It is sad to read about our sportspersons and players becoming commodities in the hands of corporate auctioneers. The very spirit of the game is lost in such commercialisation and it is bound to affect a player’s performance and the game or sport itself. Cricketers appear to be topping the chart in such auctions, followed by footballers. In the good old days, it was the team that came first. ‘Filthy lucre’ has replaced team spirit and loyalty. The true spirit of a game is being sacrificed for money and short-lived fame.
A.V. Akhilesh,
Bengaluru
It is sickening that our cricketers are being “sold” for whopping sums in an auction. Fixing a price tag on them is akin to selling sheep in a shandy. If the Indian Premier League’s coffers are overflowing with money, it can be spent on noble causes. Offering crores in exchange for cricketers is sheer madness.
K. Pradeep,
Chennai
It is high time that this form of cricket, and which represents the ugly face of Indian cricket, fades quickly. It is distressing to read of how crores are being spent on individual cricketers, which is jarring in a country where farmers face agrarian distress and governments look the other way instead of alleviating their plight. Apart from being a den in terms of encouraging undeserving auction prices for cricketers, encouraging betting and mindless advertising, the IPL is only inflicting great damage by corrupting the very values of cricket as a game, which have taken years to evolve. One hopes that there is a miracle soon and that there are checks and balances to keep the BCCI juggernaut under control.
Nagarajamani M.V.,
Hyderabad
