IPL- black money n spot-fixing.

This Blog is about the latest controversy involving Fringe IPL players, being lured by Franchisees for more money ( read black money) n also spot fixing being present in domestic cricket. Cricket is a game which is always in news. Any game involving money will always be in news. TP  sudhindra was caught on camera trying to fix a no ball in one of the domestic T20 mtaches n salabh shrivastav  was talking on phone to fix a no-ball in an IPL game for Rs 10 lacs..( wow!! 10 lacs  for just bowling a no ball in a match). spot fixing will always be there and its very difficult to stop.Player caught in spot-fixing should be banned.

Coming to black money, many domestic players seems to be receiving it. It may sound strange but a concept of black money is not new. Its an open secret that all the property transactions in delhi ( or in fact all over india) are done with more than half the black money. India TV which carried out sting operation, they themselves must have bought their office and studio by paying more then half in black. If indian domestic players are receiving it , then there is nothin wrong in it. These players deserve money as much as foreign players. Many players( like shikhar dhawan, saurabh tiwari, Venugopal rao) are receiving money in crores just because they have played 2 or 3 ODI matches n other domestic players are receiving only 30  lacs, just because they did not play international cricket.. how fair is that?

IPL auction in JAN,2011 -->    http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/content/story/495820.html

however, there is a little danger with this concept of black money as big teams like mumbai, pune will end up buying all domestic players  by giving huge sum of money IN black and other teams will be left with nothing. But ipl 4 had some new rules of retaining  players. Chennai superkings , delhi daredevils and mumbai Indians retained MS Dhoni, sehwag  and Sachin tendulkar respectively  by paying them 8 crores,  and chennai also retained raina by paying him 6 crores( the amount was settled by mutual consent of both franchisee n player). Now this is unbelievable, some one like gambhir was sold for Rs 11 crores in IPL auction, gambhir got this much money then why some one like dhoni, sachin n sehwag would agree with Rs 8 crores??? one can easily guess that they may have received good amount of money in black too by franchisees.
 

IPL( from the start) made a good choice by putting a cap on total spending by each team  on players annually, unlike EPL( english football) where sheikhs of Manchester City have spent millions of dollars on buying top players and any team in EPL can spend  any amount of money and there is no stopping.  In IPL the cap on  total money spent is good but the cap on domestic players is stupid and unjustified. rather then having a cap on maximum amount there should be a limit on minimum amount a team should pay to a domestic player( eg an amount of 30 lacs should be given minimum to a domestic player who has played for 5 seasons) and all these players should come up in auction. This way all the money being spent will be out in open and domestic players will also get the amount they deserve and one more thing if any such player is then caught then not just a player but a franchisee should also be punished as the franchisee is making an offer, not a player.