THE MAIN REASON ACCORDING TO ME IS THE OVER IMPORTANCE GIVEN TO A SINGLE SPORT-CRICKET,AND NEGLECTING THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT
OF THE INDIAN SPORTS AS A WHOLE.I MEAN,HOW MANY TIMES DO WE SEE AN INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM BEING GIVEN SUCH A BIG RECEPTION AS THE CRICKETERS GOT AFTER BEATING PAK AND WINNING A WORLD CUP.ITS GOOD THAT SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER CRICKET AS RELIGION,EVEN I DO,BUT IN OUR COUNTRY,THESE PEOPLE ARE TOO MANY IN NUMBER.CRICKET IS EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY.IT''S BEEN MADE MORE OF A BUSINESS BY THE B.C.C.I.OUR CRICKET TEAM HAS THE COSTLIEST SPONSORSHIP ALL OVER THE WORLD.CRICKETERS ARE CONSIDERED NOTHING LESS THAN GODS.THE SPORTSPERSONS INVOLVED IN OTHER SPORTS ARE LEFT UNHELPED BY THE GOVT.;THEY DON''T GET ANY SPONSORS AND THEN FINALLY THEY FADE AWAY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE.THE IOC IS DOING MUCH LESS THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF OLYMPICS IN OUR COUNTRY.WE MAY PRODUCE SOME GOOD CRICKETERS BUT WITH THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE,WE ARE BOUND TO FAIL AT THE OLYMPICS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT!