IPL is business. Team owners are merchants. And, players are cows and donkeys. I thought everyone understood this. But, no! This became especially true with the furure in India and steaming from the other side of the border.
The IPL is a 100% business venture. The teams are owned by businesspersons from India and abroad. The owners think they can milk the cows and use the donkeys to carry loads. The owners go to the market to buy cows and donkeys. They go to the market, browse over the stalls and would check out all the animals on display. However, they are not bound to buy every cow and donkey they check out.
The merchants buy animals when they find some value in it. If there is rumor that a particular staple has mad-cow virus, no one is going to buy a cow from that shed. Do you need more explanation?
In this backdrop, it is extremely unlucky that Indian media made too much noise. The hoopla was unwarranted and pathetic. What do the media have to do with a private business process? What is the point in calling IPL a 'mafia'? Why do people of Pakistan think they were snubbed?
Do cows and donkeys cry if they can't find any takers? There were as much as 66 cows and donkeys for sale. Only a dozen were sold. The rest have to go back to their homes. It is normal. If there aren't buyers, there is no point in crying 'I am not sold' – especially from the part of a horse, donkey or a cow.
It is also unfortunate that top level politics is involved. Even office bearers of responsible institutions raising furore and creating chaos. The least I understand is why people of a country are taking to the streets? Do sellers protest if they can't sell their animals?
