Modi set to quit being IPL chief..

[IKnowU]

mark my words ... nothing will happen to modi ... he will just throw few millions & buy any1 who is against him in the BCCI ...

Well he did increase the BCCI's revenue seven-fold between 2004-2008. :hmmm: I think hell given a severe warning......and if anything financial related speculation arises. Hell be out.

[IKnowU]

Ummm.. yes players would want to play but who would want to watch say RR without Warne.. you will know what I am talking about in couple of years when IPL with no SRT, no RD, no Kumble, no Warne.. Punjab is already missing STAR power now.. lets see how punjab looks without YUVI..

How do you think all the other sporting competition around the world operate? Do you think teams from NBA, EPL, MLB just shutdown as soon as their star player/s retires or leaves? :banghead:

[veer]

How do you think all the other sporting competition around the world operate? Do you think teams from NBA' date=' EPL, MLB just shutdown as soon as their star player/s retires or leaves? :banghead:[/quote'] Other sports do not have three formats of the game.. We already have purists who would not watch 20/20.. we have other bunch who would watch it only because of SRT, Gangs, RD etc.. Infact, i dont wanna see likes of sreesanths, kohlis, chawlas, tiwaris day in and day out for 45 days..

[IKnowU]

Other sports do not have three formats of the game.. We already have purists who would not watch 20/20.. we have other bunch who would watch it only because of SRT' date=' Gangs, RD etc.. Infact, i dont wanna see likes of sreesanths, kohlis, chawlas, tiwaris day in and day out for 45 days.. [/size']

I watch it see Modi :winky:

[abhinav]

BCCI ready with two options after Modi quits CNN-IBN Posted on Apr 21, 2010 at 16:23 New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is considering two options after Lalit Modi is forced to exit from the Indian Premier League. The cricket board is planning to make BCCI President Shashank Manohar IPL chairman or to elevate either Rajiv Shukla or Arun Jaitley, who is BCCI vice-president and Delhi & District Cricket Association President, to the post of IPL Commissioner. But the primary plan is to make Manohar ex-officio chairman of IPL as BCCI officials think that his 'clean and transparent' image will help the league overcome the controversy. A team of two to eight management professionals will be appointed to help Manohar run the IPL. The back-up option is to elevate either Shukla, who is the BCCI media and finance committee chairman, or Jaitley to the commissioner's post. But sources also says that Shukla is not keen while Jaitley has been 'non-committal' on taking up the new responsibility BCCI sources say that IPL has become too valuable and so the cricket board cannot abandon the league for errors committed by 'one man'. Moreover, Modi can be brought back into the IPL Governing Council if cleared by the BCCI inquiry committee led by Jaitley. The BCCI has already said that it would take "harsh decisions" to protect its image in response to Modi's refusal to give resign from the post of IPL commissioner. Modi is facing allegations of financial irregularities and favouring family and friends in franchise bids. He has so far refused to step down from his post despite mounting pressure. The controversy began after Modi's tweets on the shareholding pattern of the new Kochi franchise disclosed that former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor's close friend Sunanda Pushkar had a 'sweat equity' worth Rs 70 crore in the team. Tharoor had to resign as a result but Modi is also in trouble after damaging revelations of his alleged 'silent' stakes in at least three IPL teams. Besides, Modi is also facing accusations of money laundering and betting in the IPL. The BCCI has been in damage control mode ever since and there are indications that the Board's top brass wants Modi out after the IPL ends on April 25.

[Roshanrocks]

THE MODI...NEVER QUITS..... a

[abhinav]

Lalit Modi mulls quitting, but only after he has his say 21 Apr 2010, 2027 hrs IST,IANS NEW DELHI: Lalit Modi is contemplating to quit as chairman and commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but only after he has had his say at the Governing Council meeting. An internecine war broke out in the Indian cricket board as its chief Shashank Manohar and vice-president Modi haggled over the date of the Governing Council meeting, even as income-tax officials continued searches of offices and interrogation of the franchisees in various cities. To make matters worse, Modi has accused his chief and other members of the Governing Council of preventing him from disclosing the stake holdings of all the eight franchisees on the plea that it would lead to "legal complications." "In fact, seven franchise owners had no qualms in making their holdings public, but only a couple of board officials had serious objections," said a board insider who is unhappy over the way the entire drama is being played out through the media. "Things have come to such a pass, none wants to come out in the open and discuss the issue." The franchise owners are upset with the way the whole thing has been handled by the board as well as the government agencies, making it out as if their places were being raided and incriminating doucments were being found. What has irked the franchise owners the most is that some board members are calling them not to go public in support of Modi and are discreetly dropping names to convey the message. Yet, at least one franchisee wanted the owners to head the IPL by rotation in case Modi is eased out. Shashank Manohar Monday suggested that the IPL Governing Council will meet Monday (April 26) while Modi wants the meeting to be on May 1, saying he needs time to prepare his voluminous defence. A board source insisted that Modi or no Modi, the meeting will be held on Monday while the Modi camp is equally vehement that as the IPL commissioner it is his prerogative to call the Governing Council meeting, not of the board chief. Modi, it seems, sought more time because he would be busy with the IPL semi-finals, third-place match and the final till Sunday and then only he could get down to prepare his side of the story on the charge sheet the board chief is going to hand over to him at the meeting. Modi, who is known to go for any meeting armed with a powerpoint presentation, is believed to have enough ammo to nail his critics, particularly what his supporters say the "turncoats in the board." The all-out war was flagged off as Modi took Manohar to task for not allowing him to release the stake holdings of all franchisees after his tweet on the Kochi holdings invited questions over others. The Modi camp got active on Wednesday after, his suppiorters claimed, his opponents had a free run of what it calls unsubstantiated allegations and leaks from government agencies to malign him. "The whole thing appears to be a major crime story wherein some of the board members have turned approvers," a Modi acolyte told media. "Why should Lalit be the fall guy when the entire IPL Governing Council is party to almost all decisions? Some of the board members are now actively colloborating with the government agencies to undermine his contribution in creating such a fabulous cricket property which has helped hundreds and thousands of people," he said. Modi backers say that the holding pattern in all franchisees, including that of the Rajasthan Royals, was in public domain three years ago itself and it was widely discussed in the media. "Badales, Chelarams, Burmans, Srinivasans, Raos and Reddys are the names that are public knowledge for long and none of the franchisees denied their holdings. And yet, it is being made out that the entire thing is coming out only now," said one of them. "Modi has sold the IPL through the media, holding televised news conferences at the drop of a hat, and all auctions were held in public glare with complete transparency. All this is recorded on tapes and nothing is hidden."