What is cricket without the players

TNN / Sep 21, 2002, 23:37 IST

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Is the ICC armtwisting Jagmohan Dalmiya and the BCCI on the logo issue? Should there be a players’ union?

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Is the ICC armtwisting Jagmohan Dalmiya and the BCCI on the logo issue? Should there be a playersâ€™ union? The BCCI and Jagmohan Dalmiya is getting what they deserve. On the sponsorship issue they left the players to fend for themselves and now they are paying for it. Vicky Khanna, Sodepur Jagmohan Dalmiya is more interested in politics than looking after the interest of the players.The relation between the players and the board has become bitter and is would be foolish for the players to trust the BCCI. Raju Sen Gupta Parnasree, Behala Today cricket is not a game but a means for making money. The players bring in the crowds and the money, but unfortunately enough the ICC and the BCCI gobble up the profits. Swati Roy, Bandel BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is now in the horns of dilemma. On one hand he must abide by the order of the ICC and on the other he has to face the hostility of players. Debasish Datta, Khardah The ICC is absolutely right in imposing a ban on personal sponsorships. Otherwise the players will play truant. The duty of the players is to play and they should do that properly. Jeet Bakshi, Kolkata 15 The cricket world consists of the Indian sub-continent on one hand and the rest of the world on the other. India is the financial powerhouse of cricket and naturally the ICC is trying to curb the BCCIâ€™s clout. Dhananjay Mitra, Kolkata 27 There is no doubt that the ICC is harassing the BCCI and Indian cricketers in every possible way. After the South African fiasco, involving ICC match referee Mike Denness, the ICC is behaving like an enemy. Niren Bose, Chandannagar The ICC has been outwitted by the Indian players on the sponsorship issue. Now the logo issue has become a matter of ego for the two Malcolms - Malcolm Speed and Malcolm Grey. Tanisha Dutta, Lake Gardens The ICC is arm-twisting Jagmohan Dalmiya and the BCCI on the logo issue. International cricket cannot do without the Indian subcontinent. Naturally the ICC is trying to put the BCCI under pressure. Merilin Sen, Alipore The players should be united if they want to survive. The cricketers are the main attraction and without them no sponsor will back the game. The ICCâ€™s behaviour is childish. Narendra Banerjee, Kalna The ICC have become vindictive after the Indian players resisted on the sponsorship issue. The ICC is now deliberately creating a new problem over the logo issue. It has become an ego problem for them. Tarun Ghosh, Diamond Harbour Unity of players is a must and the players have proved this in the ongoing crisis on the sponsorship issue. They didnâ€™t sign the contract and forced the ICC to accept their demands. Karuna Banerjee, Salt Lake The ICC is arm twisting not only the BCCI and Jagmohan Dalmiya but the Indian players too. This time they have not been successful in exploiting the players because they were united. Rafikuddin Khandakar, Kidderpore It has been proved that the ICC is a paper tiger and has no control over the different boards. But the ICC has been successful in antagonising the players against BCCI. The players and the BCCI should sit together and sort out the problem amicably. Dhananjay Kumar, Kestopur The ICC, ever since the Mike Denness event, has been trying to put the Indian cricketers and the BCCI on the mat. The BCCI and the Indian players should fight the situation unitedly. Poulami Chatterjee, Lake Town </div> </div>

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