Life is a Game…

We are in a modern era in which tournaments such as IPL and T20 World Cup attracts the maximum viewers and astronomical amounts of currency do all the talking. But our national game hockey, in contrast, sports a deserted look. Our national game has become extremely unpopular among the people and the media alike.

The root of this problem lies at IHF’s politics at the top level, lack of advertisements, worrying infrastructure, dearth of sponsors and to make matters worse, even the raw talents are seeking greener pastures. Every big money sponsor is directed towards cricket and even if our Hockey team wins something, due credit and coverage is not provided to them. The time has arrived to rebuild the whole system, address the priorities, find a decent sponsor and make it lucrative for the youth to take up hockey as their career – an arduous task but not beyond our reach. We have to start from the scratch.

A country’s sporting prowess is judged by the number of Olympic Medals it bags every 4 years. How can a country claim to be a superpower, if the total number of Olympic medals won by that country in the history of the Games is not even equal to China’s one year haul?

We have to go a long way and as they say it’s better late than never.