India is a 1 billion plus country accounting for more than 1/6th of the global population. But it did not won any Olympic gold medal in atlethics in decades. Why? over importance to cricket. And we suffer from their match fixings and super egos
Well silently, there are individuals who through their own sheer hardwork makes India and Indians proud. In the recent Asiad, indians won 64 medals by individuals. But none of them the reward an average cricket player gets. After IPL, the reward for domestic cricket has also gone up. Well, it is good that cricket get its due credit. BCCI is the richest cricket governing body in the world with billions of dollars in its coffers
However, they should contribute funds for the development of other sports in India, where Indian flags need to fly high.
Most of the individual medal winners in the Asiad has spent their own funds to come up without any significant corporate sponsors. Many come very ordinary or poor background. For instance, it is reported that Preeja Sreedharan who won Gold in 10000 metres do not have world class spikes!
Compare this to China and other nations, where their sportsmen are given highest regard and encouragement. Our medal winners in the Asiad require rewards and encouragement similar to rich cricketers.
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