Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

Why India never do good in Olympics because of almost no sponsorship, corruption & favoritism of sporting bodies, lack of facilities of sports in schools & colleges, poor infrastructure and grass root, no leagues (before 2012 we have no leagues but now we have atleast 4 leagues, some will start recently) , obsession with cricket (not an Olympic Event) , quality (India won 102 medals in Commonwealth Games 2010, 65 medals in Asian Games 2010 but only 6 in 2012 Olympics) etc.

I've never seen any sports channel telecasting India winning 8 Field-Hockey Gold in Olympics but during Cricket World Cup you see those channels telecasting 2 World Cups that India won all day long. Now some NGOs (OGQ, GoSports Mgmt. ) are trying to help these athletes and lets hope Indian contingent will do well in coming Olympics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As we belong, to country which has million cricket lover, we can't blame cricket blindly for not having enough interest for other support but we should work at grass root level to improve the situation of other sports by either funding or be starting sport club and be creating interest in children from their childhood. We should create a stable environment so that our elders and every person to have some believe that sports is also in one of the things in which a child can flourish whatsoever be the sports. As we are an outcome based nation but we must focus on the journey also which will create an atmosphere for coming generation to enhance participation in sports which are far behind than cricket in terms of amenity and attraction of people.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The earliest reference to cricket is in South East England in the mid-16th century. It is a very popular game in the world. In India, whenever a cricket match is there, the people become mad to see that match.

In India, BCCI is the company, which provides Indian players to the matches.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for cricket in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. The president of BCCI is Sourav Ganguly.

Cricket is the most popular game in INDIA, everybody likes it because we are constantly doing very well in this sport. Beside this a lot of money has been invested for its promotion. Day after day our country's cricket will be developed. But what about other sports? I do believe that no game cannot destroy other games.

If you say that my heart is destroying my kidney, it sounds ridiculous. But the problem is there is lack of funds, appreciation in other sports. So it is not the time to blame anyone, its time to introspect.

A sportsman can understand well the difficulties. State government & central govt should take some initiatives to promote other games as well. They should form some committees which will headed by sportsmen.

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.

Yes, cricket as a national obsession is indeed detrimental to other sports. You will hardly find anyone being interested in seeing sports other than cricket. The cricketers are treated as celebrities and the popularity of other sport players is nowhere near them.

A world Kabbadi champion team have to take auto to go their home and nobody even cares about them. While for hitting six sixes in an over, they are paid crores of rupees as prize money.

Some sportsperson even have to sell vegetables for their livelihood. There can be nothing more saddening. Generally the training facilities for other sports are abysmal. Even a kid dreaming of taking some other sports as his career thinks thousand time before taking any decision.