Opinion: Are our cricketers right in rejecting WADA clause?

Monday, 03 August 2009 12:10

Written by onionuttapam news network

As a member of the International Olympic Committee, the ICC is signatory to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s norms, one of which requires players to inform of their whereabouts every day for 3 months. BCCI has backed our cricketers’ rejection of the clause. We ask people on street what they think...

SUHILA SHETTY, 24, PUNE

"Haven't our cricketers learned yet that resistance against Big Brother is futile? Big Brother loves you. If you have nothing to hide, you should unquestioningly allow him to keep tabs on you, watch your every more and know every intimate detail of your life. He is here to stay for keeps and all of us should learn to love him too."

VIJAY GEDIA, 26, AHMEDABAD

"After reading fake IPL player's blog, my appetite for cricket related gossip has whetted considerably. I hope that after our cricketers sign up, officials at WADA will periodically leak the whereabouts of our players to celebrity gossip channels IndiaTV who can be relied upon to dig deep into the hidden life of our cricket stars if they are provided adequate information."

RAJHANS NAIR, 40, COCHIN

"If international superstars like Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer don't have the guts to stand up against invasion of their privacy, why should MS Dhoni or Tendulkar have any problems? Our players should stop thinking independently for themselves and learn to confirm to arbitrary international rules and regulations imposed on them by people who believe they know what is best for international sports."

DISHA ACHARYA, 19, KANPUR

"Of course not. Tough problems need tough solutions. The menace of doping in international sports is similar to menace of crime or terrorism in our daily lives. WADA should be congratulated for introducing tough measures to check usage of banned substances. In fact, our police forces can learn something from this and introduce similar measures to control terrorism. All citizens of the country should be treated like potential criminals or terrorists and be compulsorily made to report their whereabouts to the local police station every day for every day of the year. If anyone is caught three times not at the place he or she had reported to the authorities, he should be presumed as being guilty of criminal activity and be put behind the bars."

RUDRAKSH TODI, 26, JAIPUR

"Over 500 sports federation across the world have accepted the 'whereabouts' clause and thousands of sports persons across all sports categories have signed it. So why cannot BCCI and Indian players accept it too? If everybody does it, how can it be wrong? Why do we always rebel against the international order imposed on us by the whites? Whether it was South Africa's aparthied policy in the past, signing of Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty or WTO's discriminatory rules, India is always one of the first countries to protest. Why do we always have to stick out like sore thumbs?"

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