Pakistani players - IPL saga

A lot has been said and written about the exclusion of Pakistani players in this years’ IPL. Let me write here of what me as a common Indian thinks about this issue.
Way back on 9th December Mr. Lalit Modi hinted that it will be difficult to include Pakistani players as they were unable to get the visas to play in India. The next day four Pakistani players were granted the visas for IPL III. But Mr. Modi said that these players remain suspended as they failed to meet 7th December deadline.
Now coming to the 19th January auction, none of the eleven Pakistani players got bidders. And this rejection of the players is been blown up everywhere. Who is responsible for exclusion of these players? Pakistanis blames Indian government for the fiasco. Indian government says that it has nothing to do with IPL and they haven’t given any suggestions to the IPL or BCCI. IPL organizers on their part say that like they government even they did not issue any diktat against the Pakistani players and it was the franchises who did not select the players. Basically everyone was trying to pass the buck. At this stage the franchises’ came ahead and faced it by saying that they were not sure if the Pakistani players will be permitted to play in IPL because of the political tension between the two neighbours. Doesn’t it make business sense? How can someone put hundreds of thousand dollars on some players and then end up not getting their services. Franchises were completely right on their part. They are in IPL only for one reason – business. They will obviously look ways to make profits from whatever they do.
After about a week of media dance over the issue, some franchise owners came ahead and were willing to take Pakistani players on board. Again they were doing this only after thinking of their business first. Firstly they had to shell out lesser money for the players now since they were being taken out of the auction and also the chances of they being denied permission by the government were negligible now because each and every step of all involved parties will not only be watched but will also be scrutinized thoroughly by the media.
But this move of the owners was not welcomed by a political party in Mumbai which first protested against Mr. Ambani and then against Mr. Shah Rukh Khan. They have threatened that they will not let their other businesses to function normally (Mr. Ambani’s retail chain and Mr. Khan’s upcoming movie). How can you expect these owners now to go ahead and extend an olive branch to the Pakistani players?
Last year, when Pakistani players were not taken in IPL, inspite of the fact that it was being held outside India, these players did not express their disappointment. They are doing so as they were instigated by some politicians who immediately made it a political issue by commenting on it.
Thus I would say the one who is to be blamed for this fiasco are the politicians on both sides of the border. They should abstain from commenting impulsively.
Above stated are my views on the issue. If you think I am going wrong somewhere, please feel free to correct me.