Who's your culprit?

Fri Aug 23 23:01:31 2002
Name:M Krishna
Email:comm_startup@excite.com
Your Views:Definitely unpatriotic and unprofessional. Granted what ICC did is also not quite right, but given the fact that BCCI offered to cover financial losses incurred by the affected players and also to shield them against any backlash from their sponsors, players stand shows nothing but their arrogance, complete disregard for their fans and the game of cricket. I suppose, cricket is no longer a game of gentlemen. All this when these players have contracts worth millions of dollars. Perhaps they are forgetting that they earn millions because of their brand among the fans. Once their image or brand is tarnished, they will after all not be worth that much to sponsors. One wonders who is advising these players. I feel sorry for players other than the four (who have sponsorship contracts to protect). They are stuck between rock and a hard place. Seniors and the board. Shame on seniors to creating such a situation for juniors, perhaps playing with their careers for the sake of few thousand rupees or dollars. But then, they are no more than mere mortals, just like most of us, who worry about self-interests and are taken over by greed with disregard to others.

Fri Aug 23 23:36:15 2002
Name:krishna
Email:gkvikas@rediffmail.com
Your Views:there is no question of patriotism in the whole issue. the board which said "decide between playing for the country or money" does not have the right to say so because of the same reason that they are bending before the ICC for money and nothing else. If the board is so "patriotic" why cannot they give up the ICC money. I dont think Indian cricket board is so much in need on that money. and the players are every right to ask for a better deal. The players have a point.

Fri Aug 23 23:36:43 2002
Name:puru
Email:aaa@aaa.com
Your Views:I do not think that our players are not being patriotic.They have the right to earn too and signing this contract will definitely not help them.The ICC and BCCI are to be blamed not our players.

Sat Aug 24 00:33:10 2002
Name:rahulganesh
Email:rahul_vganesh@yahoo.com
Your Views:It is indeed a wrong decision by both ICC and BCCI.Their stance against players is full of stupidity.How can they frame such a harsh rules so hurridely.This is not a right attitude.The BCCI has to support Indian players and they have to stand in their stride but unfortunately they are in wróng side.I hope ICC will have cosideration for Indian players.They can do this type of things outside the trophy and dont want to make it a big issue full of political nonsenses.. i really oppose this type of cruelity against Indian Players. I hope ICC will rollback its stupidity in no time and urge Indian players to play for their country. rahul

Sat Aug 24 00:55:49 2002
Name:Ramesh
Email:rbmudakala@rediffmail.com
Your Views:the players are certainly not unpatriotic by not signing the contract bcoz the board has to take the blame for allowing the crisis to blow up the board very well knows about the contract and it should have talked with the players before the tour of england. perhaps the board has taken for granted the players. and i strongly feel that players have every right to protect themselves from the legal harzads thy have to face if thy come in terms of icc contract. the board has to be blamed for the crises.

Sat Aug 24 07:41:49 2002
Name:arvind gupta
Email:arvindgupta_rs@hotmail.com
Your Views:Our Indian players are not being unpatriotic by not signing the contracts. It is ICC's greed to make money for themselfes through our players who command huge viewership and bring huge sponsors by their talent. In a democratic country they should be free to do whatever they want to do if they are not harming the cricket. Our cricketers should stand firm and should not bend to the ICC who i think have a biased thinking for coloured players. Where does patriotism comes in between. Who is the board to not to select the player. They should go to the court as they are being deprived of their legimate right to represent India. It is board's function to choose the best team to represent the country. By sending a second rung team it is betraying its country and it's pride. It is only the greed of ICC and old men their of no use who have created the problem. I really appreciate for our boys for standing tall for their rights and fight till the end.

Sat Aug 24 07:54:46 2002
Name:vijay singh mahendra
Email:vijaymahendra1@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Some time back I had written in an article that big money is playing a big role in the gentemen's game and now everyone , yes everyone i.e. the ICC, respective Boards and the players are trying to grab as much money as they can and they continue to do so even after retirement. Lokk at Ravi, Sunil, Sidhu and the whole lot of world cricketers. Now the big question is that whether ICC can be justified in jeopardising player's interest in order to earn some extra money for themselves which they are trying t0o do being the controlling authority of the game. They could have been justified had they done this without the intension of earning some extra money for themselves. The players are already under contract to do ads for their sponsors and a third party cannot enter into an agreement with some other sponsor and ask the players to revoke their own contracts. Still they trying to adopt arm twisting activities and force the players to sign contracts revoking their earlier legal contracts. There can be found out a way of saving every one from breaking their legal obligations if mind is applied to the question and if they don't own such mind they can definitely borrow. Pity for the ICC.

