Re: Nannes Retires
mas cambios;389354 said:
Which is what a majority of players play for. They have a talent and they sell that talent to the highest bidder (in theory). Yes, there is more to it than just that but it's no different from any other job really.
Do you think I'm going to stay working for company X if company Y offer me more money and less hours? Of course I'm not. Nannes is taking the decision which he feels is best for him, one which will probably set him up for life.
I understand where people come from in terms of team loyalty and all that but we have to be honest here. Their careers are short lived and not everyone is paid top dollar. Also, how many teams would think twice about cutting a player who is not performing? Not many I'd wager, so you have to make the most of it whilst the chance is there.
I'm not a fan of the shorter forms of the game, tests are my thing but the nature of cricket means that there are always going to be horses for courses. Nannes is not going to make the test side, nor was it the longer form that helped him to make his name. He will still be available for his state and will perhaps be more effective because of the time out when they are playing 4 day games and the different experiences he is likely to have.
I know, but still.
I just don't think the ICC is doing enough to stop the stupidity with things happening in the IPL, that's all. There is way too much money being thrown around.
'Globalisation (commodification fits in here) is not something evil in its own right. It can turn evil when applying the wrong principles or the wrong value systems or narrow-minded value systems to it. That is where the whole system falls down, if you indeed only apply Americanised or Westernised values to sport in a global context.' (H. Westerbeek 2002,
The Sports Factor, ABC Radio National, 6 Dec.)
I agree with him completely.
Cricket cannot allow Americanised values to effect it, or we aren't going to be able to call it cricket anymore.
I know this is off topic, but this all leads into the one larger topic of commodification and globalisation of sport, which I'm all for, but the BCCI and ICC are applying the wrong values system to the wrong sport.
I'm boycotting the IPL myself, and I know many other people who are as well. Anything that makes a difference in my mind.