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Cricket: The thorny question of retirement
by confuzzled dude Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:19 pm
Author makes a great observation here. Unfortunately, the rules of cricket make it very difficult for a player to help the team with diminishing skills/athleticism. In invidiual sports you're hurting only your chances of wining, In team sports such as basket ball, American Football one can still be effective as a role player and help their team but in cricket you don't have choice. You're hurting your team's chances if you're not playing at the same level as your team mates thus the onus falls on the selectors and management to advise/guide the player.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/review2012/content/story/599593.html
Excerpts:
"Of course, Sachin Tendulkar should have given up one-day cricket after India won the World Cup in 2011. That's the fairytale we wanted for him. We want to frame in our minds picture-perfect images of our heroes. We want to remember them as winners, at the height of their glory, at the peak of their game. There was nothing left for Tendulkar to achieve in the one-day game, and for his fans, there could never be a grander farewell than a World Cup win.
But what if Tendulkar didn't see it that way? What if he didn't want our fairytale? What if he just wanted to play? Why is Roger Federer still playing? Why was Mohammed Ali fighting Trevor Berbick at the age 39? Why did Diego Maradona bother to even turn up at the 1994 World Cup?
But then, why do we expect sportsmen to time their departures so that our image of them isn't sullied by their struggle??"
http://www.espncricinfo.com/review2012/content/story/599593.html
Excerpts:
"Of course, Sachin Tendulkar should have given up one-day cricket after India won the World Cup in 2011. That's the fairytale we wanted for him. We want to frame in our minds picture-perfect images of our heroes. We want to remember them as winners, at the height of their glory, at the peak of their game. There was nothing left for Tendulkar to achieve in the one-day game, and for his fans, there could never be a grander farewell than a World Cup win.
But what if Tendulkar didn't see it that way? What if he didn't want our fairytale? What if he just wanted to play? Why is Roger Federer still playing? Why was Mohammed Ali fighting Trevor Berbick at the age 39? Why did Diego Maradona bother to even turn up at the 1994 World Cup?
But then, why do we expect sportsmen to time their departures so that our image of them isn't sullied by their struggle??"
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Re: Cricket: The thorny question of retirement
by nevada Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:25 pm
Add Michael Jordan to the list of sportsmen who didn't think about hurting their legacy by playing past their prime.
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Re: Cricket: The thorny question of retirement
by confuzzled dude Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:49 am
nevada wrote:Add Michael Jordan to the list of sportsmen who didn't think about hurting their legacy by playing past their prime.
Jordan did help Wizards boost ticket revenue, well same can be said of Sachin thus far.
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