Sat Aug 24 08:45:47 2002
Name:L. P. Surana
Email:surana@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Your Views:I have not seen the ICC Agreement and hence can't comment on that. But every agency must ensure that no legal battles are fought to meet one's ego. BCCI should consider making it mandatory for every player earning through sponsorship to donate 10% of the earning for the upliftment of poor. They may donate for construction of houses, hospitals, schools, parks etc. etc.

Sat Aug 24 08:53:13 2002
Name:Ganesh Jayadevan
Email:gjayadevan@yahoo.com
Your Views:I think this is a conspiracy hatched by ICC. They would like to break their dependence on countries like India from where they have got most of the money before. If they can raise funds sufficient enough to be independent they can then impose their authoritarian views on the various countries' cricketing boards.

Sat Aug 24 10:09:34 2002
Name:zeeshan nayyar
Email:znayyar@yahoo.com
Your Views:It is a clear case of blackmailing by the ICC.The apex body must keep in mind that the average age of a cricketer is 4-5 years and to play for one's country he has to go through a very tortuous path.If a cricketer does not earn through the endorsement during these years then he can never be able to lead a proper life. If the ICC sticks to its demands then the match fixing controversy may arise from its grave.So it would be prudent on the part of the ICC & the BCCI to come to an amicable settlement at the earliest for the benefit of the game.

Sat Aug 24 10:10:36 2002
Name:R.GOKUL
Email:mudandsand@rediffmail.com
Your Views:THE ICC ASKING THE PLAYERS TO SIGN THE CONTRACT IS AN INDECENT PROPOSAL. THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACQUIRE THE CRICKETERS INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

Sat Aug 24 10:14:32 2002
Name:Subrat Thayal
Email:subratothayal@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I think, the whole drama has been set by Jagmohan Dalmiya. We are forgetting, when the contract has been signed by ICC, he was the ICC Chief. I was behind the whole deal. He is asking players to play for their country and not to score a money. But being out of field, staying at the office.... Dalmiya himself made millions. We being Indian Cricket Lovers, should be behind the players. I strongly wish CBI investigation against Dalmiya. He cannot be a BCCI Chief. He does not love Cricket.... but Money.

Sat Aug 24 12:02:03 2002
Name:K.NATARAJAN
Email:knatarajan@satyam,net.in
Your Views:ICC is totally unrealistic and creating unwanted controversy.The players are highly committed to play for their country and are patriotic. There is no doubt about that.If the players had known about ICC's conditions before signing their contract with their sponsors, they would have not signed the contract, giving preference to play for their country. Now that they have signed the contract earlier, they have to honour the commitment, as a professional ethics. In addition, they can be sued for violating their contract.Even now, ICC can modify their stand that in future their new conditions will be applicable after a cut-off date.I think someone or an authority should sue ICC for bringiging in a regulation arbitorily causing embaresment, discomfort etc. to the players , who are sincere and dedicated. Alternatively another agency parellel to ICC should be formed, throwing this ICC out and/or derecognising them. Let us recall an earlier incident, when this ICC created a problem for Indian players, when an ICC umpire's action caused a major embaresment. We need a change of president for BCCI who could be practical and shows concern for the sincere Indian players.

Sat Aug 24 12:02:34 2002
Name:Sanjeevi.K
Email:sanjeevi_k@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Dear Editor, It is sad part of the Game of Cricket,that both the players and Governing Council(ICC & Respective Boards) are trying to make the game more commercial as per the Consumer world.Even all the basic rules have been mended to adjust for the Business Corporate who sponsor the vent who doen't have any connection on the game.Except few corporate houses(MRF...) who spend for the improvising and identifying the skills of future players,no one is bothered about cricket. So when we get more money then we are obliged to accept the conditions put forward at you.The players are like Cinema Heros who behave with their sponsored Identity.Previously the individual Board used to get its sold to some lucrative amount to the Corporates.Now it is for the whole world Cricket governing body(ICC) to sell the event to particular group which is ready with Sponsering. A day may come even the people who will be watching the vents also be "Banned" from using the products of Competitor of the Sponser. Cricket should be in the control,than in the other way which is currently going on. Thanks Sanjeevi.K

