World Cup 2010: India's football absence examined

[owcc]

India needs
1. Rapid economic growth
2. technological salience and strength
3. Military muscle

TO HELL WITH SPORTS.

An important aspect of a strong nation is its social and civil fabric.Sports is an important element for all citizens (not just the sport stars) so that the society can attain and mature so as to sustain a ful fledged democracy

 

[SpArK]

IPL is going to destroy the sports in general in India and in the neighbouring countries. It is noting but a commercial venture. How many countries play Cricket in the world ? There are also disputes if Cricket is a really physical sport.

After 3 editions of IPL

India is 1st in ICC test rankings

3rd in ODI rankings

Sehwag is 1st in test rankings

Dhoni is 1st in ODI rankings

yes surely IPL is killing cricket in India.

 

[SpArK]

Cricket provides entertainment ,thrills and excitement
AND We are really good in it.

There is no harm in being a "one sports country" as critics say.
WE rule the commercial aspect of cricket and thus enjoy importance and power in ICC.

Yes i agree.

Government should ask Leander Paes and mahesh bhupathy to start hotel business instead of tennis.

Vishwanathan Anand needs to throw away world ranking 1 in chess and start learning "leg spin and googly and play for chennai.

Saina nahwal and sania mirza should go for belly dancing classes.

Vijender singh should throw away olympic medal and start a career as a "dupe" in bollywood.

Pankaj advani should throw away world number 1 in billiards title and learn "fung shui"...

 

[SpArK]

The problem is the " demand " for government money.
why should government finance sports.

Yaa only people who can travel abroad in their own money should compete right??

Government should spend all the money on missiles and nukes.


What a waste of time i had.

 

[zavis2003]

pakistan is the best nation regarding any thing

they have best talent
checkout the liaari and parachenaar both are fottball adicted

alot of technical shortcommings are there but only coz of the money problem

 

[ice_man]

There is no need to play football,hockey etc Just play cricket.
we can ONLY play cricket well.

Do what you are good at. forget about the rest.

The country's GDP does not grow by winning medals

CRICKET is becoming slowly just south asian game infact more of an INDIAN GAME!! its fast loosing its interest in the world! if you remove the indian viewing audience very few watch cricket now! however, as for football with each tournament more and more viewership! if india & pakistan don't take this sports seriously they will be left behind!

look at BRAZIL the world knows brazil for its football & ofcourse samba!! cricket is too long & dull of a game for the common man! test cricket 5 DAYS might end in a draw! 50 over game 8 HOURS! 20-20 4 HOURS! cricket is a free man's game! with less chances of upset unlike football

 

[ice_man]

After 3 editions of IPL

India is 1st in ICC test rankings

3rd in ODI rankings

Sehwag is 1st in test rankings

Dhoni is 1st in ODI rankings

yes surely IPL is killing cricket in India.

no worries give it max 2 decades india will be the ONLY nation playing cricket!! the sport is in decline over the world! remove india and tell me has the following for the sports decreased or increased??

i think india deserves to win the 2011 worldcup because they are to OBSESSED WITH CRICKET!

 

[Freedom]

After 3 editions of IPL

India is 1st in ICC test rankings

3rd in ODI rankings

Sehwag is 1st in test rankings

Dhoni is 1st in ODI rankings

yes surely IPL is killing cricket in India.

they will never understand that.... they r showing frustration on IPL, but i can understand it...

 

[SpArK]

no worries give it max 2 decades india will be the ONLY nation playing cricket!! the sport is in decline over the world! remove india and tell me has the following for the sports decreased or increased??

i think india deserves to win the 2011 worldcup because they are to OBSESSED WITH CRICKET!

Yes i agree just like english and brasilians are obsessed with football and welsh obsessed with rugby..
Yaa all sports gonna die now..

 

[Freedom]

no worries give it max 2 decades india will be the ONLY nation playing cricket!! the sport is in decline over the world! remove india and tell me has the following for the sports decreased or increased??

i think india deserves to win the 2011 worldcup because they are to OBSESSED WITH CRICKET!

u don't need to worry...think about ur country. india is already start work on other sports and our progress u will see in CWG 2010 and next Olympic.
i have only three words for you "angoor khatte hain"

 

[Kinetic]

How many of you believe that during recent India-vs-Pakistan ODI many of the Indians were watching football match!!!! It also took little space in the newspapers.

Actually Indians are (me as well ) also very much interested in football but as India doesn't play good or we don't have facilities results only Cricket!!

 

[SpArK]

How many of you believe that during recent India-vs-Pakistan ODI many of the Indians were watching Argentina's football match!!!! It also took little space in the newspapers.

Actually Indians are (me as well ) also very much interested in football but as India doesn't play good or we don't have facilities results only Cricket!!

I dont think its the problem with the facilities as i dont believe countries like Cameroon, Senegal, Ghana etc wont be having better infrastructure and government funding than us.

 

[SpArK]

IPL has made it possible for many young boys to earn a decent living.
with 10 teams and 20 players each ; IPL is a GOD send for young cricketers
Earlier for a youngster if he could not make it to the national team
there was a bleak future

In the national team you can take max. 16 players.

Out of 1000s of cricket aspirants a few hand full will be selected in IPL from a state.

what happens to the rest of them?/

IPL free cash dega kya?

 

[Kinetic]

I dont think its the problem with the facilities as i dont believe countries like Cameroon, Senegal, Ghana etc wont be having better infrastructure and government funding than us.

But there is no strong presence of cricket as well! So all the importance goes to football, I mean merits and people's efforts.

 

[SpArK]

But there is no strong presence of cricket as well! So all the importance goes to football, I mean merits and people's efforts.

Exactly its affinity is based on geography. We dont have much people choosing football as a career. Just a few handful of states like punjab, Goa, kerala and BEngal have clubs which promote. There are government sports schools and private funded ones but there are not many people taking it.

Football is infact one of the least expensive sports of the world. But even in villages you will see people playing more vollyball than Football which is very strange.

We have global participation in expensive sports like cricket, tennis, badminton , snooker&Billiards, golf etc etc.. but why not this one???