the infrastructure that is need for a needed to play hockey by a common man is far too expensive than that of cricket. That is the only reason why hockey or any other sport is not popular. Also all the games are managed by federations and not by an autonomous body like BCCI. for officials of these federations it is just a job that they are doing for a salary and no passion to win or promote the games is needed or compulsory. definitely all the games will suffer. replace all these federations by autonomous body run by former players with good infrastructure and international coaching support and we definitely can see some results after 5 years.
RE:RE:change at grass root level
by RC on Mar 10, 2008 01:05 PM Permalink
in that case football is cheapest... u can play anytime come rain or shine...all it needs is a little ground..its not the expense which makes it more popular..its our attitude we indians dont like games which needs physical stamina..eg..hockey, basket ball, football...we might excel in shooting, archery, chess, carrom board, cricket where we can use more of brain than stamina...cricket captain probably is the only captain in all sports who needs to apply brain..the rest games dont need captains brains...
