Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Is domination a boring affair after all??

Just a few days back i was talking to a few people about the Abu Dhabi F1 fest and i was repenting the fact that Schumi is not around to tour else i would love to go see (not that i won't go see Alonso and the rest) One thing led to another and we got started on how good he was and wat a great guy he has been. Just then someone popped in and said, atleast now F1 becomes watchable now that the dominant force is gone (Admitted that he wasn't as best in 2005 for varied reasons and 2006 was a struggle till death)

All said and done he was one of the greatest drivers to have set foot on the planet. This is not just with F1. I see this happenning with a lot of sports at varied times. People hate when the Aussies dominate a game, when Pete was at his best and no one was even good enough to put up a fight, and the same happ with Feddie now and numerous other instances to quote in the past and present. I'm a fiery sports lover too! and i want to see competitive sports played that brings out the best game in each and makes watching it such a great pleasure. but that shouldn't mean u shun away the greats, u starting hating the greats just coz they are dominant. It's not their mistake that they are good or the rest aren't good enough

I'm not saying that domination is good for the game. Coz of course it is not. There was a period in time when people said Australian cricket was very predictable. The Ashes last year changed it to a great degree, which was probably why England got so much credit. I don't say underdogs need to win too.. That could be undeserving at times. But seen in the spitit of the game the best team/ player that day wins. if someone is best day after day it gets a little monotonous but we can't blame them can we?

If ur still confused abt the objective of this post, it is to say am not a great fan of dominance either. But some of my favourites were dominant at various points in time and i have had people shun them due to this. So am only trying to say that there isn't a point blaming the sportsman/ team for it. Blame the others who cannot pull their socks up. In short bon't blame people like schumi for making the sport boring. Blame the 20 other drivers and 10 other cars for not being able to achieve what he did!!

Bottomline: Don't criticize anyone I like :P :P

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