achilles Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 Since its inception, the IPL has never been sold or bought in half-measures. Its approach has always been full-throttle, top-volume. Appropriately, then, an assessment of season four must avoid waffling around the half-empty or half-full. Is 2011 to be remembered for the fireworks on the final night at the Yellow Sea of Chepauk? Or the acreage of empty stands at the Wankhede three nights in a row, representative of the general spectator turnout of six weeks? The dazzle of Chris Gayle? Or the Shane Warne-Sanjay Dixit skirmish? Or even more, the dramatic drop in TV ratings from last season? Or should it be the clues sent out to the world by the BCCI and Indian players over next month's tour of the West Indies? More Maybe the previous incumbent could have arrested this fall. Regardless, its been a boring season. Didn't even watch majority of the games. There was just nothing in it to watch for anyone. The cheerleaders too seem to be eager to emulate the tracksuit wearing cheer squad from Madras. And Pune, well... they just make me feel embarrassed ( On the cricket front, there were a few knocks here and there. All in all, as my friends from Delhi would say, "Jhund" season. Do you think the tipping point has reached?
vvvslaxman Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 If we are going to use all the factors to judge different formats you could say "tipping point reached for cricket".
ganeshran Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 yeah. There have been far lesser crowds for most matches even in international cricket. What makes IPL susceptible to failure is the sky high salaries and the large amount of money involved. But its not an yearly business where franchisees can collapse easily. Most of them have solid foundation in other businesses (except Kochi) and can sustain a temporary loss for a business with long term potential
Ram Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Reg. the point about empty stands; People need to realize that this isn’t just a question of fan enthusiasm alone, it has also got a lot to do with economics. Assuming that the average capacity of Indian cricket stadiums is around 30,000 – 35,000, it would be highly unreasonable to expect that the organizers would be able to sell-out 8-10 games in a matter of 7 weeks. For that to happen, you’re asking nearly 2, 50,000 pairs of feet to walk through the turnstiles in a month and a half. That’s a LOT of people by any standards, especially given the price of tickets. Lets not forget – this isn’t movie tickets we’re talking about. These IPL games tickets don’t come cheap . Probably the only city in India that has the sheer economic wherewithal to pull off packed attendances for all home games is, unsurprisingly, Mumbai. And obviously, you can see that from the fact that almost all of their home games are well-attended (which is probably the case with most franchizes). But even in Mumbai, the neutral games don’t attract massive crowds.
Guest Gunner Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Reg. the point about empty stands; People need to realize that this isn’t just a question of fan enthusiasm alone, it has also got a lot to do with economics. Assuming that the average capacity of Indian cricket stadiums is around 30,000 – 35,000, it would be highly unreasonable to expect that the organizers would be able to sell-out 8-10 games in a matter of 7 weeks. For that to happen, you’re asking nearly 2, 50,000 pairs of feet to walk through the turnstiles in a month and a half. That’s a LOT of people by any standards, especially given the price of tickets. Lets not forget – this isn’t movie tickets we’re talking about. These IPL games tickets don’t come cheap . Probably the only city in India that has the sheer economic wherewithal to pull off packed attendances for all home games is, unsurprisingly, Mumbai. And obviously, you can see that from the fact that almost all of their home games are well-attended (which is probably the case with most franchizes). But even in Mumbai, the neutral games don’t attract massive crowds. I think an IPL season ticket is a good way to bring in crowds similar to what happens in England for the EPL.
Ram Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 I think an IPL season ticket is a good way to bring in crowds similar to what happens in England for the EPL. I am not sure that will work in India (for multiple reasons) One of ‘em is obviously – Economical. (have already talked about it before) Indian spectators don’t have that kind of mentality because sports isn’t really part of our culture. Unlike say England or USA, we don’t have a clear sports season. Its not love for sports that brings most fans to the stadiums – its plain jingoism. And unfortunately, there’s only so much of it you can tap. At some point, the emotions are going to begin to run dry. Right now, there’s just too much cricket in India. I mean, to have a world cup and IPL back to back.. That’s 3 months of non-stop cricket! We simply do not have the market to cater to so much cricket and it began to show in the end towards in the end.
coffee_rules Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 I didn't watch a single match this year. Drained out by the emotions of winning the world cup, this IPL lacked in emotional investment by the ' IPL fan'. They should have fixed a different team to win this season. I see IPL dwindling down next season even further. Lack of talent and the format inviting blind-ghumao-abled batsmen to score a few sixes, can excite only the first 2 or 3 years.
don_corleone840 Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 i think india winning worldcup had lot to do with lack of interest in ipl this year. This wont be same next year.IPL will be back to its best next year.
