Comments for Adrenaline - unbridled for entertainment http://battleinsports.wordpress.com Expect the unexpected freedom Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Sporting attitudes… by Madhav http://battleinsports.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/sporting-attitudes/#comment-5 Madhav Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:52:23 +0000 http://battleinsports.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/sporting-attitudes/#comment-5 Unless we have a revolution in the way cricket is managed in India, there is going to be no change in the status quo, which as you’ve correctly pointed out, is depressing. We need someone to lead the revolution, and I foresee the leaders being the shareholders of the game who seem to be the only ones to have lost out in this circus: we the cricket-loving public. When we get disgusted enough to stop queuing up in our mostly ill-equipped stadia to watch our “heroes”; when we begin to believe bunking half a day of office to catch a day-night on the tele isn’t worth it any more; when we don’t eagerly wait for the next morning’s paper to read all about what we may have missed the previous evening … that’s when the “market value” of the game will find itself at a new, substantially lower level, and “the world’s richest board” will be shaken out of the smug stupor it now comfortably sits in. Till then, you’re right: tennis is a better option. Unless we have a revolution in the way cricket is managed in India, there is going to be no change in the status quo, which as you’ve correctly pointed out, is depressing.

We need someone to lead the revolution, and I foresee the leaders being the shareholders of the game who seem to be the only ones to have lost out in this circus: we the cricket-loving public. When we get disgusted enough to stop queuing up in our mostly ill-equipped stadia to watch our “heroes”; when we begin to believe bunking half a day of office to catch a day-night on the tele isn’t worth it any more; when we don’t eagerly wait for the next morning’s paper to read all about what we may have missed the previous evening … that’s when the “market value” of the game will find itself at a new, substantially lower level, and “the world’s richest board” will be shaken out of the smug stupor it now comfortably sits in.

Till then, you’re right: tennis is a better option.

]]> Comment on Sporting attitudes… by Madhav http://battleinsports.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/sporting-attitudes/#comment-4 Madhav Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:50:53 +0000 http://battleinsports.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/sporting-attitudes/#comment-4 Unless we have a revolution in the way cricket is managed in India, there is going to be no change in the status quo, which as you've correctly pointed out, is depressing. We need someone to lead the revolution, and I foresee the leaders being the shareholders of the game who seem to be the only ones to have lost out in this circus: we the cricket-loving public. When we get disgusted enough to stop queuing up in our mostly ill-equipped stadia to watch our "heroes"; when we begin to believe bunking half a day of office to catch a day-night on the tele isn't worth it any more; when we don't eagerly wait for the next morning's paper to read all about what we may have missed the previous evening ... that's when the "market value" of the game will find itself at a new, substantially lower level, and "the world's richest board" will be shaken out of the smug stupor it now comfortably sits in. Till then, you're right: tennis is a better option. waiting for the 9AM match starts, best way - it pains me to say this - is when we all switch off our TVs and start Unless we have a revolution in the way cricket is managed in India, there is going to be no change in the status quo, which as you’ve correctly pointed out, is depressing.

We need someone to lead the revolution, and I foresee the leaders being the shareholders of the game who seem to be the only ones to have lost out in this circus: we the cricket-loving public. When we get disgusted enough to stop queuing up in our mostly ill-equipped stadia to watch our “heroes”; when we begin to believe bunking half a day of office to catch a day-night on the tele isn’t worth it any more; when we don’t eagerly wait for the next morning’s paper to read all about what we may have missed the previous evening … that’s when the “market value” of the game will find itself at a new, substantially lower level, and “the world’s richest board” will be shaken out of the smug stupor it now comfortably sits in.

Till then, you’re right: tennis is a better option.

waiting for the 9AM match starts, best way – it pains me to say this – is when we all switch off our TVs and start

]]> Comment on Sporting attitudes… by Hirok http://battleinsports.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/sporting-attitudes/#comment-3 Hirok Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:55:09 +0000 http://battleinsports.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/sporting-attitudes/#comment-3 So am I. I want Rafa to win. I think my interest in tennis is coming back. Though I miss the serve and volley game of Edberg still now. So am I. I want Rafa to win. I think my interest in tennis is coming back. Though I miss the serve and volley game of Edberg still now.

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