can't agree. kabbadi league a different story. here peoples involved are stars, coaches are hard core professional players are big international stars. Unlike kabbadi where the main focus was on domestic players and they are completely unknown to viewers. Here things are hhappening much more professional way, every teams are spending big, reputed professionals, some mid carrier stage players to revive their potential. all unlike kabaddi league. here players do have enough money not to indulge in unprofessional ways. why they will do that? prize money is descent. why every team will not target that? why any team will agree to loose when they have fear to loose fan following?
if i league 2nd division can be fixed 1year prior to tournament, if churchill brothers can be axed out of i league( mumbai fc getting license on the same year), if mysteriously pune can get another i league club, and of many of this ifs are not laughable then why so pessimistic about isl. isl which still has not been started raised many questions? don't know. is it the right time. let it start. we have enough time say this things after 1st edition.
How professionally is the league being handled? The way the Bengaluru franchisee was awarded to Chennai? The way the launch ceremony was hogged by the owners and the film stars? And the scale of spending does not rule out fixing or doing unscrupulous things. Subrata Roy, even Vijay Malya used to spend big.
Teams fix matches when they get more money if they lose than they get when they win. This is the basic principle of match fixing (You won't rig a match for Man U when they play Mohun Bagan, will you?).
That said, I will not say the players/ managers will fix matches. They will take salary, play/ coach and leave. They are just pawns. Real players will be the owners and Vindu Dara Singh/ Meiappan type characters.
@footydip...appreciate your point of view...BUT to call ISL professional is a friggin joke.... Chennau Titans run by the jokers at Kshatriya Sports...been busy trying to squeeze time at Bangalore ground...
From next week..Chennai "who couldn't even come up with an original name " Titans will train in Bangalore...who is the coach , who is the Indian assistant ...physio...etc etc. ..
if bengaluru franchise has been ruled out unprofessionaly or by any illegal means they have a option COURT ( eg cb has gone to court already). If they are not going to complaint anywhere why i will not assume that they missed some commitments towards the league or they somehow was unable to meet some certain criteria which all other franchises have fulfilled?
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Chennau Titans run by the jokers at Kshatriya Sports...been busy trying to squeeze time at Bangalore ground...
From next week..Chennai "who couldn't even come up with an original name " Titans will train in Bangalore...who is the coach , who is the Indian assistant ...physio...etc etc. ..
Oh yes...this is what professionalism is ?