One thing I thought I would never post is anything related to cricket. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate cricket, I was crazy about cricket to the extent of losing my engineering seat in the entrance exam. But those were different times when cricket was a game. I can tell all about how things have changed and all that but we digress.
The focus of our topic is the news that is making rounds, "Match Fixing in IPL".
The authorities, media and cricket fans are shocked about the news, the same way politicians are shocked about corruption in politics, or people visiting Las Vegas are shocked by the gambling in the casinos. I for one, agree to disagree based on some facts.
FACT1: The players are bought by different team owners by bidding on them in an auction based on their capabilities and the highest bidder gets to own the player. The more money you have, the more capable players can be bought and the more chances for winning the game. The entire premise for IPL is folks contributing hefty sums of money to increase the chances of winning the series and get more returns.
FACT2:Now not everybody is rich enough to own a team, but would be willing to contribute meagre sums of money in this event with the expectations of winning the series and getting more returns, A.K.A Betting. However, unlike the owners they don't get to buy capable players. So they do the next best thing, buy the capabilities of one or more players which increases their chance of winning.
I don't see a difference between these two facts. So I say, go ahead and make it official to bid on the capabilities of some players, so that everybody (Not just some obscenely rich Industrialists/Actors/Corporates) has a fair chance at winning and getting more returns out of the game. You call it whatever you want, for me, it's just good business.While we are at it let's make some rules too.
1. Make Match Fixing counters available at stadiums similar to race courses.
2. To avoid the rush it should also be available online
3. Anyone can bid on the capabilities of a maximum of four players
4. All the bookings have to be closed four hours before the match like in Railway Reservation System.
5. Charts containing the information on which players have been booked and for how much amount should be displayed and should also be circulated among the players.
6. The performance of the respective players has to degrade depending on the bidding amount. The higher the biding amount, the worst the performance.
7. To make it more interesting 50% of the players whose capabilities are auctioned can choose to either decrease their performance or play their original game. Why 50%? Why not 30% or 60% or something else??? You might ask, Shame on you we are talking about fair chance for all and thus 50%.
8. To add a twist to that, a player should be awarded for playing up to the expectations of the bidders and it should not be high enough that all the players would be competing for the award.
I can go on, but I chose not to!!!
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