Why not separate the BCCI and the IPL?
Writing for the Times of India, Ashok Malik suggests the detachment of the BCCI from the IPL. Malik proposes disbanding the "BCCI's cosy ecosystem of certain politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and the occasional busybody editor" and making the IPL a se
27-Jun-2015
Writing for the Times of India, Ashok Malik suggests the detachment of the BCCI from the IPL. Malik proposes disbanding the "BCCI's cosy ecosystem of certain politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and the occasional busybody editor" and making the IPL a separate corporate entity.
Cricket as an enterprise and BCCI as a business entity have far outgrown the era when a Wankhede or a Salve could moonlight as a sports official. Since the mid 1990s, when telecast rights began to be sold, BCCI's bank balance has been rising appreciably. In 2008 revenues saw a sudden and massive surge, with the advent of the Indian Premier League. The capacity mismatch is now simply untenable. The BCCI will earn substantially by diluting its stake in IPL. It will also get annual dividends. It can deploy this money for the promotion of cricket in India and for subsidising test matches. Its politicians will still be up to mischief, but at least their cake will be smaller.