Sat Aug 24 12:03:34 2002
Name:V.ramamurthy
Email:vallivazhai@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It does not lie in the mouth of Mr.Speed to talk about the patriotism of players from various countries, after covrtly signing a dubious contract just for making money.Not only the stand taken by our players is correct, it will be insulting for any player or country to barter one's rights just to please an international body.To top it all, is it not illegal to force players/countries to sign contracts which contravene contracts they (latter) had already signed ? I salute our players for their sense of self respect.

Sat Aug 24 12:10:22 2002
Name:VBS SREE RAMA MURTHY
Email:vaddi_bhagwaan@yahoo.com
Your Views:It is understandable that the ICC is the supreme board of cricket. While taking any decisions it should consult the Board representatives and the players of every country, then there would be no fuss. I completely blame the responsablity of ICC & the BCCI for its hasty decision for which the players being questioned about their patriotism. I hope there would be a compramise on each sides and senior Indian Team would be playing in Mini ICC championship trophy. Lets hope for the best.

Sat Aug 24 12:19:53 2002
Name:Mukesh Maloo
Email:mukeshmaloo@hotmail.com
Your Views:I dont know much about the politics but I would like to say that I can not see any Cricket match without the TRIO-Sachin,Sourabh,Rahul. Just it is.. Mukesh

Sat Aug 24 12:38:22 2002
Name:nitesh
Email:niteshnu@hotmail.com
Your Views:are'nt the indian selectors playing a double game by selecting the 25 probables for the challenger trophy and as well as asking the indian team to play for the challenger trophy, what if the 25 probables sign the contract and are ready to play the series and at the last moment if the board finds a solution with the players and makes them agree to play for the series , what about the 25 players who signed the contract and were ready to go, arent the indian board playing a double game with the indian players and the 25 probables, the 25 probables will neither remain here nor they will go there, in hindi they say " DHOBI KA KUTTA NA GHAR KA NA GHAT KA" the situation of those 25 players could be of like this. from : NITESH

Sat Aug 24 12:45:33 2002
Name:raju
Email:rajumahadevia@hotmail.com
Your Views:I think that the country is ahead than money but i personally feel that now the ICC panel is full of oldies and their thinking do not match our generation's thinking so they must be first of all thrown out. They do not have a right to decide our present player's income source. In fact i think that they are frustated and jealous of our cricketers since during their days they did not have any sponsors like the present day cricketers enjoy. In no way the ICC can pu pressure as to how to earn incom for the present day cricketers. They are just like jailors to fill in their own coffers and most of all SINCE ENGLAND has not won a single world cup i think it is their handiwork OK GOT IT ICC BOARD MEMBERS. so i think that allthe oldies should retire from their work and go home and sleep and let the present day cricketers' earn their income as per their own will. NO MONEY IS GOING OUT OF ICC POCKET. THE SPONSOR CO is paying them so why they are JUST JEALOUS AND FRUSTATED SINCE DURING THEIR DAYS THEY DID NOT HAVE SUCH FACILITIES? BAD TIMES CANNOT HELP IT ANY WAY I think that the COUNTRY comes first and is always so but u cannot stop the cricketer's income as u r no one to decide it. GOT IT

Sat Aug 24 12:47:14 2002
Name:mandar
Email:man_joi@rediffmail.com
Your Views:it doesn't matter for the crickters. they earn money either ways 1)from bcci 2)from sponsors 3)by betting. i think crickters are given unnecessary importance.we should appericiate other sports persons rather than our crickters.

Sat Aug 24 13:48:18 2002
Name:SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY
Email:suchitra007@indiatimes.com
Your Views: In my opinion whatever the ICC makes the players should obey it. Afterall it is the authoritative org of cricket. Forget about the ad & all .just concentrate on cricket . Afterall u r taking our money(people's tax) for ur performance. So why to take more ads and all .

Sat Aug 24 13:57:16 2002
Name:C V YOGESH
Email:cvy_utr@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It is not like that, if they sign now the ICC and our BCCI will not consider anything in favour of the players in future. but if other countries signs, our players also should sign the contract otherwise they will be termed as unpatriotic and play only ofr money.

