Sportsmanship

This is a topic that comes up time and again, and it gains furore at home only when India is at the receiving end, never ever, nobody raised hell as much as they did when the Men in Blue were in Australia when Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth. The real essence of the term is lost as it merely becomes a retaliation when a particular group of people are harmed. So this topic might even seem highly unlikely for a lot of people, well it isn;t because if you had watched the ODI between England and New Zealand where the Kiwis sneaked a 2-1 lead in a thriller, it wouldnt be irrelevant. It's Euro fever all over and the only demonstration of sportsmanship on pitch seems to be kicking the ball out of play when an opponent player is injured well no one raised the hell when Carlos Tevez was hounded by monsters from the Chelsea side in the Champions League finals for putting the ball out of play to give Chelsea back the possession which Chelsea had ben doing throughout the game which ofcourse rightfully resulted in Drogba's sending off. Yet what's the point, yes George Elliot was adjudged run-out in the recently concluded ODI by umpire Mark Benson after Collingwood refused to reconsider the appeal... Yes you read it right reconsider the appeal, as Elliot and Mills set off for a run, Elliot collided with Sidebottom the bowler and struggled to make the crease and then Bell ran Elliot out and the English made a successful appeal against a batsman who was struggling with injury.

Oh good lord! What has this game come to?? This is the same game where Courtney Walsh on seeing Miandad run out of his crease time and again before the delivery asked the batsman whether he should remove the bails which still stands tall as the greatest example of sportsmanship in the history of the game.

Money, the driving factor, a win is just accompanied by money, and we want the win at all costs to enjoy the money that the win provides us with....Why is it all so materialistic? Can the administrators spare a thought and bring on a cap on the winnings, the amount being pumped in by sponsors and the salaries??
Will we ever see those days when a fielder in the outfield clearly tells the umpire whether it was a four or a six, a batsman walks if he has nicked the ball and a fielder is clear as to whether he has taken a catch or dropped it ... I just wish we do

Srini

P.S: Adi dont say THAT is sadly the World!