Talk about FIFA having problems. The IPL (Indian Premier League) have got some serious ones as well. Writing this in the light of the auctions this weekend for the coming season, I find it a travesty that players like Brian Lara (greatest living batsman in my opinion) and Graeme Swann (best spinner in the world, as stated by Shane Warne) are not even sold. And then you get Indian batsmen, like Gautam Gambhir who are sold for 2.4 MILLION!!!
It really is quite shocking. You look at the names of the players who've been sold for the most: Gambhir, Pathan, Uthappa, Sharma, Pathan, Singh and Tiawary. I had heard of NONE OF THEM before the auction and it just shows that even average Indian players are chosen before brilliant world beaters (Muralitharan and Kallis).
But it gets worse: there are so many good players who haven't been sold. I could easily make an IPL winning team out of just the players who haven't been sold, guaranteed. The list is seemingly endless: Brian Lara, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett, Peter Siddle, Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Tim Bresnan, Simon Katich, Makhaya Ntini are only some of the brilliant players who haven't been bought (the full list can be found here).
Another very interesting thing is that there are NO repeat NO unsold Indian players. Now unless this is because of a rule or a requirement that I haven't heard of requiring all Indian players to be bought, it's a CLEAR sign of bias. It's like if the Premier League were to have only English players a part from a few big names like Torres, Fabregas or Tevez.
I think somebody should set up a league in England or elsewhere (not county style) that would be way more attractive to young people and others, in the style of the IPL, just with all the players that the IPL rejects and all the English and Australian stars. It would be much better for everyone (a part from the Indians, obviously).
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