The ongoing controversy about alleged racial taunting that Australian cricket player Symonds was subject to, enters a new chapter with BCCI deciding to display "anti-racial messages" during games.
It's amusing to see ICC warning BCCI to "abide by anti-racism code". Anybody remember the Javed Miandad incident in Australia? Or Mike Denness's handing of suspensions, warnings and bans for six Indian players in an alleged ball tampering incident?
When Alan Donald abused Rahul Dravid, it was not racial. When players from Australia or England taunt Indians racially, including the likes of McGrath, Bond and Flintoff, it is shrugged off. When Indians step an inch forward in that line, they are handed fines and bans of all kind.
BCCI uses Indian players like slaves, to fill its coffers. Just imagine the number of one day and 20/20 games these players have played, in this year alone. It goes without saying that BCCI is the richest sports body in the world, if I may add the word "almost" with little doubt in my mind that it's almost true. . There is very little expected of ICC in delivering justice to players from the sub continent. At least the Sri Lankan board stood by Muralidharan in his fight against the chucking allegations, while BCCI let down Harbhajan Singh so badly. The 'asouls' have not had the guts or integrity to stand by its players, and fight the racist ICC.
No wonder Australians, South Africans and England players are cocky, cocky enough to shove Sharad Pawar off the stage, arrogant to mouth racial taunts to Rahul Dravid in front of thousands of spectators and TV cameras, and know well enough that BCCI cannot chew their ass the way ICC does to the likes of Sreesanth.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Bend It Like BCCI
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