Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

Hi friends, in India there is four channels allocated for cricket but not for hockey, chess or athletics. But in foreign countries there is a separate channel for each and every game, this makes the people to participate and to concentrate on every games unlike India. In our country no coaches are selected from India, every one has been imported from other countries. Still there is no team formation for football, gymnastics in Olympics but in other countries these games plays a major role. The top winning medalists in Olympics like america and china are thus because they not yet formed a cricket team. As there is no cricket, they are giving importance to each and every game and getting fame to their countries. So from my point of view, the government And media Should encourage every game and the sportsmen too.

India can think of winning gold medals in Olympics only if cricket is knocked out of our minds. Its a dull game and a very slow one too and not a scientific as well. If a batsman gets out, he can never be back in the game which makes it very unscientific. Stupid game followed by stupid people. It is played in just 7 or 8 countries It is affecting other sports very much. This game should be banned.

During 60es an 70es cricket wasn't known to interior of India, We hardly remember who were vijay Hazare and other greats. Its only after 70ies and the invent of television this game became popular and reached to the masses. The other reason is the efforts put by the cricketers of that time like Sunil Gavaskar who gave some of the memorable moments of glory to the country. We started to beat the Europeans at their own game. This was a great morale booster for country which has grown up believing the superiority of White Race. Also it is money spinning machine for many others.

Now that boxing is getting popular because Akhil Kumar and Vijendra Singh are winning honours for the country. Sushil Kumar has made grappling popular whereas Saina Nehwal has coxed many girls to wield racquet. Everyone wants to be a part of winning team. Indian Sports in a unique Catch-22 situation where there can't be talent and victory without money and there can't be money (Sponsorship) without victories.

Hence the onus is on government to encourage other sports too and its also the role of Media to bring the stories of struggle and success of other sportsmen too.

I personally feel that though cricket is very entertaining at the same time it is very tedious too. People consider it to be their religion. This damn affects the intensity & popularity of the other games in India.

The thick cloud of intense cricket is overshadowing the future of other games hue overshadowing the development of other games recognized at the national level.

Cricket is not detrimental to other sports its just that we have good batsmen in India who hits big shots no one cares for bowlers in other sports its not big & lengthy as cricket. So other sports should have famous recognized players to make it famous.

Hi everyone.
I feel that cricket is overshadowing other sports in India. The encouragement, sponsorship & promotion given to cricket in our country is very high comparing to other nations. We can see cricketers in maximum advertisement, we can rarely see other sport person. Main reason is bcci, bcci is independent organisation and bcci is the richest cricket board in the world. Others sport is undertaken by government and we all know how government works. Media is also responsible for this. In news papers cricket takes more place overshadowing others.

Hello friends,

I feel that cricket is not completely an obstacle for the development of other sports. The encouragement given for the up lift of cricket in our nation is very high when compared to other nations. In fact bcci is the richest cricket board in the world. The sponsorship given to the game of cricket is also high. Even the government is not giving adequate facilities for the players of other sports. The media has been also focusing more on cricket. The money earned from cricket is very high through commercials. So the government must take steps to develop other games. It is also necessary to evolve more stars in other games like sachin, dravid, lara, dhoni in cricket.

Hello everyone,

As per cricket concern, I think it provided a platform for upliftment and generation of revenue for the other sports. After IPL the commercialization take place in respect to every sports in the form of NSW hocky leauge, new series of football in bengal, and recetly the mixed wrestling.

And heavy weight boxing in India.

Secondly, If we look from the aspect of sports culture every country then we can formulate a trend and culture, like in europian country soccer and ice sports, in african nation athletics, in american country american football (rugby) , in Australia cricket and rugbey and in India cricket. All these major sports provide momentum to flourish other sports of that perticular country.

Hello ladies and gentlemen,
the very first thing should be mentioned here that, what is the actual role of sports in any country-
1. It shows efficiency of a country in sports worldwide.
2. It gives name, fame.
3. As a profession.
Here no. 2 affects strongly no.1&3,
so,as far as name nd fame is concerned cricket is everywhere. Handsome money given to them and a seperate board(bcci) alloted, makes it more difficult to other sports.
For encouraging other games the only way is to make them popular through advertisement,promising excitement,benifits of not watching cricket i.e. Saving of lots of time etc. A sport is always made to entertain ,it is the way we look at them makes it boring.
I think media is a little bit responsible
only when advertisement is concerned otherwise they show whatever people want to see. They just increase the publicity,they don't create it. If tommorrow we will get into olympic finals in hockey, virendra lakra and sandeep singh will be on every tv channel.
So,i think its enough of cricket,lets promote other sports because cricket can promote itself for next 8-10 yrs. Thank you.

HI EVERYONE!

The people of India basically are addicted to cricket. No doubt, it has the most fame than any other sports in INDIA. New formats and adjustments has been brought to this game to attract the people, which the other sports lack. Obviously, from the kids to elderly are interested in it. The parents of this generation are also fond of leading their children towards cricket, as their kid can also become fame easily and earn quickley. Many are not aware about the prestigeous given to other sports world wide. So CRICKET has automatically has been considered to be the reason for this.

I feel that the common unsupport given by the government to most of the sportsperson & lack of guidelines to other sports is the cause for the above mentioned.