I think people are going around in circles posting without reading what others are saying. If the above was the concern, why not clarify this before the auction list was put out first. Read my mail from earlier today - only explanation that makes sense is a last-minute intervention by the government. And even that doesnt excuse the IPL's lack of class in handling the subsequent events. As an Indian, it hurts me to say this, but this whole thing was handled extremely poorly. No amount of spin will change that. How would we like it if we were on the receiving end of this treatment?
Atleast there is one Indian poster who has the courage to say that it was wrong.
Not only that you are the only one who is making sense.
This is what we all have been saying since yesterday. If Pakistani players were not to be picked on January 19th then why the franchises asked IPL to include them on final list of 66 players which came out on January 5th??? They could all have avoided this controvery by simply not putting Pakistani names on the final auction list. It is obvious that franchises wanted Pakistani players but some other enitity didn't.
Now I would simply ask those who are constantly yapping about Franchises in the business decisions to answer what I have just asked so that we can finish this discussion.