Indian Badminton League (IBL)

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  1. Loh

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    Oh I see!

    Not only IBL, but now MAS must feel indebted to her for sparring with their WS team to the WC. ;)
     
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    SHe is going to earn a lot , which she never would have thought (IBl money is approximately equal to 3 times winning a superseries title , for her) and also from malaysian team as well.. Hmmmmmmmm...
     
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    [h=1]Indian Badminton League goes the BCCI way, imposes media gag on contracted players, officials[/h]
    http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/SP...dia-gag-on-contracted-player-4336188-NOR.html

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    Stung by the stringent criticism from some shuttlers over the way player auctions for the upcoming Indian Badminton League were conducted recently, the Badminton Association of India and the league's organisers have barred players from talking to the media.

    "It has been decided that only BAI president (Akhilesh Das Gupta) and Ashish Chada (CEO of the league's commercial partner Sporty Solutionz) will issue statements. Clauses have been inserted into the contracts for officials and players," a top source told PTI on Wednesday.
     
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    As in IPL, IBL highest paid players will under-perform. It's the ones with moderate or minimum pay will steal the show. Exception probably would be LCW.
     
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    Yes, I've noted this and posted here ... But the disparity as I've mentioned is too great and seems to make her out as a superstar! On the other hand her countryman, MZ was made to look very inferior!
     
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    Left to be seen. Badminton is not the same as cricket.
     
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    Don't thinks so... Cricket and badminton totally different game and badminton require wider range of skills thus difficult for moderate players to strung suprises
     
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    HahaHA. Can they not handle the criticism anymore? I would have expected that article to say:

    "we are looking into not being pathetic next time and will try and put a wee bit more planning into it and give everyone a lot more information, so players and teams can be in a fairer position at the auction. Here was some of our most embarrassing auction moments"

    Below "facts" were in the auctions players books and went uncorrected.
    Tanvi Lad was stated to have BWF world ranking of 2, Is 23 years old and was Junior national champ Last year:D

    Pradnya Gadre got $46000 because she was stated as being Commonwealth games gold medal and 2011 world championship bronze medalist. Two teams were really going at it to get such a internationally successful star:D:D

    Varsha Belawadi and GM Nischitha Were nationals doubles champions of a tournament in the future:D

    Current WS national champ Sayali Gokhale who beat the like of Sindhu had no mention of her actual real achievement. UNSOLD

    Contracts were broken, players who weren't even signed up reportedly went on auction.

    You can Contract the players to be silent if you want but everybody knows by now, sporty solutionz are a two bit operation who couldn't successfully organize a piss up in a brewery. At least they are so consistent with their nonsense I have started to accept their way:D
     
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    IBL talks up buck, loses bang

    Shivani Naik : Thu Jul 25 2013
    http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ibl-talks-up-buck-loses-bang/1146267/

    Superlatives and hyperbole dominated the Indian Badminton League's early pitch, packaging and eventual promotion. The temptation to ape the IPL was so fervent that the IBL's proposed scoring system stands out as the only original and refreshing idea, and not surprisingly was floated when the governing council — essentially bonafide badminton brains — got down to the nitty-gritties, taking over from the event managers.

    Otherwise, badminton's million-dollar baby seemed like Richie Rich's newest amusement set in what was really quite the ideator's make-believe mansion. Why a league needed to be the richest in the world to be the best was never explained. Unchecked in their delusional grandeur, organisers went ahead announcing dazzling numbers to spruce up modest offerings in terms of players, and the figures they could command and earn.

    No one was retracing the steps, or working the math backward, doing basic recces on sponsors and potential owners on really how much money could they put on the table. For a league with 2-and-half star value, coming from Lee Chong Wei and Saina Nehwal, and then the rest, the world's richest league in this reticent sport was always going to be ambitious. What India is to cricket, China is to badminton — and there's a reason why despite a crazed following for the sport, the Chinese, like the Indonesians previously — have scaled down expectations from their own leagues.

    Duty lies in details –— when such projects are conceptualised — and from the embarrassing turn the auction took for Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa, it is evident that every nuance wasn't thought through thoroughly. The IBL looks like it will make rules as it goes along, with Lalit Modi-sh relish. Suited cricket alright, but a dazzling adjective will find it difficult to replace the doing verb.
     
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    YES!,renesas from Japan, Unisys ( 2 teams), Tonami, BAM....we don't pay them top money but we do have our way to take care of them...we had Wang Zhe Ming last year....
     
