Its here finally. Indian Premier League. Its now official- the final trial of the bollywood gyrations, baseball cheerleading and some cricket is here.
Will it succeed- I would want to say yes. But, logic says no. DLF paid 200Crs for title sponsorship, Shah Rukh Khan, Mallya, Preity Zinta + Ness Wadia combo, etc have spent $100M odd each. Can they recover this all?
I think not. Why- I will give you an example. This is the oft quoted example of 'Law of diminishing returns' in economics. If a person is thirsty- he drinks a glass of water. If he is very thirsty, may be 2 glasses of water. Very very very thirsty? May be a third glass. Can someone drink 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 glasses of water? No. May be if you are participating for the Guinness records :-)
We are a cricket crazy nation. No doubt. But, the question here is - are we that crazy to watch Warne, Mc Grath, Hayden, Kallis, Ntini and co. fight it out day-in and day-out? Will we be as passionate when we cheer them as we usually are when it is Sachin, Dravid or Ganguly? Donno.
This will decide if IPL is a success or no irrespective of the naach gaana, cheer leading and the accompanying dance sequences.. Or am I wrong?
Ciao till next time...Harsha
3 comments:
Hey,
I think surely all the ppl who spent money in ipl get their money with double interest.
Just to give an exapmle look at the way Mallya is using team to promote his brands which are otherwise not allowed to advatise so openly.
Afterall,in case of beer your 1,2,3 logic applies in reverse way.
-CaptainObvious
hmm.. good thoughts.. may be. but donno if this can become a hit like the EPL.. lets see!
For the sake of Test cricket and cricket in general i hope and wish IPL flops...Lets get over with this tamasha and get straight into some proper cricket
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