Two more IPL teams: Will there be a overdose of cricket?

Due to IPL and its progress only few things come good, like local players getting name and fame according to there performance and potential.

But on the other side, if things goes in such a manner than in near future we will found that cricket will not be played by players but plays by businessman, and it becomes gamblers games. 

This type of formate make cricket a game, which no plays with game spirit  It will becomes a way of earning money in short span of time for player and for companies.    

If I put on a viewer's hat and think of this entire IPL and the other cricketing events that are happening, yes it is indeed an overdose. T20 WC and IPL have added the glamor and glitter in cricket. But it is getting too much into the viewers. Either they show a repeat telecast, or highlights and by the time these two get over, its time for the live match.

If I put on a businessman's hat, then yes its a fantastic platform for various brands to market their products/services and generate revenue out of this mega event.

All in all - a fantastic money minting business but with lot of sugary stuff which might cause viewers to be diabetic at some stage.

definiteely IPL merely a buisiness..but we may enjoy the cricket in it...

Everything should under control.

Anything should be kept under control dosage,if it exceeds the limit obviously it will spoil the chances for growth.

Due Increase in IPL Players performance will go down....As they don't get much time to rest..Pressure of performing and be in Team . Get to more injuries and less performance.

Perhaps we can see the threshold of fanfare for cricket reach this IPL.

Everything from Vodafone, to Ice Cream Cone, Insurance to Tour romance, eatables to seatables, real estates to Economic Debates, all the sectors that even mildly relate to cricket are making their upper threshold effort to catch the attention of the viewers. So probably, with the advent of craze in cricket, audience is bound to see an overdose of advertisements.

Also there is a sentiment mix that will make them a little messed up in their minds about which side to choose/support , as the players are spread well across teams. In the end of the show, the people will have seen 50 percent commercials, 50 percent cricket, and will remember more of the ads than of cricket, and gradually reduce their affinity to the game.

Making Such a commercialized move towards cricket only indicates that the threshold of Cricket fanfare is about to be reached. It is a setback the cricketing world will realise only when they will have a large fanfare lost in this moneymaking venture...

Same for me, 8 teams were enough to bore.

Hi Yash

Nice topic.I have started to get bored even now...So much cricket....initially it was gud at the inception...but now has become a routine thing....correct word..overdose...

With the entry of new teams in the IPL, there will be an overdose of cricket as the number of teams will increase and so the amount of matches will also increase. Because of this, the number of cricket matches, viewers will get bored and lose their interest from IPL matches.