Have a couple of rants to make over the past week. Written them down long ago but can't quite find the time to post them.
Money CAN buy success…
Ever since Chelsea football club has been bought over by the super wealthy Russian Oil tycoon, Roman Abramovich, money is the least of their worries. These days they simply go out and buy whoever they want at any cost. Take for this coming season; they have acquired the services of Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko plus the young talents like Salomon Kalou and Jon Obi Mikel to add to their already overly talented squad. They can just win everything easily without breaking a sweat. And to think that Jose Mourinho still has the nerve to say that winning the English Premier League is tough. Hell, with the kind of squad available, they can win the European Champions League even with an idiot as their manager. They are luring the best players from other clubs even though the club itself is not willing to let the player go. Using cash and the promise of success with the squad they have, which player will not be tempted to join them? And the way they over paid to get the players they want is causing everybody to overpriced their players. They deserve no respect from me. All their success is bought. There is no pride in this kind of success. No matter how much Chelsea will try, they will not gain the same support as Liverpool, Arsenal or even Man U has. Oh… I pray that they never win the Champions League.
Singapore Idols - Are they really that popular?
Lately, there is a string of idols show on TV one coming after the other. Immediately after Project Superstar comes Campus Superstar follow by Superbands with the latest being the Singapore Idol Season 2. Other than the winning contestant, I believe the biggest winner in all these shows must be the phone companies and the Mediacorp. Charging 50 cents for every SMS or phone calls made, they must be laughing all the way to the bank from the amount of votes being cast for each show. Imagining if every idol competition adopts a charity organization? Guess that organization won’t have problems raising funds for the next few years. ;) From the experience, we also see how immature Singaporean youth can be, wasting so much money and effort on star chasing someone, whom you may probably forgotten by this time next year (Taufik / Sylvester Sim anyone?).
Another provoking thought is the contestants’ fate in the competition is determined by the number of votes they received even though a large number of the votes may come from a small group of people. Is it really a fair way in determining the contestant’s popularity? Why not make it such a way that all SMS/calls from the same number are counted as 1 vote and let the judges’ marks have a higher influence in the final score. Won’t this be a fairer result and give every contestant a better judgment?
Money CAN buy success…
Ever since Chelsea football club has been bought over by the super wealthy Russian Oil tycoon, Roman Abramovich, money is the least of their worries. These days they simply go out and buy whoever they want at any cost. Take for this coming season; they have acquired the services of Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko plus the young talents like Salomon Kalou and Jon Obi Mikel to add to their already overly talented squad. They can just win everything easily without breaking a sweat. And to think that Jose Mourinho still has the nerve to say that winning the English Premier League is tough. Hell, with the kind of squad available, they can win the European Champions League even with an idiot as their manager. They are luring the best players from other clubs even though the club itself is not willing to let the player go. Using cash and the promise of success with the squad they have, which player will not be tempted to join them? And the way they over paid to get the players they want is causing everybody to overpriced their players. They deserve no respect from me. All their success is bought. There is no pride in this kind of success. No matter how much Chelsea will try, they will not gain the same support as Liverpool, Arsenal or even Man U has. Oh… I pray that they never win the Champions League.
Singapore Idols - Are they really that popular?
Lately, there is a string of idols show on TV one coming after the other. Immediately after Project Superstar comes Campus Superstar follow by Superbands with the latest being the Singapore Idol Season 2. Other than the winning contestant, I believe the biggest winner in all these shows must be the phone companies and the Mediacorp. Charging 50 cents for every SMS or phone calls made, they must be laughing all the way to the bank from the amount of votes being cast for each show. Imagining if every idol competition adopts a charity organization? Guess that organization won’t have problems raising funds for the next few years. ;) From the experience, we also see how immature Singaporean youth can be, wasting so much money and effort on star chasing someone, whom you may probably forgotten by this time next year (Taufik / Sylvester Sim anyone?).
Another provoking thought is the contestants’ fate in the competition is determined by the number of votes they received even though a large number of the votes may come from a small group of people. Is it really a fair way in determining the contestant’s popularity? Why not make it such a way that all SMS/calls from the same number are counted as 1 vote and let the judges’ marks have a higher influence in the final score. Won’t this be a fairer result and give every contestant a better judgment?
2 comments:
Don't they have a salary cap or a luxury tax? Just wondering.
Not when the club is so filthy rich. Why should they in the 1st place?
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