Blogging Matters!!! : Kerry, Cricket and Commerce

Day 24.

Hello and Good-Evening my Internet Reading Community.
Tonight's blog will be modelled on the lines of the Commercialization of Cricket at the hands of a man called, Kerry Packer.
Kerry Packer (1937-2005) -

• Packer was an Australian media mogul.
• He was known for his galling and caustic persona, his opulence, his uncurbed gambling frame of mind, his up-market business territory and his altercations with the Australian Taxation Office.
• He is also reminisced for being the God-Father of World Series Cricket, which I'll talk about in the latter part.

Metamorphosis of Cricket -

• The words, ''Cricket'' and ''Commerce'' were alien to each other, till 1977.
• The sport had a proper place in 'gentlemen', whilst terms like 'sponsors/sponsorship', 'annual contracts', were undreamt of.
• Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket, which originated in 1977, circumvented the national allegiance in the name of 'media-entertainment' and 'expeditious economic gains' for the cricketers.
• Packer had the capital to sign on the sport's first-rate players for his own ends and in the process, he ameliorated the game.
• Cricket, revolutionized from being an amateur sport to being a professional sport. And, players from countries like; England, Australia, Pakistan and West Indies, were quick to see its appeals.

That's all folks, for tonight. Hope you got some inkling about the man (Kerry Packer) and what he has done for the game. I know, that there are several other facts related to the life and times of Kerry Packer, but I just wanted to make sure that this blog remains a blog and not a column/essay.

So, write what you feel are other beneficial bequests of this infamous personality, to the game, to the business of this game.

Thanks for Reading.

Thought Of The Day : - "A righteous person is like a pearl, where he goes, his beauty is ever with him."
(ref; google images, wikipedia)