Auctioning can be traced as far back as 500 B.C.[1] According to ancient Greek scribes, the more generally accepted auction occurred first in Babylon in 500 B.C. During this period, auctions were held annually, and women were sold on the condition of marriage. It was considered illegal to allow a daughter to be sold outside the auction method. Women with “beauty” engendered higher bidding, women without “beauty” had to pay a dowry to be accepted into the auction, and thus the price would be negative.
That was long way back and now instead of women we have the Cricketers!
MUMBAI: India's charismatic one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday emerged as the hottest property in world cricket after being sold out for a staggering USD 1.5 million dollars (Rs 6 crore) in a landmark auction which marked the beginning of a lucrative new era in cricket.
Who is in whose kitty
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League auction that was held in Mumbai on Wednesday had its list of surprises with the Chennai Superkings looking the most formidable team. The following is the list of players that have been selected by the different franchisees
Jaipur: Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$ 475,000), Mohammad Kaif (US$ 675,000), Munaf Patel (US$ 275,000)
Chennai: MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000), Albie Morkel (US$ 675,000), Suresh Raina (US$ 650,000), Makhaya Ntini (US$ 200,000)
Talk about being global! Now who do the viewers support? Well.. we have only taken away the countries, but we still have the States don’t we? If our own State is not there, maybe we shall settle for a particular player. So now my friend Raj cannot be happy as yet. He is against citizenships and dreams of a borderless world.
Maybe we have roped in players from all around the world but we shall still shackle them. After all, is there any fun if we don’t?
Random Thoughts, Ramblings.....
It all bout money honey..
ReplyDeleteIt's the money which talks in india. People are earning by crores and we are still thinking y?
Back to slave culture... isn't there a better way of signing up players?
ReplyDeleteah well - the people who got the millions will for sure be happy - One M$ for 336 balls is not bad at all for a player like ishant sharma who has played just 10 matches or so!!
ReplyDeletebtw - this was what i was talking about - http://www.shelfari.com/
once registered check this
http://www.shelfari.com/maddy07/shelf
s4: Yea it is money and guess who is paying? we the viewers
ReplyDeleteIndrani: but slave or not they can live in royal style for the rest of their lives
Maddy: thks for the link
well it would be much more fun if you guys can enjoy the game than think abt the negative aspects..
ReplyDeleteEveryone wants to have a piece of cake but not all can have it..
Hope you get my drift...