Football and other games with thrive in India if it is run by me who understand the game and not by politicians and bureaucrats. Why do people keep pulling down cricket? The "commercial johnies" promote cricket because it's one game where India has had some success in the recent past. The game has established itself and money, though not all of it, is spent in developing the game and laying out better infrastructure. Can we say the same about other sports. While the BCCI has rules and the people who run the game change after elections,we have PR Dasmunshi running football, (till recently...after 17 years?) KPS Gill running hockey, Suresh Kalmadi running the IOA...the list could go on. At least in cricket, we do have change of incumbents, and while their style of functioning may not be palatable, they do not interfere in either team selection or other things blatantly so as to affect the team morale or competance.
