The Role Of Sports And Sports In India

1549 Words4 Pages

INTRODUCTION
Sports hold paramount importance in our lives. Most of us are involved at it some way or the other. Some of us actively pursue it as a hobby while most of us occasionally get a chance to participate in it while we have time. So in a sense all of us are consumers of sport as we grow up in some form or the other. Especially with the advent of the satellite age we can see that even in the tiniest and smallest villages of rural India there is a small TV set and a satellite connection. Even if the people are very poor, do not have enough food clothes to wear or even proper shelter, the prized possession of TV is a must. So you can see how much impact television has really created. Also it has proved to be a boon for the advertising …show more content…

Before jumping into any conclusion it is important to identify the loophole that currently exists in the system (if any) .So let us realise what the role of a sporting body really is. It’s a top to bottom pyramid structure where in the top management has to oversee a number of things like –
1. Providing infrastructure which becomes absolutely crucial when it comes to sports be it football, cricket or badminton there should always be proper sporting facilities like stadiums, gyms and other sporting …show more content…

Indian sports has become a rehabilitation asylum for politicians and retired bureaucrats .for them chairing a sports body is all about power money and publicity .The main purpose of these apex bodies is talent hunting grooming the players providing them with the required sporting equipments.as we have seen in the recent years stories of many talented players who are not provided with the minimum basic requirements like a proper stadium to practice in and proper places to stay proper food proper sports related needs etc .
The moot question is do these people have the required expertise and knowledge required to deliver what i expected of them .when the man at the top is ignorant and is least concerned about the sport the future is bleak .the passion and professionalism which is required to head a sports body is missing .the cost we are playing for such irregularities is huge in the light of the recent sanction on the Indian Olympic association from the apex international body.
The heads of these bodies are still reserved for the political elites who are more concerned about minting money from their positions rather than help improve the performance of Indian sports . Govt gives financial aid and hence they want someone to be office bearers. These institutions have to thus surrender to the wishes of the political parties in order to have continues inflow of funds and aids however meagre it can

Open Document