Cricket vs Olympics
Year 2008 is India's golden year in Olympics so far. We won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals. Really it was very proud moment for all of us. We should salute the guys who made this possible! question is, will this enthusiasm of Olympic sports live long? I mean will our focus now shifts from Cricket to the Olympic games? We have to accept that Indians are not that good in Olympics compared to Cricket. Someone said Cricket is India's common religion. I agree, we all are addicted to the gentleman's game that we do not have time to look at other games. If we compare the number of countries play cricket and number of countries take part in Olympics the we should realize that we are too behind others. So much money is involved in Cricket that it has become a corporate affair now! Everyone wants to cash on cricket. IPL is really good example how commercial the cricket is. So much hype for the cricket.
This is the time for us to think and do something to increase our rank in next Olympics. I have noted few points where we need attention.
1. Whenever I see schools and colleges in Bangalore I really feel bad that there are very few schools with enough playground. If children's do not play in their primary and secondary education then how can we expect them to compete in future and get gold medals for us? There should be some norm, no school should be allowed without playground and Physical Education teachers. I studied in rural area and we had enough space and time to play. I think its a problem with all the big cities.
2. Government and private institutes should organize sports events for all kind of sports that are played in Olympics. We should encourage people who are good in sports.
3. Government should open more Sports Schools and encourage people to join them.
4. Media should also cover all the sports events as they cover Cricket. Media should encourage people in sports other than cricket. Newspapers, TV channels, Internet are all filled with Cricket news but we will see other sports news in nooks and corners.
There may be plenty other ways to improve our Sports Power. I just explored few. I hope spirit of this Olympics will make us work hard get more medals in next Olympics!
Many Thanks!
Malik.
This is the time for us to think and do something to increase our rank in next Olympics. I have noted few points where we need attention.
1. Whenever I see schools and colleges in Bangalore I really feel bad that there are very few schools with enough playground. If children's do not play in their primary and secondary education then how can we expect them to compete in future and get gold medals for us? There should be some norm, no school should be allowed without playground and Physical Education teachers. I studied in rural area and we had enough space and time to play. I think its a problem with all the big cities.
2. Government and private institutes should organize sports events for all kind of sports that are played in Olympics. We should encourage people who are good in sports.
3. Government should open more Sports Schools and encourage people to join them.
4. Media should also cover all the sports events as they cover Cricket. Media should encourage people in sports other than cricket. Newspapers, TV channels, Internet are all filled with Cricket news but we will see other sports news in nooks and corners.
There may be plenty other ways to improve our Sports Power. I just explored few. I hope spirit of this Olympics will make us work hard get more medals in next Olympics!
Many Thanks!
Malik.
|
|
