Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

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.

Yeah cricket is an obstacle for other games in India. If you ask me the reason than all the company are advertising thier product using cricketer, not other sports person, & one of the big reason is bcci is independent organisation, whereas other sports organisation are undertaken by govt. Of India. We all know how government organisation work.

Haa it is quite stupid to think cricket as national obsession. It is the one game through which we are able to hold our heads high. We won 2 world cups and beeen on top in tests for odd 2 years. What has other sports have brought to India. Whatever is brought is quite appreciated. Abhinav bindra winning gold medal in olympics. Indian hockey team won 8 gold medals in past but that happened when tv's and internet. But 1983 wc was won by India when the tv's are just becoming popular. That made it more popular than any other sport. Every Indian wants to play cricket in streets. It is in to Indian blood and no media is required for cricket. Cricket is and will be the most popular sport in India and I hope other sports also will develop.

Well. I don't think that cricket have hurt any other sports. If cricket is more interesting, full of excitement, creates a nation loving feeling then its not the "SPORT'S" fault. I think its just because cricket has a very interesting format that's why it has become so popular and loved by all. Followed as a religion and the cricketers worshiped as God. The fame that cricket has given to India can not be ignored. As far as other sports are concerned, they have not lost their importance. Whether it is tennis, badminton or hockey they are still very popular. But yes, it is a fact that cricket is more popular and followed by more people.