Sat Aug 24 15:13:04 2002
Name:gulab khambayat
Email:khambayat@rediffmail.com
Your Views:i think this contract has to be cancelled. bcci has to protect the players interest to protect national interest. bcci has enough funds with them. bcci should not worry about funds. a strong man like mr. dalmiya should not succomb to the icc pressure. he must think this time too in the best interest of players.

Sat Aug 24 15:47:08 2002
Name:Russell Newby
Email:rustynayles@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The Indian Cricketers are not wrong in refusing to sign the contracts neither are they unpatriotic to the country. The ICC is definitely wrong in not taking the cricketers in confidence when they first came up with the plan as also the BCCI. The BCCI should have sounded them out on the matter when they signed with the ICC two years ago. The ICC in the past has been giving the Indian cricketers a tough time ever since the Mike Deness incident in South Africa. Cheers to the cricketers and may they never buckle down to white skinned pressure tactics.

Sat Aug 24 16:38:23 2002
Name:balaji s
Email:balthul@eth.net
Your Views:all of our star players should accept it is a matter of patriatism to play and not a matter of prestige/money.

Sat Aug 24 16:43:38 2002
Name:mohan valavil
Email:mohanvalavil@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:ICC should be urged to end up this controversy immediately. It is the stars like Sachin, Sourav and Rahul whom we want to see playing cricket. Ofcourse, country comes first, but these are the stars who have brought cricket to the present level of interest. Without them, cricket will be really a fool's game. Who will follow this game without them? Let them stop these stars and close down the ICC also. Who wants ICC without my favourite star Rahul Dravid?

Sat Aug 24 17:31:41 2002
Name:neeleshbharath
Email:neeleshbharath@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I fully appreciate the players stand .Malcolm Speed is a racist ,and i dont understand how the indian board is allowing this ,i think we all should stand behind our players and boycott the event.Who are the major advertisers for cricket Indian Companys And who attracts the crowds for cricket Indian? Need I say More

Sat Aug 24 17:59:19 2002
Name:Dilip Rangle
Email:rangledilip@rediffmail.com
Your Views:i think the Indian players are not to be blame for not signing the contract as proposed by ICC. It is the ICC who should have taken care of players interest first and then it's own because without the players, be it a super star or an average cricker, it is cricketers who are batling on the ground, because of their heroics the game is atracting public which is resulting in huge bussines and it is not because of ICC or BCCI. In the current cinario if Tendulkar/Ganguly/Dravid are not playing in the ICC knok out in Colombo then it the cricket who is going to be looser. At list 50% of spectators will not turnout to see the game which will result is financial losses. The agreement signed by the ICC with the new sponsors of ICC knockout tournament are recent one and many players are having their individual contracts prior to this.If this players who have their private contract sign the ICC CONTRACT then their will be dispute between the players who are laready into the ontract with their indidual sponsors. Hence it is mistake commited by Icc and not the players and therefor icc is responsible for every thing and not the players. The question of patriotisum does not arise at all.

Sat Aug 24 18:15:21 2002
Name:b.r.sathish
Email:br_sathish@rediffmail.com
Your Views:if icc forced to singed contarct india should boycot the icc match.

Sat Aug 24 18:22:48 2002
Name:alok chowdhury
Email:alok_amul@yahoo.com
Your Views:PLAYER,S INTEREST & RIGHTS ARE BEING COMPROMISED BY ICC & BCCI. ICC'S INVOCATION OF PATRIOTISM IN THIS EPISODE IS CHILDISH TO BE CHARITABLE TO MR.SPEED.AS I SEE IT,THE PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS ARE TRYING TO SAFEGUARD THEIR EARNINGS WHILE ICC & BCCI ARE TRYING TO EARN SOME MORE MONEY.IF IT IS AT THE COST OF PLAYERS,SO BE IT. I FEEL THAT THE EXISTING CONTRACTS OF PLAYERS CANNOT BE ALTERED BY ICC OR BCCI OR EVEN BY THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES,ACTING ALONE OR JOINTLY.INTEREST OF PLAYER'S SONSORS CANNOT BE IGNORED IN THE LONG TERM INTEREST OF THE GAME.ALSO, THEY HAVE AN EXISTIG,FAIR & ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT WITH PLAYERS,WHICH THEY MAY EQUITABLY & LEGALLY DEMAND THAT PLAYERS & ALL OTHERS WHO ARE PARTY TO A CONTRACT MUST HONOUR.OTHERWISE FACE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES INCLUDING COMPENSATION & DAMAGES.

