For all those guys who think nation vs nation should be encouraged over club vs club,I have a simple question-
Ever thought how many people in India or pakistan or any other country pick up a bat or bowl to play for India /Pakistan and how many end up playing for the nation ?We all know how much money domestic 4 days cricket offers to the local players.Think about the players who never got to play for India but are playing IPL and are now financial secure.
If you want young kids to take up sports it should be atleast financially secure if not lucrative.
Example- EPL gives Decent to lavish livelyhood to 20 clubs(premiership)x 15(average english members in the squad of 30 plus)=300 English players.
Remember the English National Squad can have only 20 Players.
A certain Ryan Giiggs would have been coaching a school team by now to survive if he had played only for Wales and not Manu.
nice analysis...but see I speak from an audience perspective and so make it all subjective in the process...
lets take the fine example of the English football team...
on paper they have the best possible football team that can be assembled...but when it comes to performing their players face problems in teaming up..so they have great players but an alright international team...
now otoh take the example of germany...their players mostly hail from the same club...Bayern Munich...and their teamplay is very very fluid...on paper their team is equal if not less than the english team...but their game play and mutual understanding shows in their performances...
The monetory aspect is very solid and apparent...but there'd be many now who'd not care so much about an ODI career...take a fast bowler for example...he'd have limited potent shelf-life...there'd be more chances that he'd make money and waste away his prowess in the clubs he plays for than for the nation...
the traditional notion of international cricket is romantic enough to be preserved and improved...when you have enemies and united nations vowing to defeat each other...I still remember when Sehwag was booed in wankhede when he raised his bat for his 50 agaisnt MI...the question that came to my mind back then was...what was he playing for?money?
then good for him...where the hell do i find my entertainment when he gets paid and booed in his own country?
should i boo tendulkar once the ipl fever dwarfs international cricket?
this feelings would be very alien to me.