open365 said:
He's not that wrong. I strongly feel ball doctoring is like drug taking in cycling : everybody is doing it but there is a global
omerta about it.
if we draw parrallels with cycling :
Many years ago, drugs were meant to be an individual matter concerning exotic riders from remote countries (the Ouzbek Djamolhidine Abdouzhaparov who became the shame of cycling but well... he was Ouzbek so that explained a lot...)
Then when it was clear it was some sort of widespread cancer, the containement strategy was to find some countries where cheating was generalised ant thus had to be eradicated: Eastern European countries became the obvious scapegoat (think Pakistan in cricket).
But history proved it was a general disease, that had nothing to do with certain individuals or certain countries, as was proved by the latest Tour de France.
Like in cycling :
Commentators are former players who know what happen in the field and have no interest to make it public, as maybe they did the same in their playing days
The public doesn't want to know 'coz it would rub off some of the magic of the sport
Conclusion : I'm pretty sure the ball was doctored but it's not a big deal. Hair and Inzamam made it a big deal
