Enough is enough! This is height of being stubborn. Despite the clear observation of the Bombay High Court that the constitution of the probe panel investigating IPL fixing was itself illegal, Srinivasan is reluctant to budge. The charges were levied against Gurunath Meiyappan, former Chennai Super Kings Team Principal and Jaipur IPL Pvt. Ltd., the owners of Rajasthan Royals. The panel had given a clean chit to these parties.
Now, despite the new development, Srinivasan is desperate to participate in the proposed meeting of the working committee to be held in New Delhi on 2nd August 2013. In this proposed meeting, the future strategy based on the tough stand taken by the court and the government will be decided.
Despite a negative outcome for Srinivasan, the tone adopted by the interim president of the BCCI, Jagmohan Dalmiya remained rather on the softer side. Instead, Mr. Srinivasan took an aggressive stand and when asked in what capacity he intends to attend the proposed meeting of the board, Srinivasan said that the person asking the question may come and see for himself as to what capacity he holds.
Just yesterday, a draft bill intending to curb the governance irregularities in Indian sport has been presented. Despite this, people like Srinivasan are not willing to change their mentality. They should understand that youngsters are no more willing to tolerate corruption in sport. The ethics committee will perhaps prove to be a vital tool in ensuring long term transparency in Indian sport. But people with power also need to understand that they can no longer exploit sports for their personal gain.
In fact, owing to BCCI’s solid financial position and monopoly in controlling the game of cricket and commanding even the ICC, there is no element of accountability and responsibility left. For financial gain, even the Indian cricket team is hard pressed to follow the vigorous schedule of playing non-stop cricket. Please do not play with emotions of the fans. The BCCI is simply encashing on the emotional bonding of the fans with the game. In this cricket mad country, people just love to watch cricket and when this is served in a spicy platter like IPL, the enjoyment becomes unparalleled.
So far so good, but the catch is that despite sentimental attachment with the game of cricket, no one is ready to tolerate incidents such as spot fixing. It becomes a more important issue when the son-in-law of the President is charged with something like spot fixing and betting. So the clear message down the line for you Mr. Srinivasan is that it is better you leave, otherwise the public is ready to set you right. Suresh Kalmadi also made mockery of the system, but was shown the door. It is time to wisely step away.
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