Cricket Vs Other Sports all sports but different mindsets. Who is responsible ?

gurpreetsingh

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Today if see the child take birth in this world in our nation when he
start playing cricket is the first game he plays why this trend is in India. Nobody says that he/she like football, hockey, athletics etc. When a football team won Nehru Cup they get very small amount from federations and when a cricket team win they get rain of money on them why this happens
What you think Cricket is the only true sport of India ?an if yes then why?
why we do not like to play other sports who is responsible for the current
bad condition of Indian sports?
We only get 3 medals in Olympics and population vise we are the second largest populated country
Do we lack sports talent or proper promotion of sports other than cricket?
 

ROHAN KACHALIA

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Well Gurpreet, a nice topic to discuss upon...

The first thing is Cricket has been followed since ages in our country and people of India enjoys watching cricket like anything. The sport has got tremendous media support and more importantly MONEY. It has become an entertainment and income generation medium offlate.

The basic problem is at the grass root level. People there are just aware about cricket and not many other sport like tennis, badminton, chess etc. And even cricketers come in many ads which have an effect on the mindsets of the people.

And even the sports authority of India is not very serious in promoting other sports where lots of talent can be explored.

So its the failure on the part of govt. and more steps should be taken to promote all kinds of sports.
 

faraaz303

New member
Cricket has been around for centuries..it is one of the boons or curses, open to personal interpretation, that the english left when they went away....and so it has been adapted like a fancy sport..though the national sport is hockey , how many people do u actually see playing hockey on the streets? there is nuthing like gully hockey or 20-20 hockey for th matter..but cricket has so many variations in india....bcoz people have adapted tht sport.
 

rj031086

Rohan Jain
Today if see the child take birth in this world in our nation when he
start playing cricket is the first game he plays why this trend is in India. Nobody says that he/she like football, hockey, athletics etc. When a football team won Nehru Cup they get very small amount from federations and when a cricket team win they get rain of money on them why this happens
What you think Cricket is the only true sport of India ?an if yes then why?
why we do not like to play other sports who is responsible for the current
bad condition of Indian sports?
We only get 3 medals in Olympics and population vise we are the second largest populated country
Do we lack sports talent or proper promotion of sports other than cricket?

The other day i was watching the same debate goin on, on CNN-IBN. Whether cricket killing other sports in India. Answer is certainly YES.
If we wana blame anyone then we should blame ourselves. Obviously, Media, sponsors and Govt all play their role coz of their own interests. Media grabs TRPs, sponsors fill their bags with money and so do our nice Govt.
People just wana see cricket, they dont wana see sport.
Why cant we celebrate Nehru cup win or latest US open win by Leander Paes or wen Vishwanathan Anand makes us proud by becoming world champion.
We shower our cricketers with money & fame coz they won the Compaq cup. Why dont we do the same celebration with others. Its just because "Jo dikhta hai, wo bikta hai funda"

India needs to implement strongly various sports council just as we have BCCI for cricket. Strong support from the govt, sponsors and media is need of the hour. More importantly, people need to value SPORTS rather than just valuing a particular game. We need to be all rounder in every sport.
 

ankurcv

New member
hi,

when a child takes birth in our family, we give him toya to after 5 yrs we give him cricket bat to play.
why dont we give him a hockey stick and say
"go nd play and make ur career with hoceky
so instead of blaming media or politicians or government first try to change ourselve.









Today if see the child take birth in this world in our nation when he
start playing cricket is the first game he plays why this trend is in India. Nobody says that he/she like football, hockey, athletics etc. When a football team won Nehru Cup they get very small amount from federations and when a cricket team win they get rain of money on them why this happens
What you think Cricket is the only true sport of India ?an if yes then why?
why we do not like to play other sports who is responsible for the current
bad condition of Indian sports?
We only get 3 medals in Olympics and population vise we are the second largest populated country
Do we lack sports talent or proper promotion of sports other than cricket?
 
Here the choice of individual does matter. And individuals choice is influenced by many factors like:
Promotion of the game
Glamour in the sport
Achievements, etc
 

donold

Par 100 posts (V.I.P)
i agree with handa it depend on person to person many of my friends don't know rules of cricket they just like other games and another reason is promotion and revenue from games you can see IPL revenue in three years near about 19000 crore as EPL revenue around 35000 crore in 15 years if you getting money as well as enjoying game then no one can be describe under one belt game
 
Its true, in fact there is a nationwise trend towards liking a sport like Americans love baseball, Indian love cricket and Canadian loves soccer etc
 
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