100% agree with Mr. Harsha on both the points:
1) 9 team IPL is the maximization of profit, while 10 teams will be recipe for disaster....
But with BCCI in legal complications with Kochi Tuskers, one never knows as they are in huge pressure to have an IPL team in renovated Ahmedabad Stadium....
2) With Foreign talent in abundance as only 4 can play, focus should be on scouting and narturing Indian Domestic Talent by the Franchisees....
No player can be forced for retention, Prime example is Dhawan who was not happy with Retention amount, went into the auction and brought at lower price then retention amount by SRH. That led to him being unhappy at hyderabad and was evantually traded to Delhi....
If a player is not happy in the team or Corporate world it's impossible to get the best out of him.....
So Auction is also dubious at times, as it all depends on timing at which player is auctioned, Someone like Cris Lynn goes for only 2Cr and Cummins or Unadkat in the past gone for sky high amount, without the Returns at such price.....