World Cup ! The good, the bad and the ugly!

And so we are the champions! A 28 year long wait ends. Legends are etched into national history forever. We are the champions. Congratulations India! :)
Its been truly special. From the beginning, not many trusted this team to win. But perseverance and toil paid off. The euphoria that swept the nation wouldn't have come about even if all the dope in the world was sampled by the population in a few hours. Diwali came early. People were shouting, crying, dancing and generally going mad. In a country where cricket is religion, this was expected.
Ok. Enough of the clichéd sentences. Sorry. Can't continue in the same vein. What i wan't to talk about is this - what the World Cup means, at least for the coming few (hopefully not the next 20) years.

The Good
Massive boost to the sport is one foreseeable and obvious outcome. Being world champions means world class facilities even at the grass roots levels. The richest board on the planet would surely like to keep the trophy with themselves and so money should and surely will flow like water.
The Cup means greater exposure to the game for the select few who haven't been bitten by the bug and I can testify to the fact that the euphoria is infectious.
Sachin finally got his due. Playing for so long and having every conceivable record to his name, this is the ONE he coveted the most. And the whole team dedicating the cup to him is testament to the respect and love he commands from his colleagues.
Better, stringent and more professionally managed selection process for the team.
More money for the players. More incentives for people to take up the sport for a living. More money for the Board. More money for everyone in general.

The Bad
More money for everyone in general. Its not unusual for us to get waylaid by a free flowing coffer. This has happened time and again. And I'm pretty much certain that this will happen again.
Cricketers will sell us everything from safety pins to oil tankers to condoms. Its going to be an overdose.
More cricket. As in, much much more. The calendar is filled like crazy (as if BCCI saw it coming, hmmm) and  the players will eventually tire out.

The Ugly
All the other sports suffer. For the next 20 years or so, what Kapil Dev's win did to Indian cricket, is going to happen all over again. All the other sports will(are) eventually be ignored and India will suffer on the global scale in the sports arena. The BCCI may make lofty promises about sharing money with the other sports bodies but just money won't do. And now with the World Cup in our kitty, other sports may well sit back and relax. No one's going to pay attention to 'em for sometime. May very well have some scams and make a lil money on the sly.

Corruption and match fixing is something that happens when there's money but then these can be tackled. I'll be very honest and say that I'm very scared about this last part of the World Cup saga that most people will rather ignore - other sporting activities.

Hoping that I'm wrong in my assumptions about the future (mostly the latter ones). Namaste.