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lets leave them alone
by ! on Mar 29, 2007 11:07 AM

i am as hurt as anyone about the team losing, but why are we barking up the wrong tree? why are we venting our spleen against sposorships? its a legitimate way of players making money. if they appear in 1,99,99,999 ads then its their business- literally. the players get ads for their good performances- if they don%u2019t, the sponsors disappear. A player like Tendulkar gives a certain no.of days every year to his sponsors. Which would be less than %u2013 arguably %u2013 10% days a year. Now the balance 90% is for cricket. So why blame the ads? theres no proven science that curtailing ads would make them play better. yes, we can comment on their on ground performances. not rake up how they make money every time they lose. we readily forgive politicians for taking bribes ; none get beaten up / attacked for any scandal. yet people throw stones at player property. uncalled for. Laloo prasad , who has squandered a state makes a juvenile comments that he can bat better. why are we not after these guys for multi million scandals that are even more impt ? once again, lets not let the players go without accountability. but giving suggestions about banning ads ( or the ludiculous 1 ad-per player) is not the way ahead . there are a lot of yesteryear cricketers in sorry financial affairs and ' benefit' matches are played for them. we dont want a repeat , do we? Let comments / suggestions on the world cup defeat not be regressive.

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