Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

The people of India likes to play cricket more than hockey. Today in India 90% kids know the names of all Indian team cricketers but no one knows the hockey players. I am not saying that cricket is bad game but it is not that we not take attention in other games like hockey. My request is only that we all should also watch other games and hockey as it is our national game.

Yest it is true that we Indian love cricket. It like blood in our body. On the day of important cricket match especially with Pakistan is creating sensation in all over India. But I don't think it is destroying India. Because every sports have their own plus point and it works like as person, like if person is intelligent and creative he get love from everyone.

Same happen in sports like if you very good at something you going to be recognized and India is good in cricket so we loved it. If they start losing and challenges if games is reduced we going to hate cricket.

In other game the same thing is missing. They don't have viewers because they don't provide sensation as cricket. Archery, badminton, swimming etc happen in only Olympics and some other few tournaments which is not enough to provide spotlight to them.

But now if you see after IPL, kabaddi league start which get huge response and now football league started in India which also getting good response. So they prove that we need spotlight and create new challenges to popularize a game. But you also going to feel that the shine of cricket is now decreasing because of lots of tournament and absence of challenge.

So my final stand is that no game is destroying any game it just matter of to be good in something and provide challenge and spotlight it will become famous.

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I would say that the fame to the game cricket has made a bad impact on other sports. Too much attention and money is spent on this sport that the players engage in spot fixing. If too much attention was given to the sport then such embarrassing things wouldn't have happened.

Cricket has become the opium of Indian people, and players. Cricket officials have become astute peddlers, too many matches with too little rest will ruin our players in the coming years. They will suffer from "burnt out syndrome" which is quite evident already in the recent series against South Africa and New Zealand. Now even the Bollywood Bandas have entered the arena to double their cash. Days of techniques, and toils are gone, all the roads now lead to the techniques of making money. Biggest jokers in IPL cricket are the coaches. What they teach? How not to play cricket? Too much cricket, and too many crooks will soon kill the duck which is laying the golden eggs. RIP INDIAN CRICKET.

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.

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.

I think in cricket fan following is so much than other sports. If media and government both encourage other games and give more facilities then people obviously think about those sports. Now-a-days these IPL, t-20 attract everyone. They know that from these they will get more money and fame. That's why people interested about cricket.

Hi everyone,

I think that it is fair enough to think about the same progress in other sports as in cricket country is achieving. But it is wrong to blame only CRICKET as its hardwork and determination that has brought all success in this game. Now Indian cricket is at its peak and receiving great support from fans, we must not blame it rather appreciate it. Today India is no.1 in world in ODI.

So there must be something in this particular game that we have achieved so much. So we should look further to strengthen other game but also letting cricket go where it wants. Moreover India has produced some of the fine players in other sports and hopefully will keep doing it. IN A NUTSHELL CRICKET IS THE BEST PLAYED SPORT IN OUR COUNTRY AND WITHOUT SUPPRESSING IT SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT WILL BOOST CONFIDENCE OF OUR COUNTRY IN FUTURE and we will progress in other games too.

I completely agree on this and the reason being the popularity of cricket in the subcontinent and the major reason for this much of popularity is because of the fact that Kapil Dev and company won us a trophy which was literally impossible. And that gave every Indian a belief that we can compete at the global level.

The fact that India had the chance to play the Fifa World Cup in the 1950s but they couldn't because of the financial conditions at that time also plays a part in the popularity in cricket because if India had participated in fifa, you never know today football might have been the biggest sport in India.

Hi friends,

In my point of view, Cricket is not harming any other Game.
In fact, the divelopment of any sport is not the matter of money its a matter of Governance structure.

Lets take a comparision between the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games and the forthcoming
Cricket world Cup 2011 makes clear differences in the GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE of cricket and other sports in India.

The best way to drum up interest before a mega event is through the sale of Merchandise. But for Commenwealth Games, a full scale merchandise program was never launched. Which results---We lost the huge revenue earning opportunity.

In contrast, world cup merchandise is already on sale in India and elsewhere in the subcontinent.

Unfortunately for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, ticket sales and distribution were complete mess.

It is the professionalism associated with Gentelman Game called 'Cricket', evident also from the way the Eden Gardens unpreparedness issues have been handled and hard measures taken, that explans the tremendous interest in the event across sector of the Indian Economy and Society.

Comming to IPL-- There is nothing worng to put more money On the Event Where people showing more Interest.