Roshan thinks all other sports are neglected apart from Cricket ? Do you agree
I too agree that apart from Cricket all other sports and games are neglected virtually in India without much sponsorship. This set me thinking for a radical solution.
Vivekananda Rock Memorial, if guys recollect was built on Rupee 1donation of each and every Indian. Such a national issue when Roshan wrote that Kabbadi teams room bills were not paid and therefore they were delayed for departure etc. We will not have such a situation if men and women of incredible integrity head a national sports council such Abdul Kalam, Naryan Moorthy, etc, who can bring the change through the funds collected. I am not in favour of begging the money rich BCCI or cricketers, which would be an insult to the entire nation. If politicians cannot bring up other sports it has to be a honest effort of all Indians to promote talented people in other sports. We cannot depend on Team Anna to raise this subject matter...do you all agree
The problem is no one is making any efforts towards all of what you say. We all know the solutions but we are not ready to provide for them... A sorry state of affairs..
DS, now see the name , money , the ravishing extra money cricketers are getting.
Pramod, pl highlight how to improve other sports and nurture talents outside cricket arena, we shall take up dicussion in some other topic, already guys are angry that too much attention is given to cricket in India 
i too agree atleast in our country all sports are neglected xcept for cricket..maybe in some other countries too
Buddy, Roshan, when you raise a serious ? mark, there should be some solutions too otherwise it will remain unresolved puzzle. The govt has miserably failed in raising the standards of other sport. Now virtually cricket is ruling the nation and can be de facto considered National game of India rather than De Jure. Even though i am a past cricketer player myself i would like other sports to thrive. In this context i suggested that it should be people s movement. It is easy to cast aspersion on cricketers stating that they earning fancy amounts in endorsement rather than playing. And further it is expectation that BCCI should contribute to other sport. They can be charitable sometimes based on the discretion. Otherwise expecting the board to contribute is no way. Tax exemption for cricket that too test cricket should be allowed, one day and IPL is money spinner, it should be taxed.
Coming to crux of the issue, non governmental agency should be involved in promoting sports, if it has popular involvement than it is ideal. In that context only i suggested reputed names to be involved in promoting other sports. Pramod has mentioned marketing, but without fund base and foucussed involvement, it is difficult to market all other sports.
S-O-R-C-E-R-E-R!!!!! Sorcy for short if you want to!!!
Cricket ruling the nation?? Are you serious? Not everyone watches cricket- and there's a sizeable population which does not watch cricket. I find cricket as a retarded game. Entire day flushed down the toilet to know who the winner is. That's mostly the reason why they introduced 20-20, to attract the other crowd. Private entities have no obligation to promote sports. Infact, they have no obligation. Governments do. Significant population doesn't vote and yet cry about the government-WAH!!! Football!!! Now that is what you call a sport!!! Hockey!!! That's a real sport. Moving people's asses and keeping an eye on the ball to hit their goal!! There ya go.
Saying "non government agency should be involved in promoting sports" Yeah well, you will usually get Lalit Modi types. Think about it, no1 will do social service here, even those former sports guys. They will convert sports as a sexy show. Its not that bad, atleast it will be noticed, stadium will get a crowd, government gets a cut, VIP get a free seat, soda wallahs can sell more sodas and people have something better to watch to and saas-bahu serials shut up for an entire season- everyone goes happy. Or legalize betting. Legalize betting= finding other sports for betting= small stakes= common people come and watch with interest to learn= bet= bigger players come= money pours in= more sensation= players get fame and fortune.
Sorcy can t make out head or tail regarding your solutions, i am totally confused by your reply.
The World series hockey is going to start. Something on the lines of IPL. If everything goes well, it could mean more attention and revenue for Hockey as well.
http://www.worldserieshockey.com/
I hope this world hockety series succeeds, there is some hype on it, but not as much as IPL.
As expected, it has run into trouble with Hockey India trying to threaten players participating in it.
A case of Divided we fall, united we excel. Hockey has two association whereas cricket has only one and going strong year on year
Australia has a good culture of promoting sports. They did very well in the commonwealth games last year. Also, cricket, which has not been on the top 10 sports in Australia, has been dominated by the aussies in different formats.
Australia is good in hockey, football and tennis. Golf too is played with fervour along with rugby
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