We in India tend to be either naïve or hypocrites at various times.
After the India TV revelations, there has been a hue and cry on whether the IPL franchises are paying players over and above what their stated official contracts hold. To me this is being naïve or being knowingly innocent!
We all are in the corporate world and we all have written contracts signed with our employers. I haven’t seen whether incentives or bonuses that get paid are written clearly or defined in our contractual agreement with the employers. That’s an unwritten arrangement between an employer and employee. Payment of incentives or bonus is completely dependent on an employer’s discretion. But don’t we all get paid such incentives? Don’t we work harder to achieve above our defined goals to earn these incentives?
Whether Gayle really gets paid $550,000 as per his contract or more by his employers is something completely between him and his employer, in this case RCB! So RCB as a franchise is paying Gayle above the allocated budget because they are either pleased with his performance, or they have enough to spend because they are making good money! Simple isn’t it? So why the big hue and cry?
IPL isn’t the only league in this world; there are several such leagues. I am sure every such league has this deal between professionals who are performing and getting paid money over their contract. Why single out the IPL? What’s the big deal here?
Lalit Modi says deals between their franchises and Dhoni and Tendulkar, and how much they are paid are not known and they should get disclosed. The question is WHY? Do we disclose our salaries other than to Income Tax? I am sure no one can make allegations that either Sachin or Dhoni are evading taxes. Blindly we can say they don’t evade taxes.
Once again, guess we tend to over-react or remain naïve or simply enjoy gossip and breaking news at all times! Or rather IPL remains envy to many countries and many within our own country for its success!
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