BCCI to embrace WWW, finally...
Last week I bought a new Television; but thanks to the Conditional Access System in place (exclusively in Chennai until atleast the year end), my screen wont splash any movie or sports channels until my purse swells enough to retch out some cash for a Set Top Box. But I must say the news channels are providing me good company. Apart from them not many Free-to-Air channels are interesting. I am not an avid watcher of catwalking models, with their trademark grin-cum-smile countenance, criss-crossing their legs on the ramp, sporting anything from a full flowing robe to absolutely nothing - Now isn't this detail incongruous here??
Yesterday while browsing through the channels, I came across some text scrolling on FTV India which mentioned about the BCCI's new website. Now this was interesting. A website for BCCI yet there was simply no hoopla about its launch. Logging on to the URL, one can find details about the Champions trophy and e-ticket booking for the event. Nothing more – except for a “site coming soon” message on top of the entwined royal blue and gold colored BCCI logo.
This issue of a website was on top of Sharad Pawar's agenda during the high-profile BCCI elections some time back. Inspite of being the world's richest sports organization, the men-in-command in BCCI didn't feel the necessity to embrace the information superhighway. After all, even the Tamilnadu CA and the Karnataka State CA own online portals. The bitterly-fought elections of last year forced the rival parties to promise reforms in BCCI and finally Pawar and team have started to fulfill their manifesto commitments. After all, its better late than never.
The ICC website gives the list of permanent, associate and affliate members. Almost all the permanent members have their own website and operate out of their own buildings. Interestingly sometime back, the BCCI's address on the ICC's site was some unknown apartment in downtown Kochi. Maybe it was the residence of the previous Secretary of the BCCI Mr. SK Nair!! It took a full six months after the new regime took over BCCI for the change in address to happen in the ICC's site. Its a shame that this body, whose coffers are overflowing all the time, operates out of a room in the North Stand in the Brabourne Stadium of Mumbai.
Nevertheless, the Board has taken a step in the right direction with the soon-to-be launched website. But we can only keep our fingers crossed and hope that the reforms dont stop here.
Yesterday while browsing through the channels, I came across some text scrolling on FTV India which mentioned about the BCCI's new website. Now this was interesting. A website for BCCI yet there was simply no hoopla about its launch. Logging on to the URL, one can find details about the Champions trophy and e-ticket booking for the event. Nothing more – except for a “site coming soon” message on top of the entwined royal blue and gold colored BCCI logo.
This issue of a website was on top of Sharad Pawar's agenda during the high-profile BCCI elections some time back. Inspite of being the world's richest sports organization, the men-in-command in BCCI didn't feel the necessity to embrace the information superhighway. After all, even the Tamilnadu CA and the Karnataka State CA own online portals. The bitterly-fought elections of last year forced the rival parties to promise reforms in BCCI and finally Pawar and team have started to fulfill their manifesto commitments. After all, its better late than never.
The ICC website gives the list of permanent, associate and affliate members. Almost all the permanent members have their own website and operate out of their own buildings. Interestingly sometime back, the BCCI's address on the ICC's site was some unknown apartment in downtown Kochi. Maybe it was the residence of the previous Secretary of the BCCI Mr. SK Nair!! It took a full six months after the new regime took over BCCI for the change in address to happen in the ICC's site. Its a shame that this body, whose coffers are overflowing all the time, operates out of a room in the North Stand in the Brabourne Stadium of Mumbai.
Nevertheless, the Board has taken a step in the right direction with the soon-to-be launched website. But we can only keep our fingers crossed and hope that the reforms dont stop here.
posted by VAC | 8:42 AM
1 Comments:
You say you aren't an avid watcher of that channel... but your description is vivid and crystal clear ;-)
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