NKL (Continued....)

Sh: So, what happened with your NKL? The Kicker League has started kicking?

N: It will, it will. I am seriously working on it.

Sh: How interesting? How do you start up such a venture? I genuinely want to know.

N: Why this sudden interest? Normally you criticize me for everything I try to do.

Sh: Of course I will criticize anything and everything. I will criticize this NKL thing also. Generally, it is said that criticizing is the easier thing to do than start up something.

N: But make sure that it is healthy criticism.

Sh: Let us see how healthy it is. But you didn’t tell me about the start up. It is very important to me to know the step-by-step steps that you are going to take.

N: Why? You also want to start some league?

Sh: No, no. Not now, at least. I want to know this basically to satisfy my curiosity. And then I have to give you the worldly advice….

N: OK. First, we need a few teams.

Sh: How many teams? How do you decide how many teams?

N: I would like to start with 6 teams.

Sh: Why not 8? Why not any other number?

N: Why not 6? ‘6’ is as good because Naradaa said so. Since I have not started democracy yet, I can decide things in NA. Also, we have to think of the number of players. 6 teams would mean at least 80 or 90 players.

Sh: 90 won’t be enough. 11 players have to be there in each team. Then considering the amount of kicking there is going to be, you need at least 100 % reserve. You are better than me in mathematics. So find out how many players we would need.

N: The team management will have to buy these players, you understand? The teams also will have to buy coaches and other support staff? So, I have decided to have only 7 players in each team.

Sh: All right. Let us decide on 6 teams and 7 players. But 6 teams would mean 6 team owners who are willing to spend this kind of money. Who are the team owners going to be?

N: Right now, I have got only two. You and me….. Money will not be a problem. There are lot of people who would spend the money. Because they know their returns.

Sh: But I cannot be a team owner. One, I do not have any money…. Two, I want to do the TV commentary.

N: Why TV commentary?

Sh: That is how this Shish is going to be famous. First of all, I thought I will be a player. But when the tournament is a kicker league, being a player is going to be unhealthy. This small body-frame of mine will not be able to absorb too many kicks… But, you know, you also cannot be one.

N: What?

Sh: Team owner. You cannot be a team owner. You are running the tournament. If you are also a Team Owner, then there will be ……  what do you call it? Conflict of interest?

N: Oh, there are probably many ways to overcome those things. A good consultant can dig up precedents in those matters and can sort things out, I suppose.  And we have to now start advertising the tournament, the NKL. That is where I am stuck.

Sh: Why?

N: Today, nothing works without advertising. You have seen even drinking water and salt is sold through advertising. And advertising means, TV channel. This means first we have to start the TV channel.

Sh: So, Naradaa TV is going to be started.

N: Well, originally I planned it to be a News Channel. And the entertainment part was to be by advertisements and the debates. Now we have the kicking also.

Sh: I like the kicking part of it because I have no direct involvement in the kicking. I am going to be in charge of the channel, no? I must try to find good cheer-girls…..

N: Cheer girls will be taken care of the teams. I am not sure that you will be able to manage the channel. Will you be able to make sure that the channel will not’ kick the bucket’ before it starts off?