RE:No players left
by Vishwanathan Jayaraman on Mar 12, 2008 01:11 PM
Very True! But our sports ministry should take this seriously and suspend the independant bodies such as IHF and IOF who are ruining our legacy. MAke sincere efforts in calling those people back
I am happy that hockey has got all the attention atleast now even though for the wrong reasons. It is time Govt and Hockey bodies do something to revive the National game
In my opininion, Mr.Gill should make an exit and give baton to someone who knows the game. Make use of Pargat Singh, Mohd Shahid, Toiba Singh( stars of late 80's)and ofcourse Dhanraj Pillay to build and develop the skillset in re-establshing ourselves. We can do wonders in Hockey which is our national sport
Can he do anything? OR Does he even have the desire to do anyhting for hockey? SRK is a man obsessed with himself. A man who wants to be worshipped. He wants to be at a place which has glamour success and media. He can visit a cricket game which is seen by a crowd of 100 crores but never the poor hockey game. We Indians including the media are no less sinners. How many of us know the names of our National Hockey team. A second class cricket match in India gets more media coverage than the heroics of Vishwanthan Anand. Alas! somethings will never change.
This SRK is a big gyan.... He talks about Indian Hockey's debacle and invests money in cricket . He is a big gyan baaz giving all big statements. SRK should know reality and reel are two seperate issues.Lets see what he does for Hockey.
RE:Gyan
by sumit gupta on Mar 12, 2008 12:55 PM
dumb heads... u call it gyaan.... I guess he is one of the best businessman of all times... he knows where to invest and where to reap... grow up and learn dude
RE:Gyan
by Chatur on Mar 12, 2008 01:04 PM
U dumbhead...Thats exactly wat I am saying. He should put his money from where he can get returns... He should not shed crocodile tears for Indian Hockey if he cannot help it.
RE:RE:Gyan
by sumit gupta on Mar 12, 2008 01:13 PM
hahahaha.. u jst seem like a new kid on the block... who says he's shedding crocodile tears.. mere munna its jst a publicity stunt.. acha chal u do one thing... go to g...gle and search for the meaning of publicity stunt... after that u might understand this article better
RE:Gyan
by sumit gupta on Mar 12, 2008 01:30 PM
he he he... sahi pehchaana aapne... BTW am no cricket fan neither SRK fan.... thats a separate issue all tgether
RE:Gyan
by Subhendu Mukherjee on Mar 12, 2008 12:59 PM
But if is only a good buisiness man who wants to earn money then he should not talk tall about Hockey.
RE:Gyan
by sumit gupta on Mar 12, 2008 01:02 PM
and y not... that is just another publicity stunt... after all this game made him earn crores.. he ought to take it ahead... rediff is fool to write and publicize him more
Take how Indian cricket team had the most ignominious exit in World cup history in last year's WC in West Indies.
Even FIH has not take it kindly since 33% of hockey viewership comes from India and Olympic hockey without India would be a dull affair. This failure has drawn the attention of a large number of people. And must have opened the eyes of those who have been sleeping for years.
RE:Hockey will bounce back
by sumit gupta on Mar 12, 2008 12:56 PM
where did u get this 33% figure dude.. sounds abs fishy... can u please share the source for this?
These stars,crickters and politician do nothing other than take movies and giving statements on hockey.
We should realise that cricket is growing at the cost of other valuable sports.Many sports (hockey,table tennis,volley ball,football,athletics,etc) in which we are strong may die a slow death.
Due to the undue glamour in cricket sponsors are drwan to cricket resulting in poor revenue support for other games.It is time some of the revenue is shared by BCCI to support other sports too.Though it has made a good biginning they should provide more and fast funds to save other sports and sportsmen.
RE:Doing nothing
by S Shrikanth on Mar 12, 2008 12:49 PM
Absolutely correct. Take Shahrukh Khan, the person who made a movie on hockey and made crores out of it, is actually mad for Cricket. Only by giving a vague statement to the scribes does not help. The Hypocrisy is exposed.
RE:Hockey-Cricket
by Seth Bhagwandas on Mar 12, 2008 12:55 PM
why would they do that ? BCCI is body which govern cricket and not hockey . :) we have separate federation for that .. The only reason why india couldn't score in hockey is bcoz , KPS gill is fked up moron
RE:Hockey-Cricket
by S Shrikanth on Mar 12, 2008 01:00 PM
Correct. Why should BCCI pay for hockey? Hockey is the only game which can challenge the popularity of cricket. After all Cricket is built over demise of other sport, hockey is the closest competitor.The artistic stick work on the field can do wonders would be a threat for cricket.So, BCCI would like see hockey on the death bed, even dead for them to succeed in India.
