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LEAGUE OF SLEAZE AND SHADY DEALS
By Hiranmay Karlekar
Op-Ed
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Many believe that white-collar crime thrives under the
IPL's benevolent umbrella. A number of facts do seem to
suggest that the belief is not misplaced
The shock waves sent countrywide by the arrest of three
young cricketers for spot-fixing in Indian Premier League
matches, reminded me of my column, The Death of Honour,
published in The Pioneer of August 26, 2011. Dwelling on
the consequences of the IPL's system of auctioning
cricketers, I had written, �When one willingly accepts
being auctioned, one agrees to be treated as a commodity
which can be bought or sold. When the price is high and
the auction is an annual business, one tries to shape
oneself in a manner in which one fetches the highest
price. One is not what one is, but what one's buyers want
one to be. In his profound work, To Have or to Be?, Erich
Fromm dwells at length on this phenomenon which he calls
�the marketing personality.' The basis of moral conduct �
the refusal to do what one knows to be wrong � vanishes
when one is thus transformed. One is then ready to do
what it takes to sells oneself.� Further, stating that
�the country's performance in sports is linked to its
honour and self-esteem,� I had added, �A sense of honour
is critically important. It prevents a sportsperson from
stooping to practices like match-fixing for money and
prompts him or her to exceed the limits of his or her
normal capabilities to snatch victory from the jaws of
defeat.�
Continues at:
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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By Hiranmay Karlekar
Op-Ed
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Many believe that white-collar crime thrives under the
IPL's benevolent umbrella. A number of facts do seem to
suggest that the belief is not misplaced
The shock waves sent countrywide by the arrest of three
young cricketers for spot-fixing in Indian Premier League
matches, reminded me of my column, The Death of Honour,
published in The Pioneer of August 26, 2011. Dwelling on
the consequences of the IPL's system of auctioning
cricketers, I had written, �When one willingly accepts
being auctioned, one agrees to be treated as a commodity
which can be bought or sold. When the price is high and
the auction is an annual business, one tries to shape
oneself in a manner in which one fetches the highest
price. One is not what one is, but what one's buyers want
one to be. In his profound work, To Have or to Be?, Erich
Fromm dwells at length on this phenomenon which he calls
�the marketing personality.' The basis of moral conduct �
the refusal to do what one knows to be wrong � vanishes
when one is thus transformed. One is then ready to do
what it takes to sells oneself.� Further, stating that
�the country's performance in sports is linked to its
honour and self-esteem,� I had added, �A sense of honour
is critically important. It prevents a sportsperson from
stooping to practices like match-fixing for money and
prompts him or her to exceed the limits of his or her
normal capabilities to snatch victory from the jaws of
defeat.�
Continues at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/oped/league-of-sleaze-and-shady-deals.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
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