“10 IITs or One Tax-Free cricket Empire?”

How the IPL’s Untaxed Billions Expose India’s Broken Priorities

Powerful Intro: This Isn’t About Cricket. It’s About Choices.

A recent study by an IISc professor drops a bombshell:
If the BCCI’s IPL profits were taxed at just 40%, india could have generated ₹15,000 crore in three years — enough to build 10 brand-new IITs.

Let that sink in. Ten temples of science and innovation… traded away so a cash-rich cricket board can stay tax-free.

1. ₹15,000 Crore Left on the Table — By Design

The IPL is not a charity.
It’s a global entertainment juggernaut making billions every year through broadcasting rights, sponsorships, and ticketing.

Yet the bcci pays zero tax, protected by loopholes and political silence. This isn’t oversight — it’s policy-enabled privilege.

2. Ten IITs vs One Untouchable Board

india screams about:

• lack of world-class universities

• brain drain

• underfunded research

• shrinking science budgets

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And yet, one modest tax decision could have funded 10 IITs in three years.

Instead, we chose fireworks, franchises, and VIP boxes.

3. Tax-Free Rich, Infrastructure-Poor

Here’s the cruel irony:

• bcci earns billions

• IPL is among the world’s richest leagues

• Stadiums across india still look mediocre, outdated, and ugly

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No architectural pride.
No fan-first design.
No global standards.

Where is the money going, if not back into the game or the nation?

4. “Non-Profit” on Paper, corporate Giant in Reality

The bcci hides behind the “non-profit” label, while functioning like a ruthless corporate monopoly.

Private profits.
Public exemptions.
Zero accountability.

This is not sport administration — this is legalized evasion dressed as tradition.

5. Crony Capitalism in cricket Whites

If this were any other industry — tech, mining, infrastructure — the cries of “crony capitalism” would be deafening.

But slap a national jersey on it, and suddenly:

• no tax questions

• no audits

• no moral scrutiny

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The Modi government talks nationalism, but protects elite cash cows while starving research and education.

6. VIP culture Over National Growth

cricket boards fly chartered jets.
Politicians sit in air-conditioned boxes.
Sponsors pop champagne.

Meanwhile:

• researchers beg for grants

• universities decay

• innovation suffocates

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This is VIP culture at its worst — spectacle over substance.

7. Taxing sports Wealth Is Not Anti-Sport

Let’s be clear:
Taxing obscene profits will not kill cricket.
It will strengthen the nation.

Every developed country taxes sports leagues.
Only in india do we treat them like sacred cows.

Conclusion: The Question Is Simple

Do we want:

• More franchise valuations or more IITs?

• more private profit or public progress?

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₹15,000 crore could have changed India’s academic future.
Instead, it was quietly written off.

And silence, once again, is the loudest accomplice.