do you think india should concentrate more on other sports.

@abas52 (67)
India
September 16, 2007 7:37am CST
DO you think the time has come that the indian sports ministry should leave cricket and concentrate more on other sports and bring them up..like soccer and our national game hockey..soccer is the worlds favourite game and there is no name in it of such a big nation..i think india should also concentrate in upcoming olympic games..we just won a single gold in last olympic..what do you say guys..
3 responses
• India
16 Sep 07
Its just that cricket is marketed extremely well in our country.It was not the government but a private organization BCCI which is responsible for the huge popularity of cricket in India and also for the huge amount of money involved in cricket. Its up to the government to give sports persons reasons to stick around than go for some other job.Lets be true here , a soccer player in Indian national team earns less than a Ranji cricket player.The state of affairs is sad.But something ought to be done like providing more payment to players and to provide more infrastructure and facilities for the development of football in India.
@Philxav (733)
• Malaysia
24 Sep 07
I think you are right.. well i'm not an indian citizen but i do knew a few about your country.. but i'm not an expert. Just sharing my point of view. Dont stop concentrating the cricket..India well known for that sport and also the hockey. But India also need to promote other sports activities.. and encourage more youths to partake in such sports activities to groom new sportsmen and sportswomen.
• India
24 Sep 07
certainly government should focus on upcoming olympics and other sports . but cricket will at the top all the games in india , no doubt about that