Sat Aug 24 19:39:14 2002
Name:Sachin Kumar
Email:sac76@rediffmail.com
Your Views:There is no question about the patriotism of our players. The ICC is the culprit here. The ICC should remember one thing that,if there are cricketers then there is cricket, so they should look at the best interest of the cricketers, not bid to fill their own coffe. More over the BCCI should support the Indian Cricketers.

Sat Aug 24 21:58:02 2002
Name:kamalakar
Email:kamalakar_in@yahoo.com
Your Views:it is depriving of fundamantal rights of a person.if they fail to perform for the country then they are answerable to the country.ICC is over stepping the rights of a person.its like modi questioning the EC.

Sat Aug 24 22:10:00 2002
Name:Ramanathan. M.
Email:m_ramnath@rediffmail.com
Your Views:sir, no doubt, players like sachin, dravid play dedicatedly for the nation. but at the same time the players should not be applied to such test. playing for the nation is important; at the same time they should look after themselves. the ICC should go for negotiations and settle the task. Ramanathan. M.

Sat Aug 24 22:26:31 2002
Name:NANDAKISHORE TADEPALLI
Email:vlvrs_nandu@yahoo.com
Your Views:The ICC,well before making such a controversial deci- ssion,might have discussed it with the respective boards' officials and the captains so as to resolve the conflicts, if any take place. This is a very blind decission made by the ICC.I don't think the players lack patriatism.But they are accountable to their respectvie sponsors becouze they have been paid quite a big amount.ICC should have made a set of rules for sponserships, saying that the players should be in a position to put a temporary break and later use the logos,when they sign the contracts with t. ICC has made a big blunder in taking this decission. If the players accept and sign the forms and wear the logos of the ICC sponsors at the later stages if any legal problems come, who will take care of that,will ICC comeforth? I don't think so. loosing some amount for representing the country, i think most of the players may afford it, but what about the legal problems? The sponsors may want to take a legal action against the players. Now ICC has to give some money to the players whoever is losing becouze of this and has to have dicssusions with the sponsors(pesonal) so that they will let the players sign.

Sun Aug 25 01:32:51 2002
Name:maaz ahmed
Email:drmaaz@rediffmail.com
Your Views:i would say that players are right because all of a sudden u cannot make hard and fast rules every thing should be taken in to consideration.bcci should discuss the matter with malcolm speed and see that players are not affected

Sun Aug 25 12:29:35 2002
Name:Balvinder Bhanwra
Email:bhanwra@sify.com
Your Views:that is definitly not cricket. no sportsman spirit. ICC< BCCI are trying to prove their supermacy while sensing this time they may have to eat humble pie. an cricket fan is least intrested in the row we need all but cricket.

Sun Aug 25 12:41:42 2002
Name:mohanvamshi k
Email:excel_xl@rediffmail.com
Your Views:it s because of their status and grace that they are getting the sponsers.ICC is a real dumb body in this.let the ICC get advertisements and it s tickets sold without the star cricketers of the country playing.it s on thier image that ICC is cashing on and getting revenues from.country pride has got nothing to do with they getting sponsership.so why should they sign the contract.they dont show their commitment by signing a bloody contract that dont help them anyways.i firmly believe my conurty s cricks are committed and they need nothing to prove to me. better if ICC realizes it.

Sun Aug 25 14:14:52 2002
Name:sss
Email:sss@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The ICC and the boards are definitely being greedy, apart from exhibiting poor ethics. As their decision was made 2 years back they could at least have informed the players then.

