An interesting article "Leadership is not just winning" argues that Ponting's behaviour can be attributed to how Channel Nine conceives cricket – a gladiator contest, where you have to win to stay alive. It says,
In part, Channel Nine has been responsible for the decline in behaviour on the cricket field over the past 30 years -- Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket saw to that.
It sounds radical, but if you look beyond the words, it is a traditionalist's lament, a yearning for the good old days, when the traditions were as important as winning. An ache for the time when it was a gentleman's game and 'sportsmanship' was paramount.
Do you think we can get those good old days back?
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