03-16-2008, 12:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2008, 12:57 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The post by Capt Kumar highlights an important aspect pertaining to the neglect of non-cricketing sports. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That is definitely a problem but that is not just on the part of the gov't but among the people whose only idea of a sport is cricket, they play nothing else so what can we expect, not even general things which all humans tend to do like swimming or track are practiced.
Compare that to Argentina:
1) Soccer
2) Rugby Union (ranked 3rd)
3) Tennis
4) Basketball (they actually beat the US in Olympics)
Australia:
1) Cricket
2) Rugby League (9 out of 12 WC's winners)
3) Rugby Union (2 time WC winners out of 5)
4) Australian rules football
5) Soccer
These are only the more well known sports, Australia of course is also a top Olympic performer.
So the fault lies not just with the gov't but also with the public in general, how can we expect to win anything if the general public doesn't even want to play anything else.
The attitude of 24 hour studies has to change if we are ever going to do well in other sports and people actually have to get involved with their kids sports on weekends not just tell them that it's all a waste of time and that they will end up begging if they don't study.
That is definitely a problem but that is not just on the part of the gov't but among the people whose only idea of a sport is cricket, they play nothing else so what can we expect, not even general things which all humans tend to do like swimming or track are practiced.
Compare that to Argentina:
1) Soccer
2) Rugby Union (ranked 3rd)
3) Tennis
4) Basketball (they actually beat the US in Olympics)
Australia:
1) Cricket
2) Rugby League (9 out of 12 WC's winners)
3) Rugby Union (2 time WC winners out of 5)
4) Australian rules football
5) Soccer
These are only the more well known sports, Australia of course is also a top Olympic performer.
So the fault lies not just with the gov't but also with the public in general, how can we expect to win anything if the general public doesn't even want to play anything else.
The attitude of 24 hour studies has to change if we are ever going to do well in other sports and people actually have to get involved with their kids sports on weekends not just tell them that it's all a waste of time and that they will end up begging if they don't study.