Sevanti Ninan's appeal for "Return to sanity" (April 1) is an oft-repeated cry in the wilderness. Now that all sports have become professional, cricket and football more so than the others, what prevents ruling bodies from instituting and strictly enforcing something like the ban on the extra-curricular "Office for Profit"? If professional politicians are governed by such a law, why not multi-million-dollar professionals in sport? Only then will sportsmen concentrate on their performance.
S. P. Sundaram,
Chennai
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Advertisement is a boon for commerce, but the bane of cricket. Nowadays, there are no commercials without cricketers. The corporates have to be restrained from roping in cricketers as brand ambassadors. The other problem is match fixing. Will the BCCI and other cricket associations take steps to prevent cricketers from endorsing products and from indulging in match fixing?
K. Pradeep,
Chennai
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Cricket is now a big commercial venture with ramifications ranging from big money to the underworld. The media and big business houses have deliberately whipped up a cricket mania. The hysterical frenzy around cricket should go. Indians should view the game in the right perspective. The professional players should be brought down from their high pedestal. Let us not allow ourselves to be exploited in the name of a game.
L.M. Aloysius Joseph,
Kochi
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This refers to "Who's happy we're out?" (April 1). Vijay Nambisan brought some solace to economists and planners with his observations about the gain in man-days. As Nambisan rightly said, much time would have been wasted if the games were won analysing and arguing in addition to viewing the games. If anyone from the Planning Commission has anything to say, it should be to forget about cricket for some time.
R. Murali Kumar,
Srirangam
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The palpable sarcasm in the articles by Sevanti Ninan and Vijay Nambisan surely must have given the readers a hearty laugh. The latter particularly must be congratulated for calculating the number of man hours, students' study hours and the benefits which the defeat has brought.
Prof. K.S.S.Sarma,
Kurnool
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Vijay Nambisan's statement that the country will not watch the World Cup anymore is not entirely correct. There are cricket buffs to whom watching Lara, Ponting or Jayasurya is as interesting as watching Tendulkar. The only difference is that the atmosphere will be more relaxed and tension-free.
Venkatesh G. Iyer,
Chennai
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Vijay Nambisan's humorous and intelligent words of wisdom help drive away the blues of our disastrous defeat in the world cup. The writer needs to be congratulated for thoughtfully shifting our focus to the silver lining amid the black clouds.
Sulochana Manson
Coimbatore
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