Paritosh: - South Africa under Jacob Zuma is really very lucky. The Nelson Mandela’s nation is really improving a lot in terms of its economic growth. Someone has rightly said that Brazil and South Africa are the super economic powers of the future. In 2009, due to terror threat in India, South Africa got the chance to host the IPL-2. Due to that IPL, many poor children got many financial help from many sponsors. Not only have that, South Africa got lots of Indian tourists for their famous safaris and sea beaches during that IPL season. This time, it is the Football World Cup of 2010. South Africa is just rocking like anything.
Shivani: - Wait for 2011. India and its neighboring cricket playing nations will host the World Cup Cricket.
Paritosh: - Don’t compare ICC World Cup with FIFA World Cup. In Cricket World Cup, there will be hardly 12 or 16 teams at maximum. But, in football world cup, there are 32 countries. Visitors are coming from these 32 countries to South Africa. You cannot imagine, how much money the poor people of South Africa will earn in this season of World Cup Football 2010.
Meera: - India should also try to host Olympics or FIFA World Cup, rather feeling proud of hosting the Cricket World Cup only.
Arindam: - but, you cannot completely disagree to the fact that IPL, despite having its own scams has been able to boost the Indian economy. During IPL, from hotel industries to food retail chains to aviation companies; everyone earns a lot of money.
Shivani: - Yeah, of course. IPL is one of the powerful sports events of the world. We have so many cricket stadiums in our country. That’s why; there is no problem in hosting IPL tournaments.
Paritosh: - Still, if you analyze, then you will find that the revenue earned from an IPL tournament is far less than that earned by hosting an Olympic games or FIFA World Cup. When Beijing got the chance to host Olympics, the ordinary people of China were just dancing in the streets with joy, because they knew that Beijing Olympics will act as a booster for their economy.
Meera: - India is going to host Commonwealth games. It will generate good amount of revenues.
Arindam: - Ha ha ha…to construct some new stadiums for Commonwealth games, the Indian government as well as Delhi government is sweating, because of all the scams and corruptions that got exposed in front of the media. To host any major sports event, first thing you need is a good infrastructure and the zeal from the government side to prove to the world that they can also host any major sports event. That is missing in India. All promoters are corrupted, followed by the politicians. That’s why; you will find galleries of stadiums are collapsing every now and then. Even, to repair a gallery, they are taking more time than expected. If you ask them, they will say, ‘Oh! Our labourers are taking too much time because they are doing a quality job’. But, there is nothing like that. The labourers are intentionally delaying their work to earn more money. A project engineer or a promoter does not understand that if a project is running behind the scheduled time of completion, then the expenses negate the profitability of that project.
Paritosh: - Also, I have seen in many stadiums like Eden Gardens and Salt Lake Stadiums of Kolkata city, the flood lights go off during an international match. This is really a shameful display to the whole world. When an international player from a foreign country like Japan comes to play in India and experiences these things; the first thing he will say is that the sports’ infrastructure of India is very poor.
Meera: - That’s true. Hardly, the young generation people of India know that Kabbaddi is our national sports. Hockey is almost forgotten, but hockey began in India itself. Many people don’t even know whether there is any Indian football team or not. All focus has been given to Cricket, because it has become an avenue for earning money. Indian government should understand the need of building infrastructure for all kinds of sports rather than focusing only on Cricket, because “HOSTING ANY MAJOR SPORTS EVENT BOOSTS THE HOST NATION’S ECONOMY.”
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