single cricketer to the India Main Team, but at the same time those state clubs gave few manages ,leaders to the BCCI! Its a shame to BCCI!! Cheers Vijay Rapaka Hi Mate,

Your Blog is Fantastic! I hope ICL will come up n break the Monopolism of BCCI! BCCI seriously ‘controlling’ cricket in india by making such stupid things for last few decades!

there r few state clubs, till now they have been not capable to give single cricketer to the India Main Team, but at the same time those state clubs gave few manages ,leaders to the BCCI! Its a shame to BCCI!!

Cheers
Vijay Rapaka

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