Stop all ICL/IPL business in cricket ang give equal importance to hockey like in cricket and give equivalent money to hockey players also, they will surely regain its position.
RE:Hockey
by Narayanan Balamurali on Mar 10, 2008 07:16 PM Permalink
ICL & IPL etc have come recently. Cricket became popular sport much earlier. The problem with other sports organisation is blaming cricket. The core issue is that majority people do not bother about other sports. When Dhanraj pillay was dropped out has any ripple seen? was there any body held responisble? So it is the people in general responsible. May be we can think of ways and means by which CRICKET is our national sport. What is wrong in that? what was the logic in declaring Hockey as nationa sport then? All other sports men were accomodated in good public sector companies and thereafter they build their bellys. No system exist to debate their utilities there after. But in Cricket most public follws and thus effigy burning and also victory dancning etc takes place. Who care hockey these days. Lat us blame the public. It is easy.
RE:Hockey
by vinod on Mar 10, 2008 06:09 PM Permalink
Why to blame cricket for the failures o all other sports.How would you explain Australia qualifying for olympic hockey when they were syonymous for cricket.There are plenty of such examples to show that other countries do well in their sports of interest.So let us not blame cricket for other failures.We as a nation should not feel ashamed because shame has become part of our existence right from the day we came home without an olympic medal.
