Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

Hii friends, in my view all sports are same there is no any difference between cricket and other sports and just the people who are thinking that is different. I feel that that every game has there own identity and importance.

So don't hesitate other sports by comparing with cricket. For example take our family members we are giving importance for every person in our home or surroundings like that we want to give importance for other sports also not only for cricket.

Yes indeed.

I completely agree with this.

I am a big fan of Indian sports & I have followed 2 commonwealth games, two Asian games & the last Olympics very closely. That is, basically I started following other sports after 2009 when I joined the internet because Indian television has only one sport!

Never, it is just a sport. If you like it, enjoy it, else do not watch it but don't say such unfavorable sentences which destroys the spirit of the game. It's just because people like it more than any other sport, the game has gained popularity.

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.

Indians are obsessed about cricket superstars only. All they care about is. National cricket team. I have never seen full house in a Ranji trophy match. And cricket is popular in 15-16 countries only.

If we compare cricket in India with football in Brazil. Here Brazil is far superior. Because apart from football they also focus on other sports. Like boxing, skate boarding, x games, Motorsports, volleyball, basketball, they have a good reputation in these sports, despite being a footballing countries.

Sports doesn't mean cricket in particular. It is a much broader term and covers several games that are played all over the world. But it seem that it has taken monopoly over cricket and has ignored the rest. Hence india's failure in the olympics, asian and commonwealth games.

Instead of encouraging the national game of hockey and take it as a pride to an international level, it has changed the spirit of sports into an industrial undertaking and tries to seek maximum profit out of it, IPL being the live example. India is losing the essence of sport and it is going to disappear soon.

I think the Government is responsible to some extent to have not been able to promote other games in the same manner as it has with cricket. As winning the ICC World Cup a matter of pride for us, winning the olympics should also be of equal importance to the nation.

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.

Every sports person seeks Opportunities, facilities and recognition. And it is evident that Cricket has more opportunities and training facilities as compared to other sports in India that's why also people turn to this sport.

We need to bring forward other sports also Because only Cricket won't bring Gold in Olympics. Commonwealth and Asian games. !

Better training facilities, opportunities and appreciation for other sports and sportsperson is the need of the day.

Everything will have an end. So will this craze for Cricket too! India is a country struggling for basic needs. The government doesn't have funds to cater to all the sports and games. A midst all controversies and problems, it is still trying to support and help people who are trying to shine in different games.

You have less funds and only one game to choose. So the best option as of now is Cricket as it has given good ROI in the past decade. Not that India doesn't want to encourage or support any other game. At this point, with the available funds for a developing country, this is the best they can do.

The day Cricket's performance completely drops down and another game keeps ruling with tonnes of victories, that day, funds will be allocated for that game:). We are not a U.S or U.K or some developed country to cater to everything where the basic needs are still not achieved.

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.