God Save Indian sports
One Billion people and one medal!!!! It is that time of the decade again. India is sending a contigent to the Olympics. I am sure in a contigent of 70, 45 will be officials and 25 will be sportsmen. A fact that was noted and ridiculed by Jay Leno in faraway America. Our medal prospects lay in the hands of twenty people- Leander, Mahesh, Karnam Malleswari, hockey team and Anju Bobby George. Others are just pretenders, I would say. I am sure most of the Indian fans will not even recognize the last two as they don't get enough media attention. Indian Media and people always lap up the cricket like a pet son of a family. What they have done to the country is a sole World Cup in 1983 and a lot of empty promises. India would have been a much better overall sporting nation if we had spent all the money they spent for building better cricket stadiums from Kargil post to Gummidipondi, in building a better sports infrastructure. Now all we got to cheer about is a bunch of 15 jokers( include the reserves) who flatter to deceive all the time and laugh all the way to the bank endorsing everything from an underwear to a credit card. The situation is extremely pitiable when you think about a person like Anju Bobby George who won India's first medal ever(stress) in the World Championship of Athletics was struggling to find a sponsor for training in the Europe. When the circumstances are this lamentable, there are cricketers who move the Governemnt to get a tax break for a luxury car. What a gulf between one sport and the rest.
Anyways, I sincerely hope we come back with a few medals and Sunil Dutt( Munnabhai's father and if you dint know, Union Sports Minister) allocates a lion's share of money for sports other than cricket. I also have a brilliant and a radical idea of making the BCCI pay 80% taxes and leave them with just enough to run the sport in the country. Sounds like Tughlaqian isn't it?
One Billion people and one medal!!!! It is that time of the decade again. India is sending a contigent to the Olympics. I am sure in a contigent of 70, 45 will be officials and 25 will be sportsmen. A fact that was noted and ridiculed by Jay Leno in faraway America. Our medal prospects lay in the hands of twenty people- Leander, Mahesh, Karnam Malleswari, hockey team and Anju Bobby George. Others are just pretenders, I would say. I am sure most of the Indian fans will not even recognize the last two as they don't get enough media attention. Indian Media and people always lap up the cricket like a pet son of a family. What they have done to the country is a sole World Cup in 1983 and a lot of empty promises. India would have been a much better overall sporting nation if we had spent all the money they spent for building better cricket stadiums from Kargil post to Gummidipondi, in building a better sports infrastructure. Now all we got to cheer about is a bunch of 15 jokers( include the reserves) who flatter to deceive all the time and laugh all the way to the bank endorsing everything from an underwear to a credit card. The situation is extremely pitiable when you think about a person like Anju Bobby George who won India's first medal ever(stress) in the World Championship of Athletics was struggling to find a sponsor for training in the Europe. When the circumstances are this lamentable, there are cricketers who move the Governemnt to get a tax break for a luxury car. What a gulf between one sport and the rest.
Anyways, I sincerely hope we come back with a few medals and Sunil Dutt( Munnabhai's father and if you dint know, Union Sports Minister) allocates a lion's share of money for sports other than cricket. I also have a brilliant and a radical idea of making the BCCI pay 80% taxes and leave them with just enough to run the sport in the country. Sounds like Tughlaqian isn't it?
dude,
you know what, circket should be franchised, as is the case with pro sports in the US. I feel that its totally unfair to have only 15 players represent a nation of 1 billion. all this domination of a single team would atleast be contained.
what say you.
saranyan.
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saranyan r |
1:19 PM