July 16, 2010
 

Boycott the Delhi Commonwealth Games

Every news item I read about the Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in New Delhi between 3 and 14 October this year, increases my conviction that the event is just a forum for one man, Suresh Kalmadi, to project his power, charisma and organizational ability.

Other than that, there does not seem to be any reason for the existence of the event. On the face of it, that should alone be sufficient reason for everyone to boycott the Commonwealth Games.

But that's not all. The man has made quite a few demands in the last week or so.

• He wanted the BCCI to re-schedule the India v Australia test series since it would clash with his pet event.
  
• When that request was rejected, he was brought down to earth, and asked if the BCCI could help him out with a sponsorship worth Rs. 100 crores.
  
• He wants more money from the government (and hence tax-payers, by implication), over Rs. 700 crores to be precise because of various creative budgeting screwups by the organizing committee
  
• He wants New Delhi to undergo a total revamp before the games, and the tax-payer foots the bill.

Purely based on his requests, it seems very obvious that he is totally unconvinced about the commercial viability of his product.

That's why he resorts to these gimmicks. If he was really convinced that the stadia would be ready, the crowds would come to watch at the venues, the quality of the events at the games as well as the telecasts would be of a very high standard, he wouldn't be asking for all this.

This reminds me of the (still existing in some forms) restricted release of non-Kannada movies in Karnataka that started in 2004.

Labels: boycott, commonwealth games, delhi, kalmadi, public money

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This caused quit a fuss. I saw some interesting reactions. I would like to see more often this kind of initiative.

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