Sun Aug 25 16:08:20 2002
Name:lovehunterl
Email:lovehunterl@yahoo.com
Your Views:dear sir, It is a shame on the indian govt that inspite of the whole world condeming the modi govt the bjp has still not dissolved the modi govt in gujarat it only shows that the present bjp govt is in favour of modi and it shows that it is bjp,s hand behind every crime in gujrat,and inspite of all the problems the bjp wants the elections to be held in this situation in gujarat, i think the bjp govt thinks that every one is sleeping,any way it is all for good that the muslims are being chased from gujarat so that they get better shelter in some other country like the u.k and states so that they also come to know the real fact.it is time for the downfall of bjp,the whole world has seen bal thakeray saying openly that the muslims who lived before independence should leave india,for this itself he should have been arressted but the bjp in being ruled by the bal thakaray and shiv sena ,shame on indian govt and military this is being broadcasted in the states and other countries because today the muslims and tommorrow may be the christians,so now americans should involve in indian internal affairs. regards lovehunterl

Sun Aug 25 16:18:40 2002
Name:lovehunterl
Email:lovehuterl@yahoo.com
Your Views:dear sir, today bal thakaray who is only a mere citizen say that the muslims should leave india, first of all he has no right to say all this because at the time of independence,it is because of the muslims ,christians and others religions india got independence,if the hindus alone had to fight for the independence they would have never got independence even till today and inturn almost all the hindus would have been washed off by the britisher and by this time it would have been the british rule and i feel britisher would have been better rulers than the independence, because indian poilitics have gone to dogs who snatch for the seat, and bal thakaray should understand that because of muslims and christians india is existing others he would have been washed away along with the total hindus by the brtish. thakaray is a fool to think he is powerful,he is a impotent. regards] lovehunterl

Sun Aug 25 18:17:22 2002
Name:Emani V.S.Murthy
Email:evsmurthy@yahoo.com
Your Views:ICC CAN NOT SUBJECT THE PLAYERS TO GIVE UP THEIR CHARACTER AND MORAL VALUES LIKE IT DOES BY RENOUNCING THEIR OLD SPONSORSHIP CONTRACTS.PATRIOTISM DOES NOT MEAN THAT PLAYERS CAN BE WITHOUT CHARACTER,MORALS AND LOYALTY. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THESE DECISIONS WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE INDISCIPLINE AND CORRUPTION IN THE LONG RUN.

Sun Aug 25 19:25:43 2002
Name:alex
Email:alex174u@rediffmail.com
Your Views:i dont think that key player r really unpatriotic no top player games is being harmed due to nay nuiscence it all useless . by such rules the icc will b in trouble leading the country 2 lossssssssss

Sun Aug 25 19:54:04 2002
Name:arun kamath
Email:arun_a_kamath@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I feel that the players must sign the contract.

Sun Aug 25 21:06:15 2002
Name:divanaj
Email:divanaj@rediffmail.com
Your Views:all players who do not sign should be dropped

Sun Aug 25 21:12:08 2002
Name:hari nishanth
Email:hari_kevin@yahoo.com
Your Views:this is absurd, they r trying to snatch a criketers rights. they should not be this strict and by singing this contract icc is earning a lot and making the players poor.

Sun Aug 25 21:42:22 2002
Name:Yatish Jain
Email:yatishkjain@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It is highly biased decision of ICC to get Indian players in such controversial contract.If they would not have taken any money from any one and would have asked players to maintain dicipline by not indulging in any commercial activities then it would have been a different story . Taking huge money from sponsors on one hand and asking players on the other to let play for country is totaly unjustifiable . Definitely ICC is trying to deprive players of their legitimate rights in its bid to fill its own coffer.

Sun Aug 25 22:13:12 2002
Name:A.S. Viswanatha
Email:viswa_nath@indiatimes.com
Your Views:The Indian Cricket Board should take necessary steps before a player signs any contract with the sponserers. If a player signs a contract 2 years back if ICC puts restriction on the player now it is meaningless and defenetly it affects the morale of player to play his natural game. Atleast ICC can give a chance to the players like Sachin,Dravid,Ganguly & Sehwag now and can put restriction next time when the contract is renewed.

Mon Aug 26 04:40:36 2002
Name:Kalyani Venkanna Char
Email:ramachar@rediffmail.com
Your Views:India made Tendularkar, Dravid, Ganguly, and Sehwag. They did not make India. We should not allow them to hold the country to ransom. There will emerge many players better than them when given the chance. We should forget about them and drop them. If they are not representing India not a single sponsor will touch them. Let them play in the English County and fulfill thier greed. The board should not agree now even if they agree now that all other countries have agreed.

