Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

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.

Hi everybody,

I don't think cricket as a national obsession is a deterrent to other sports, cricket has got popularity because of the legends cricket has given to us like sunil gavaskar, kapil dev, sachin tendulkar, just because of the achievement these peoples have made, cricket is so much appreciated game in India. Recently if we take an example when rajyawardhan singh rathore won silver in Olympics, just after that we won lot of medals in shooting. So, if we want others game to be equally appreciated as like cricket then, we need some great legends in other games too.

And I believe that if other sports will also produce great players then definitely they will get the appreciation as cricket in this country gets.

As everybody mentioned that cricket is detriment to other sports. I quite agree with it. It is because:.

1) way of advertisement the cricket game is promoted.

2) Cricket sportstars are bein seen in most of the advertisements related to cricket or promotion of any other product likr dish TV ads, Mc dowells ads.

3) one of the main reason cricket is preferred when there is match between India and Pakistan. And the way it is advertised on the news make cricket to detriment other sports.

4) In newspapers, most of the sports page is filled with cricket news, whereever it have held.

So along with us, its media too playing the role of detriment to other sports of India.

Media has the highest power today in our country. If it wishes, it can change the shape of sports too.

Hey everyone,

I don't at all think that cricket is a detriment to other sports it is the Indian people's supportive spirit of cricket that is destructing other sports. Most people do not even know that India has teams in Hockey, Rugby, Soccer, Basketball, etc. Its feels ashamed extremely to know that India a huge nation does not support their athletes.

I hope that India recognizes their athletes of all sports and supports them in their respective sports.

In my opinion , cricket is not detrimenting any other sports , it is supressed by ourselves we ,the people are totally responsible for that .
well i think that there is no comparison between 2 sports everything has its own existence so how can cricket suppress the other sports .
its just the matter of fact that indian people are crazy about the cricket .so the comparison lies not in sports but in our thinking only .
last-a-days the economic times conducted a survey to find out who inspires the people in the field of sports and the results was as under :-
43% people inspires with S R Tendulkar
35% people inspires with M S Dhoni
11% people inspires with S Nehwal
04% people inspires with Vijendra singh
04% people inspires with A bindra

from the above figure it is observe that a total of 78% people inspired by the cricketers ....that shows the craziness of the people towards cricket ..............

Well, I personally feel that obsession with cricket is a detriment to other sports. It is all because of the way it is promoted. It is just like in the case of a movie,if a movie is hyped about all of us go to watch it but some epic movie just gets neglected because of poor advertisement and there is less talent in other sports because of improper training because of lack of finances.

Hello everyone.

I strongly feel that cricket has come to a point from where it is detrimenting other sports.

You can see among yourself that how many of us watches other sports played by Indian sportsmen. Ofcourse a handful. Why is it so?

One definite reason could be the hype that cricket gets through the media. People not only watch the match with shear attention but also the pre and post-match shows. Having build a huge sponsorship can also be contributed for cricket to flourish.

One main reason also is the investment of money by either government and now as we can see the business individuals, which lures young minds to have a great profession in cricket.

Lastly, I would say goverment should definitely see to this and take necessary measures to allow other sports perpetuate.

Well I think there can be no comparison between any two sports. (infact nothing can be compared. Everything has its own existence). How can cricket suppress other sports. Its just a matter of fact that Indian people are crazy about cricket. So the comparison lies not in the sports but in our thinking only. Let us make ourselves think more equally and we will surely make the difference grow lesser and lesser.