Well sometimes people just need to get a life.
One of the biggest plus points of the 20-20 format is the entire packaging. Everything from the time factor , pace, the way the players are seated in the dug-out, the cheerleaders, the performances makes it a good experience.
Well im still skeptical about the IPL though it has started with a bang and i still feel Subhash Chandra of ICL deserves some credit because BCCI are just cashing in. But im here to tackle something more grave....
Today the news channels were all running a story on the proposed ban on the cheerleaders in the IPL. Well my first reaction was "this is crap".........i mean these cheerleaders have been "imported" from US and they are actually training an Indian group of cheerleaders as well..........and clearly they are hot.........so who's the loser.....us......
Shatrugan Sinha says organisers are making a mockery of cricket. This ban has been proposed by the Maharashtra Government. I mean this is the height of hypocrisy. At one end you have your Rakhi Sawants and Mallaika Aroras getting paid in lakhs to perform on stage with even lesser clothes and then these people say this(cheerleaders) is degrading to the women and must be banned.
This is clearly the thing with us Indians, we claim to be moving forward and then we do something like this. Moreover they are fighting against this on the grounds of technicality claiming they do not have performance licences.
This is just too frustrating............one more argument was that there are people to cheer the teams and we don't need cheerleaders. WTF man.........the baseball games and basketball games in the US have more viewers and great crowds but its such a prestigious thing for them, cheerleaders have to go through rigorous training to get there.
Every time theres a 4 or a 6 or a wicket these guys just spring up and give their best and maintain their energy levels throughout and one must give them some credit for that.......if Bollywood can have meaningless item nos. then why not one for the IPL, well bollywood has come together with cricket here right???
I’ve always loved that statement. “Against Indian Culture”. It’s brilliantly ambiguous and convenient, and can be used to cover just about every topic under the sun. For starters I don’t believe in the existence of an “Indian culture”. No one in their right mind would ever equate Punjabi and Tamillian culture. Butter chicken might well be against Tamillian culture, and so on.
Maybe the government objects to the fact that “girls” are being used, since it didn’t seem to have a problem with Akshay Kumar throwing his shirt into the crowd. “Dances” ? Hmm, maybe the government expects us to stand at attention during an exciting cricket match ? That too seems unlikely. Which of course leads me to conclude that the only word in that statement which the government actually objects to is the part where the girls are “clad”. No need to go any further there, especially since the other day some guy who commented on my post on The IPL Blog told me he was still at school ! Close your eyes kid ! Don’t read this !
Seriously though I don’t see why there’s such a big fuss over this whole issue. Hours of media time are being wasted on an insignificant issue. At least I get to post an entry on The IPL Blog ! Sadly I don’t think that’s the case with all the politicians and T.V. channels. Maybe it’s a good thing ! Think about Shatrughan Sinha on The IPL Blog!
