Indian Profane League

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The emperor has no clothes and everybody is naked in the Turkish bath. The events that have transpired in the week gone by, have clearly prove that this whole business of IPL is corrupted to the core. The mind simply reels by the extent to which all norms and ethics have been thrown to the wind in order to make a quick buck. If the involvement of the players in the spot fixing was not bad enough, it turns out that one of the owners of the most coveted franchise has been caught with his hands in the till. Rather than being remorseful about the whole thing, look what is happening. The men who matter in this cosy club called the BCCI, they are closing rank on the one hand to protect their damaged reputation, but they are also using this opportunity to manoeuver themselves in an advantageous position in this power game. It doesn’t matter that most of the people who genuinely love the game feel cheated and betrayed. What really matters to them is that this gravy train of theirs continues on its onward journey. The one important question to be asked is why are the so called ‘’objective voices’’ silent in all this, these influential commentators like Gavaskar, Shastri, Manjerekar and Bhogle have all colluded in this conspiracy of silence. They are never critical of the IPL, it’s as if they exist in an alternate world where everything is as pure as driven snow in so far as the IPL is concerned. They and many others like them have been gagged with wads of currency notes, so why would they bite the hand that feed them. Like the mafia does, the ex-players have either been co-opted or bought over. In this hopeless situation, we the powerless can do nothing but despair. The least we can do is let’s turn our back completely on the IPL and also boycott tonight’s final.