It's great thinking but from day one it should be made clear to players selected that they are selected to play only and should not enter into advertising world.
RE:Fantastic Idea
by suneetri on Apr 03, 2007 11:19 PM Permalink
why don't you fellas understand----sharad pawar has put this idea of cricket becoming a Reality Show via Zee channel and later IPTV.
RE:Fantastic Idea
by on Apr 03, 2007 11:48 PM Permalink
Guys, wake up !! things to consider 1. These 14 India players are few among millions of players, selected to play for India. They have come through extremely competitive field (remember, almost every boy plays cricket in India). They are entitled to money they make. Imagine if you are among top 10 engineers in India, you would expect big bucks, won't you !!
2. If they are advertising, doesn't mean that is the cause for bad performance. Say Rahul is in 50 Ads .. it takes 50* 8 hr to shoot ads. 35 one day matches and 10 tests add up to 85 days. They still have atleast 230 days to practice !! I know it is not as straight calculation but gives general picture. Just because they show up on TV 50 times a day, doesn't mean they arr in ads all the time. There lots of other reasons why they are not performing.
So just don't blame everything on advertising !!! Gavaskar, Bedi etc were rarely in ads. They didn't win India many abroad matches, did they????
