IPL- Indian Paisa League

These few days, it's impossible to surf the news channels without being exposed(and sometimes overexposed) to the entire IPL spot fixing imbroglio. The names of Shreesant and Vindoo Dara Singh being the most popular followed by the other two players Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan of the Rajasthan Royals. Although Shreesant maintains that he is innocent and awaits exoneration, he should come in terms of the fact that fans are busy burning down his posters also he won't be featuring any longer in the ad campaigns of the Karnataka Government. Not so royal now, are you guys?. Other names doing the rounds are those of Sakshi Dhoni (formerly Rawat)as she sat(in the V.I.P. box) and chatted with Vindoo during a match and a Sakshi Jhalla, a Jaipur local who seems to have scored a Blackberry phone off of the infamous Shreesant. While Vindoo has been placed in police custody for betting during the IPL. In India betting is only legal if it's a horse race and clearly IPL and cricket in general are not involved with the animal. Vindoo in Custody apparently shape shifted into a sweet song bird (most news channels are going with "canary") and revealed that he had placed bets during the World Cup and the previous two seasons of IPL the entire venture earning him a whopping 17 lakh rupees. Also he has mentioned connections with Mr. Guru Mayappam (principal of CSK) and his songs threaten to unveil more starlets and veteran cricketers. These two characters are further linked to another betting whiz. This third character is linked to the D Company. And this link is THE link that makes this issue so much more serious and nefarious. The very "link" that is a threat to national security. The police is now scrambling looking for another character called Shobhan Kalachowky, a man in his 40s leading the list of fugitives.Police believe his arrest could help bust the entire betting ring in Western India. Kalachowky, cops say, is instrumental in fixing some of the IPL matches this season, and arrested bookies like Ramesh Vyas are said to be working for him. It doesn't go unnoticed that as IPL rose in popularity, it also rose as a hub for sleaze and obscenity drawing revenue for and from the glitzy, glamorous and the anti nationals. It has also been suggested that it's the IPL which has degraded the nation. While I don't necessarily agree that IPL is the reason for the degradation of this country but I find myself concerned with the quality of sportspeople this country is producing. Although BCCI has imposed a lifetime ban on the players but the real question remains, "is it enough?". Surely as the supreme court says , "you have taken your eye off the ball". I never thought I would have to say this in a cricket frenzied nation but people lets save the dignity of this 125 year old game. Let's make it a sport again. I don't know what went around Shreesant's mind when he hung that towel on his waist, but the cricket fanatics are crestfallen. Its also baffling that the neither the BCCI, nor the team owners or the players had never know of any of this. At this point I am really annoyed. How could you have never suspected? And what evidence was the BCCI waiting for even after the exposure? Yours sincerly Angry cricket fan