Cricket, Business and Corruption

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Dont_corrupt_cricket_Thackeray_to_Pawar/articleshow/2804833.cms
Cricket is a booming business in India now a days. Everyone wants to profit from every possible opportunity. From cricketers themselves to administrators, sponsors and politicians. We all know politicians are opportunistic and that's why they want to control cricket in India. Why dont we see politicians getting involved with sports in other countries? Why Indian politicians are not involved in less popular sports (like badminton, kabbadi, etc), in same fashion as they are involved in cricket?

There is nothing wrong with sports associations making money or private clubs making money. However, it would be nice if some of the money earned went back to promotion of the sport itself. BCCI earns so much money, but we dont know how much they spend on grounds, players and training of young promising cricketers. There is no transparancy like sports bodies from other nations have.

England premiership clubs have A sides and acaedemies to promote football. Let's see if IPL franchise will invest in something similar. To be honest, the kind of money these franchises have paid seems too much to make them profitable. After all, Indians like Team-India not the clubs.