Mon Aug 26 09:55:22 2002
Name:Subash
Email:nhss_81@hotmail.com
Your Views:Player's should be united and fight for their fundamental rights.Then India B who have selected in 25 also should support the seniors

Mon Aug 26 11:10:56 2002
Name:ANIL
Email:chidamana@yahoo.com
Your Views:I think indians should play in the ICC champions trophy there is no place for the players to really stay out of the game because of their personal problems.I think any individual representing for the country should be proud and he should not really think about all the problems he has against his sponsors. Indians always say that they are really proud to play for the country so why now they are running away come on play first and think of all other problems when the game is complete.when these players are in the game to earn lot of money then the public is not going to accept that.Dont hurt the people. play for the country with spirit if not stop acting in stupid advertisements which are not useful for any of them except some fools. play the game for the country not for individual pride and earnings.

Mon Aug 26 11:27:33 2002
Name:nagendra
Email:nag_swamy@yahoo.com
Your Views: The ICC attitude is entirely deplorable, i think it is mainly targetting INDIAN players nothing else. In these competatitive world players tend to earn money by other means also , in case of INDIAN players it may be huge. All the member countries should have backed and make group among themselves to protest this attitude of ICC, instead we came to know that australian have agreed for the ICC terms.. they always backstab. We should not question our players integretity,Nationalhood they always upheld the tricolor in true spirit. they always deserve the best. Now BCCI try to cover up its own misdeed and agree to participate in the championship. we should all back up and support our players in their cause. good luck indian players

Mon Aug 26 11:31:23 2002
Name:R. PATTABI RAMAN
Email:kirapala@yahoo.com
Your Views:1) COUNTRY AND THE GAME ONLY ARE THE FOREMOSTs. ANY PLAYER OF ANY COUNTRY NOT SIGNING THE CONTRACT FOR HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS MUST HAVE TO BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED FROM HIS CRICKETING CAREER, AT ALL.

2) BCCI OR ICC ARE THE GOVERNING BODIES. IF THEY FILL UP THEIR COFFERS BY DOING SUCH ACTS, THEN, IT IS IN THE COMMON INTERESTS OF THE GAME. AND IT SHOULD BE TOO. THEREFORE, A PLAYER SHOULD OBEY, IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS, WITHOUT QUESTIONING,THE GOVERNING BODIES DECISIONS AND COOPERATE IN FULL.

3) ANY PLAYER OF ANY COUNTRY IS RECOGNISED AND IS MADE POPULAR, PURELY, BECAUSE OF THE GAME ONLY. NO INDIVIDUALISM OR PERSONAL INFLUENCE OF ANY PLAYER SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO OVER POWER THE GOVERNING BODIES, WHICH DISTURBS THE GAME AND SPOILS THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. IN FACT, INDIVIDUAL ADVERTISEMENT CONTACTRACTS OF ALL THE PLAYERS MUST BE STRICTLY BANNED. ANY SPONSORSHIP OF ANY PLAYER BY ANY COMPANY OR BUSINESS CORPORATE MUST BE THROUGH THE GOVERNING BODIES PERMISSION WITH PROVISION FOR RIGHTS TO CHANGES TO BE MADE, FROM TIME TO TIME, THROUGH THE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF A GIVEN SITUATION TO THE GOVERNING BODIES.

Mon Aug 26 12:05:13 2002
Name:sanjay Kothari
Email:sanjay771@hotmail.com
Your Views:I think that the cricketers are perfectly right in refusing to sign the contract. The icc or anybody have no right in cashing in on players popularity without taking them in confidence. Are the cricketers slave of the management that they have to take permission from them to sign individual contracts with their sponsors ? The management have not done any obligation on the players by giving them a chance to play at International levels.They are doing so becaouse they deserve to be there and hence it is high time that the boards starts giving the players their due. It is the players who bring crowd / money to the sports an not the presidents of the Icc or BCCI. yours truly

Mon Aug 26 12:06:29 2002
Name:vijay sapale
Email:vvsapale@yahoo.co.in
Your Views:It seems ICC and indian players both are hungry for money and nobody wants to backoff as they need to loose money. At the same time player has to learn that all the fame and money is there because they are playing for the country and millions of coutryman watching them. If nobody watch them than no company wants to sponser them. In this fighting they will be out out team and untimately out of job and no more fame and money. Hey guys please put country before your personal money matters. Try to renegotiate with ICC and your own sponsers and don't let one billion indians let down.