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    Whatever IBL trying to do, we have to give them credit to make it happen...not easy! Even our Superliga will have more flavors next year and we will do few things to help local clubs...at least we have few foreign clubs are awaiting our invitation.....
     
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    Guys..All I want to say is that can we wait till the results to judge if the tournament is a success or a failure..even if the judgement is positive or negative...As of now may be every thing they did was to uphold the positive hype surrounding the tournament and forsure they needed that to make this a success, but the hype is hardly anything till now..Though I would't discredit it for the efforts it has done till now, as for sure it came a long way as TBF I doubted if it would even materialize a month or two ago ....But I also won't go and say right now that this league has done a great job already and it has merit over other leagues existing...Because other leagues had already proved themselves but this already had too may troubles to even kick start...
    And the result if this league is a success financially or not will be known only in the next auction next year...
     
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    The Axiata Cup precedes the IBL with a $1 million prize this year

    The IBL, reporters and some fans here kept saying that this India League is the richest badminton tournament. Not true! :rolleyes: :D

    The Axiata Cup had a prize of US$1 million, but unlike the IBL, it there are no published complaints about players' salaries and other shortcomings.

    This is what the Axiata Cup is about:

    http://www.totalsportsasia.com/News...Announces-Biggest-Badminton-Championship.aspx
    Axiata Announces Biggest Badminton Championship

    Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), one of Asia’s largest telecommunications companies, today announced together with the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) and Total Sports Asia (TSA), the creation of the Axiata Cup — the world’s highest prize money team event at USD 1 million.

    The Axiata Cup will feature 8 teams from 6 countries participating over a 4-week period.


    Starting on March 23rd, (2013) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Jakarta, Indonesia simultaneously, the semi-finals will be played on a home and away basis on March 30th and April 1st with the Finals played also home and away on April 13 and 15. Participating nations include: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines. The event will also feature a unique format of play featuring, for the first time ever in BAC history, home/ away matches.

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    Scorpion1 boasted that the IBL employs more than 20 foreign players compared to other leagues which have less. I'm not sure about these numbers as I did not do a search.

    But if the IBL were to count on local Indian players to put up 6 teams, you can deduce that the quality and prestige will be greatly diminished!

    You need 60 players in this IBL and how many Indian players are presently of top quality in 4 events, minus WD? Can you market the IBL successfully with just the locals. And the series is supposed to be telecast almost worldwide! Can you find a good audience among the discerning badminton fans? So the foreign players must be encouraged to play in the IBL to help make it a success. But will it be is another question.
     
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    Whatever you say , nothing can conceal the truth...:D:p
     
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    Vietnam badminton player inks record deal with Indian club

    http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/...player-inks-record-deal-with-indian-club.aspx

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    Pune Vijetas has offered Vietnam’s best badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh US$44,000 contract to play in the Indian Badminton League (IBL) from August 14-31.

    It is the most money a foreign badminton club has ever offered a Vietnamese player.



    The base price at the auction in New Delhi on Monday was $25,000 for male players ranked 6th-12th. Pune Vijetas won in the bidding for 7th-ranked Minh amid fierce competition from other clubs.



    Ho Chi Minh City’s Badminton Federation Vice Chairwoman Huynh Ngoc Lien said, “Tien Minh is completing the final stage of the procedures by signing a contract with the club.



    “He will get half of the amount after signing the contract and the other half when the [tournament] ends,” said Huynh Ngoc Lien, vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Badminton Federation.



    “Pune Vijetas will also pay for other expenses of travel and accommodation for Minh at the tournament,” she added.



    In addition to the cash from at IBL, Minh will still receive his VND50 million per month salary from local sponsor Becamex IDC. Early this month, Tien Minh also signed a three-year deal with Kawasaki that will pay him no less than $3,000 a month, plus cover his expenses at 10 international competitions per year.



    Speaking to Thanh Nien, Minh, 30, said he was very gratified to have his talent recognized by the world of badminton.
     
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    So you accepted the IBL mistake as the truth?
     
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    That's really great to hear for Minh, I remember reading a while back that his salary was like $200 a month and being shocked. It's amazing that he is making some proper money now.
     
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    I meant to say that "whatever you say and try hard to conceal the truth, it won't happen" :D
     
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    The Axiata Cup was a $1million event last year as well. But although the prize money may be $1 million in both the Axiata Cup and the IBL, the model is very different, I suspect. I think the players at the IBL stand to earn significantly more because of the auction/bidding process as well as other spinoff (endorsements etc) opportunities. Indian and international players.
     
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    Or it is you who tried hard to conceal the truth, until proven wrong!

    But you still tried hard to change the wrong to right.:D
     
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