FORM is Temporary, CLASS is permanent

            This metaphor is sporadically used in the sporting domain – precisely football. 

 

        The underlying message in this statement is that great players are worth keeping on the squad, no matter how poorly they perform in that specific season. Because of their class of talents, they will do well again at some point. 

        However, this statement has a very limited scope to operationalise in the actual world. 

        As footballing increasingly become 1% entertainment and 99% business, every movement of players during the match heavily costs the permanency of both the players and the coach. 

 

            While the description of players in terms of their class remains intriguing, club owners do not imbibe the luxury to prejudice the player’s class of footballing geniuses to recur.  Neither bank on the ideals that a player’s form is temporary. This is one of the reasons why we frequently witness highly ranked footballers tossed into the auction yard – either in the middle or end of the season.

        This declaration - form is temporary, class is permanent, equally applies to understanding several phenomena in our everyday lives as it does to the sporting world.   

        I take the recent song by Mr Hemlal Darjay as one classic specimen to decipher this metaphor.  

   

Click the link for the full version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu6fbVbJ0yc 

Full version here (Added by Mr Hemlal, May 8, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnfqUNCje0

Original Song by Mr Rinchen Namgay and Ms Tshering Dolkar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uUtvjE6Etc

        A few years back, Mr Hemlal was one of the contenders in the singing reality show. Almost every weekend during the show, he kept mesmerising audiences with his epic stage performance by showcasing his class of vocal endowment. For many, he became an instant singing sensation. But unfortunately, his class of singing power was short-lived after he failed to garner adequate voting support from the public. 

 

        Outperforming fellow candidates in such singing battles is often overshadowed by the volume of people we know or the financially booming social circle we have rather than by the singing finesse one displays. This is one of the reasons why we periodically see people with genuine vocal talent crumble in singing competitions.

 

        Audiences lack to comprehend that in a singing contest, the euphonous voice a person has is the class, and the voting technique used by the organisers to rank the contestants is the form. 

 

        Footballers who are marketed to other teams because they lack class easily create magic at their new teams by reviving their footballing talents. They may not be the finest teams in the league, but their class of performance is unquestionably the best for leaving footprints in any stadium.

 

        Mr Hemlal may not have won the singing competition, but his class of singing maintains his blooming in the industry. While individuals who won the top singing prizes in numerous singing shows are mysteriously lost and remain unknown about their whereabouts, this guy is continually colonising every forum that demands singing potency. He has already shown that his mellifluous voice is the class. The form of a class that is permanent.