You are talking complete BS, i will ignore the whole kid mother thing as you are just being stubborn and not accepting that it was a rubbish analogy, for starters cricket is popular in india because everyone not only follows it but also actually plays it.
BCCI arranges cricket at various levels from school cricket to state level and national team, that doesn't come free. Also if thakur and bcci work as much as ecb and ca why on earth are bcci the only big profit making organisation, why is it that only indians care about cricket and for so much work that CA and ECB do cricket is essentially a old white man's game there with a declining following and lack of interest.
BCCI wants that extra money because guess what einstein, this ain't karl marx world, this is capitalism plain and simple, virat kohli does the same work joe root does, but when virat kohli is working, ICC makes a hell lot more money than when steve smith or joe root are.
Also you analogies are getting worse, the little red button as you call it, is what feeds the cricketers, it is what gets Star bidding billions for ICC events, frankly there is no use arguing with someone who doesn't understand basics of cricket finance and seems to think viewership doesn't matter, it is just a red button apparently.