Ram Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 One thing that has stood during Cricinfo’s coverage of the entire IPL 4 season has been their constant whining and moaning about how this is cricket overkill or how IPL cause Armageddon and this and that.. What they don’t seem to realize is – As cricket journalists, its their job to watch every game so that they report accurately on it. And it does not matter how big a fan of the game you’re, if you watch close to 50 games in 45 days, you will be begging for the action on the field to stop. But for ordinary fans, that is not the case. I for example, watched only the CSK games lives (if possible). Else, I’d just catch the 25 minute highlights while I am traveling on the train or something. The cricinfo people should stop whining about how IPL is going to kill your babies. While it may not be perfect, it’s the only thing we have. Have you ever seen the NBA homepage scream with headlines saying ‘Is the regular season too long..?’. Fine – if you don’t like it, don’t promote it, but please don’t poop on it either. And to me, its ridiculous that a ODI game played b/w Pakistan and West Indies gets priority coverage over an IPL game. Why, just because its an ‘international game’ and international games gets priority? First of all – those ODI were effin boring. There was a hardly a soul watching, both in the stands and probably in the homes. IPL, both as an entertainment package and an exhibition of cricketing skills, trumps these meaningless ODI series.
yoda Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Only pro league in the most popular sport in the 2nd most populous country/one the fastest growing economies is going to die soon. :hahaha:
rajmarie Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 I hope this make ipl people realize that they need to do more to attract fans to stadium & tv. They need to have a fixed calendar. Plus they need to plan way ahead with schedule & ticketing. The prices needs to be reasonable sure....plus might not be bad idea to start with season pass. Plus capability to book tickets from Internet for all games is a must. Agreed that there were less quality this season then before. One way to get it more exciting is to allow teams upto 5 overseas players for away games only & existing 4 for home games. This will also make overseas player more like earn their pay by playing rather then sitting.
don_corleone840 Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Personally, as a cricket fan, this season drove no interest to me. The biggest reason, needless to say, was the timing of the IPL---five days after India' glorious win in the WC. The organizers would have been better off just skipping the WC this year. At least, in the future, they should learn a lesson from this season and make sure that there is no IPL in the year when the WC is organized. This will avoid the cruelty forced both on players and fans. And eventually great for the health of the game. Another obvious reason was the jumbling of players and scattering them in different teams. I can see Yuvraj playing for Punjab only, Dada for KKR only, Gambhir for Delhi only, Zaheer for Mumbai only, Dravid for RCB only and the list goes on. It was very odd and confusing to see these players drafted by other teams. Anyways, hope the IPL heads make a note of these basic points in future.
Rana Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I know i speak for us all, indian or pakistani, but you cannot deny it anymore, IPL needs the pakistani players. Ive been watching every season, its only getting worse and worse since the inaugration.
achilles Posted June 2, 2011 Author Posted June 2, 2011 But why do y'all want to play in evil leagues where matches are fixed, while the people paying and watching you are small-hearted? Afterall, we all heard Tanvir's pep talk on our zehniyat and Afridi's thoughtful comment about our hospitality.
Ram Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 This whole notion that the inclusion of Pakistani players in the IPL being the silver bullet that could cure all the ills of the IPL is unfounded and baseless. First of all, I think we all can agree that the IPL is not suffering from a deficit of talent. If that were the case and the quality of cricket on view was substandard, then yes – a genuine case could be made for the injection of fresh talent, of which the Pakistanis no doubt possess in abundance. But as far as I can tell, there doesn’t seem to be significant difference in the quality of cricket on view this year, as opposed to last year, when the IPL raked in record audiences. The main cause for IPL’s troubles this year has been viewer fatigue. We cannot stress this point enough – If you play nearly 140 games in a single country in a matter of 90 months, at some point, viewer enthusiasm will begin to flounder. If anything, it would have been a miracle if that didn’t happen this year. Pakistanis are not welcome in IPL because of certain geopolitical conditions and the real-world implications it has, on things like politics, economics, sporting and cultural ties. Those geopolitical conditions have not changed for us to have a change in mindset, nor has the govt. of India determined yet that the conditions are ripe for welcoming Pakistani cricketers back into the fold. Who knows, by next year, the govt. may yet give the green signal to the franchizes for them to rope in Pakistanis. But one things for sure – flagging TV ratings should NOT be the reason why we should play Pakistanis in IPL.
div Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I know i speak for us all' date=' indian or pakistani, but you cannot deny it anymore, IPL needs the pakistani players. Ive been watching every season, its only getting worse and worse since the inaugration.[/quote'] IPL3 was the most successful
gaurav92 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 IPL 3 was the most successful coz Indian crowds waited for it for 2 years. In 2009 the IPL was held in SAF, so the crowd had to wait for 2 years to see their teams in action. This wait increased the desire of people to watch. Also the fact that there wasn't any big International tournament held in India, the IPL ratings were sky high. But this IPL was straight after the WC, and therefore it wasn't all that successful.
ensd2 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 world cup :yay::yay::dance: IPL-APL (aussie premier league ) ::finger::finger::finger::finger:
Params7 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 For me it was the reshuffled teams. Couldn't connect with any team.
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