Mon Aug 26 12:43:36 2002
Name:Shrinivas Gotur
Email:srinivasgo@rediffmail.com
Your Views:We are able to see the greedy faces of cricket heroes, who do not care about sports of their country but only for their personal financial interests. In the country where crores of people are dying due to hunder, business houses are paying crores of rupees for endorsements. These corporates, who are showing no moral responsibility to offer help to the poor of this nation, are the culprits in creating ugly financial benchmarks for endorsements by cricketers. This kind of dealings not only widen the gap between haves and havenots but also expose the super rich cricketers to extortion by criminals. Probably it is time our cricketers think about cricket, which has given them the fortune they are now trying to protect, and not only their finances. A cricketer, however indispensable for the nation, cannot hold it for ransom. It is an insult to the nation and also to the countrymen who feel foolish to give the star status to these cricket heroes. No one is indispensable. Let the counrty develop another cricket team, until that also starts playing only for money and not for country.

Mon Aug 26 13:25:07 2002
Name:Somesh Tandon
Email:somesht@iitk.ac.in
Your Views:Neither the Players nor the ICC is at fault as per me the Company's who are exploiting the passion of cricket loving public all over the world should be penalised. They are unnecessarliy inflating the cost of their products by paying astronomical Sums to these players who sometimes not even know what product they are endorsing. After all Advertisement is all about informing the public about various choices they have to make & not to get driven by their emotions.Such type of Advertisement is against the very ethics of Advertsiement & Laws should allow only a portion of such spending as actual expenses to control such mis spendings.

Mon Aug 26 13:54:25 2002
Name:Subhro
Email:subhro_p@rediffmail.com
Your Views:I, for one, am with the Players. They are the ones that make the game happen. And they were not consulted before a contract like this was concieved. ICC, a governing body, is supposed to take care of the players rather than creating problems for them. Mr Speed talks about patrioitism where as its the ICC which got greedy in the first place. I think they bluffed and the players called it.

Mon Aug 26 14:44:08 2002
Name:Peeyush Vaish
Email:pvaish@rediffmail.com
Your Views:The players should realise that they are not above the sport. They are jeopardising the faith and hopes of millions of people for their own benefit. The BCCI should act tough against the players. The BCCI says that it will compensate the players for the losses. What for?? Did the players share the brand money earned by them from the big corporates. The Players should decide themselves as to the priority and BCCI would then be able to assess the motives behind these callous players.

Mon Aug 26 15:34:07 2002
Name:Anil Deogaonkar
Email:anildeogaonkar@yahoo.com
Your Views:There is nothing unpatriotic about not signing the ICC contract.The players get commercial assignments because they have done well in the game as per their abilities and the talent available in the country.If they have done well in a game ,then they have done well for the country.Good performer gets better commercial assignments.That is why Sachin gets better deal.Does that make Sachin unpatriotic?In fact more commercial assignments means more patriotic,because his performance is better that the others.

Mon Aug 26 15:37:50 2002
Name:Balvinder Bhanwra
Email:bhanwra@sify.com
Your Views:something not criket but busuiness. Cricket is treated as industry. I think fans are just onlookers .

Mon Aug 26 15:43:46 2002
Name:soumen
Email:cd_soumen@yahoo.com
Your Views:When you are playing for your country, you should not think about the money.

Mon Aug 26 15:49:05 2002
Name:Ashish A Kamat
Email:ashishkamat@rediffmail.com
Your Views:According to me the players are doing the right thing by not signing the contract. If the players sign this contract they will not be loyal against the contracts they have signed with the sponsors. And why should not they earn money for their own talents. God has given them the talent and why should not they use it.

Mon Aug 26 16:00:46 2002
Name:D. Narendran
Email:jackggl@rediff.com
Your Views:I think Malcom speed's arguement of patriotism over money is an insane one. Extending his argument , the only true patriots for us to admire will be veerappan and bin Laden. I dont hink he even understands basic market driven economics (Wealth creation and entrepreneurship)which has stood the test of time.Any way not worth replying more to his line of arguement. But debating whether the stance taken by Indian players is right or wrong at this late juncture - (dont know who is at fault)- I think it is basically wrong. The interest of three or four big names cannot stand in the way of determining a structure for the many players of the world. As a poser it is in a way good so that the uncalled for demi-god status created purely by media will be replaced by more common sense. A small effort among the cricket crazy -Majority - Non literate - Unemployed Poor Indians - who need to somehow engage 24 Hours in a day !!! From an Ardent Cricket Fan