***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

[indiaholic]

HB has some weird thing against cricinfo. The only thing that is happening here is that cricinfo are always the last at publishing any such news.. I guess they dont want to publish what may be a rumour.

 

[honestbharani]

Isn't that what I said? Something will be out soon... Also crap info has to be careful with how they put stuff. It's one thing for names like Shastri, Kapil and Gavaskar to discuss such issues. These no names can get into pretty warm waters over contempt of court.

 

[honestbharani]

HB has some weird thing against cricinfo. The only thing that is happening here is that cricinfo are always the last at publishing any such news.. I guess they dont want to publish what may be a rumour.

You just have to read their articles to see the obvious bias. I am not wasting my vacation time searching for those but I am assuming they had beef with the previous regime, possibly over the IPL rights or something and have been extremely supportive of the current regime.

 

[indiaholic]

Sorry HB but it seems like you are coming from a place of pro Sreeni mama bias.

 

[honestbharani]

Nope .. he ll be kicked out by the Lodha recommendations too. I just hate hypocrisy of those guys there.

 

[cnerd123]

this still isn't on Cricinfo?

The article on Cricbuzz is broke now:

http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-new...and-bcci-to-cancel-new-zealand-series-reports

 

[social]

"We don’t want India to be humiliated in front of the world."

And cancelling a test tour when the other team is in the country will make them look good

 

[social]

I don't know how things get done in India, but you don't negotiate with Courts here. You do as you're told.

That's if you ever make it anywhere court as one of the major problems with doing business there is that it can literally take years before you have your day

 

[Jono]

"We don’t want India to be humiliated in front of the world."

And cancelling a test tour when the other team is in the country will make them look good

its extraordinary isn't it?

 

[honestbharani]

How tough would it be for the Supreme Court to order the series to go on here?

 

[social]

Didnt take much notice of it at the time (and probably has nothing to do with current mess anyway) but any truth in the speculation that the BCCI's finances arent going to be as rosy in the near future due to lack of bidders for tv rights?

 

[marc71178]

"We don’t want India to be humiliated in front of the world."

And cancelling a test tour when the other team is in the country will make them look good

That suggests to me that Williamson is fit and they know that him and Jeets on one team means an innings win for NZ. Theyre using the court thing as a cover...

 

[hendrix]

Who makes a publicity and negotiating play against a court ffs? Answer me, ****.

To be fair, my understanding is that the court itself is often used as a means of political pointscoring...

Hate the BCCI and I'm pro people taking them on...but sometimes when I read these articles it seems like some big powers/small penises are flexing their muscles.

Which must be endlessly frustrating for Indians.

 

[harsh.ag]

What could go wrong when you allow a non-government entity to have a monopoly on the biggest sport in the country?

 

[indiaholic]

What could go wrong when you allow a non-government entity to have a monopoly on the biggest sport in the country?

Aren't all sports effectively monopolies? Why is a government monopoly necessarily better? Isn't the evidence on the side of 'ownership structures don't matter much as long as there is competition'?

 

[Prince EWS]

Aren't all sports effectively monopolies? Why is a government monopoly necessarily better? Isn't the evidence on the side of 'ownership structures don't matter much as long as there is competition'?

Haha I tried really hard not to bite at harsh's post but now that you've replied I can't help but point out how weird I found it given:
- When the BCCI didn't have a monopoly and the ICL was a thing, most of CW hated that even more.
- The root of the issue here is clearly the Supreme Court completely overstepping its bounds and telling the BCCI how much of a break it has to allow in between tournaments. That's just absurd micro-management of a 'non-government entity' by the central authority.

 

[Howe_zat]

What could go wrong when you allow a non-government entity to have a monopoly on the biggest sport in the country?

Well in England the FA manages to oversee a multi-billion pound sporting industry without a hint of corruption.

Right?

 

[indiaholic]

Haha I tried really hard not to bite at harsh's post but now that you've replied I can't help but point out how weird I found it given:
- When the BCCI didn't have a monopoly and the ICL was a thing, most of CW hated that even more.
- The root of the issue here is clearly the Supreme Court completely overstepping its bounds and telling the BCCI how much of a break it has to allow in between tournaments. That's just absurd micro-management of a 'non-government entity' by the central authority.

The bolded part is not the only issue as BCCI has not agreed to setting an age limit on their office bearers or on allowing only one vote per state. But yeah, I have no idea why the judiciary would recommend the gap between tournaments. I believe the Lodha committee report initially had guidelines on how much space ads can take up on the screen, which is just absurd.

 

[Shri]

Who makes a publicity and negotiating play against a court ffs? Answer me, ****.

The supreme court in the country has become a bit of a joke in recent times.States and bodies openly ignore their decisions with no consequences. Type in 'Karnataka' or 'Cauvery' in ggogle to be amazed.

 

[Shri]

Cleaver Greene.

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