b555 Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4149374 there are 5 pages.. read all of them sick article ...
b555 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 MSN has effin gone crazy.:mad: completely agree and the author seems to have no sense at all
Sachinism Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 When Sachin Tendulkar was officially annointed God of Cricket by the media and advertisers some years ago, he had a sack full of records collected over a decade-and-half of consistent cricketing performance. Three years after Tendulkar signed his biggest endorsement deal of Rs.180 crore to confirm his Godliness amongst the pantheon of all time great ad earners, comes the news that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has beaten the man he idolized - at least in terms of having a fatter wallet. India's most successful captain in the making signed a three-year Rs.210 crore endorsement deal with a joint venture formed between Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes that probably makes him the world's richest cricketer. In terms of global sports endorsement, Dhoni will have to double his annual earnings each year if he wants to crack the top-20 list of the world's richest sportspersons - a list which boasts of names like Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Kimi Raikkonen, Lebron James, Valentino Rossi and Roger Federer. On the home front, it is intriguing that the Indian captain took only six years to play Pied Piper to Indian advertisers when Tendulkar had to struggle for more than a decade before the late Mark Mascarenhas came on the scene in the mid-1990s to airlift Sachin to iconic status. While one concedes that Dhoni has come as a breath of fresh air to cricket and his enormous talent as a player and captain has made quite a difference to Indian cricket, can we really put him on a cricketing pedestal beside Tendulkar? Here is one man who has scored more runs and more centuries than anyone else in the history of the game and advertisers seem to think that all that is not even worth what they are paying the new age icon. In the United States, a former great like Michael Jordan stands one step below the current favorite Kobe Bryant. So, is it fair on the part of the advertising moneybags to shower such riches on someone who is yet to make it to the pantheon of all time greats? More so, when the greatest of them all is still conquering new frontiers? Ad gurus are suggesting that Indian advertisers have grown more cricket savvy now than they were a decade ago? If so, how much do the current cricketers owe to Sachin for taking cricket and cricketers to a pedestal that is close enough to Bollywood icons? Afterall, he was the one who ploughed a lonely burrow even in the endorsement arena! To believe that Dhoni is being paid more than Sachin because of the latter's declining market value would be cruel. For, every opinion poll conducted over the past three years has placed Sachin over Dhoni in terms of value for India's cricketing fortunes. In the final analysis, it seems the only place Dhoni scores over Sachin is in histrionics. The Indian captain has proved time and again that he is as good before the camera as he is behind the stumps. Maybe, that's where the Big Monies have sidestepped the Little Master! Not that Sachin or Dhoni would care too much about who gets paid a few dollars more. All that the God of Cricket would yearn for now is to get his hands on that elusive World Cup in 2011 and we're sure Dhoni will do all it takes to ensure that he leads India to victory. Source: India Syndicate
Sachinism Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 dumb*****s Goddy remains God, he doesn't have a fixed-term contract to be god before someone else takes over
Zap_Brannigan Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 The difference was that when God (the one and only true god) was proclaimed as the cricketing god in India, he started earning many times more than what the 2nd place person earned, thus paving the way for the other cricketer. But, now that Dhoni has passed him, he gets only a couple of million more. It you look at the top 5 highest paid cricketers forbes article last year, its something like 1. Dhoni 10 million 2. Sachin 8 million 3. Yuvraj at 7 4. Dravid at 7 5. Ganguly at 4 Not really a big leap.
b555 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 its not money and his earning wat makes Sachin to be called so its altogether different
Roshanrocks Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 The author has gone bonkers.... we hvent put Sachin on a pedestel because of his earnings... the author is one money minded chap and lost his marbles when he saw Dhoni's bank balance :headshake:
Desi Cartman Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 lol he isnt called God of cricket cuz he made more money
jusarrived Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 The difference was that when God (the one and only true god) was proclaimed as the cricketing god in India, he started earning many times more than what the 2nd place person earned, thus paving the way for the other cricketer. But, now that Dhoni has passed him, he gets only a couple of million more. It you look at the top 5 highest paid cricketers forbes article last year, its something like 1. Dhoni 10 million 2. Sachin 8 million 3. Yuvraj at 7 4. Dravid at 7 5. Ganguly at 4 Not really a big leap. you are forgetting , Dhoni is nearly 10 years younger than Tendulkar ..Dhoni will be in the leagues of some top football players by the time he reties
b555 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 you are forgetting ' date=' Dhoni is nearly 10 years younger than Tendulkar ..Dhoni will be in the leagues of some top football players by the time he reties[/quote'] so???
jusarrived Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 so??? it is a big leap from dhoni not agreeing with the OP ,
Malcolm Merlyn Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 There Is Only One God And His Name Isnt Dhoni
Ram Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Yes, Dhoni is God. And I my dog solved a complex contour integral problem last night. P.S; Pretenders will come and pretenders will go, but only one person is the ‘Chosen ONE’.
varun Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 P.S; Pretenders will come and pretenders will go, but only one person is the ‘Chosen ONE’. "I bear witness that there is no God but Tendulkar, and I bear witness that Marirs is Tendulkar's servant and His Messenger and I bear witness that Sachinism is Tendulkar's 'Wali','representative' ." The last phrase is optional to some dhoni-ists. They feel that Sachinism's 'Valayat' is self-evident and need not be declared. However, the greatness of Tendulkar is also taken to be self-evident, but Sachinists still declare ':hail: Tendulkar' to publicize and confirm/boost their faith. This is the reason EMC gives for recitation of the phrase regarding Sachin. "I bear witness that there is no God but Allah, and I bear witness that Mohammad is Allah's servant and His Messenger and I bear witness that Ali is Allah's 'Wali','representative' ." The last phrase is optional to some shia. They feel that Ali's 'Valayat' is self-evident and need not be declared. However, the greatness of Allah is also taken to be self-evident, but Muslims still declare 'Allaho Akabar' to publicize and confirm/boost their faith. This is the reason Fatemid/Dawoodi Bohra gives for recitation of the phrase regarding Ali.
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