Comments on: Cost-benefits of big sporting events http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/07/07/cost-benefits-of-big-sporting-events/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: mayank http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/07/07/cost-benefits-of-big-sporting-events/#comment-1662 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/07/07/cost-benefits-of-big-sporting-events/#comment-1662 First keep ur fingers crossed for athens games. If everything goes well thr, we can't doubt India's capability. And anyway, I sincerely believe hosting such games gives a chance to be proud of one's nation, how childish that may sound. And along with that comes the awareness for sports which a country like India desperately needs. But most importantly it helps in establishing good sports infrastructure even if just to please international audience. After all the stadiums built out of compulsion will later only serve the country. But yaa.. first watch the conduct of athens games. I reserve my skepticism for later. First keep ur fingers crossed for athens games. If everything goes well thr, we can’t doubt India’s capability. And anyway, I sincerely believe hosting such games gives a chance to be proud of one’s nation, how childish that may sound. And along with that comes the awareness for sports which a country like India desperately needs. But most importantly it helps in establishing good sports infrastructure even if just to please international audience. After all the stadiums built out of compulsion will later only serve the country.
But yaa.. first watch the conduct of athens games. I reserve my skepticism for later.

]]> by: Gautam http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/07/07/cost-benefits-of-big-sporting-events/#comment-1663 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/07/07/cost-benefits-of-big-sporting-events/#comment-1663 umm... mayank, india has played host to the asian games before, and the only legacy it left behind was appu ghar in delhi, a couple fo stadiums and the white-green Asiad buses that ply the roads of Mahasrashtra. It did not do much to really 'foster' a spirit of sport in the country. Sports will only be a popular career choice if it is remunerative, and it can only be remunerative if it is depoliticised. The Indian Olympics Association and other 'autonomous' sports bodies are so ridden with politicians and aspiring politicians that their true purpose 'promotion of sports' has been rendered a secondary place. Indian sports needs commercialisation, not big ticket international sports events to break it out of its malaise. umm… mayank, india has played host to the asian games before, and the only legacy it left behind was appu ghar in delhi, a couple fo stadiums and the white-green Asiad buses that ply the roads of Mahasrashtra. It did not do much to really ‘foster’ a spirit of sport in the country.

Sports will only be a popular career choice if it is remunerative, and it can only be remunerative if it is depoliticised. The Indian Olympics Association and other ‘autonomous’ sports bodies are so ridden with politicians and aspiring politicians that their true purpose ‘promotion of sports’ has been rendered a secondary place. Indian sports needs commercialisation, not big ticket international sports events to break it out of its malaise.

]]> by: Chandrashekhar Bhosle http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/07/07/cost-benefits-of-big-sporting-events/#comment-1664 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/07/07/cost-benefits-of-big-sporting-events/#comment-1664 Big ticket events are part of bringing about commercialization. Big ticket events are part of bringing about commercialization.

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