Should cricket be included in olympic games or not?

Question

There is a debate going on all around the world that whether cricket should be included in the olympic games that are being held or not. So what do you say?

Answer 1

yes, i feel it should, as it is the most popular game among over 1 billion people

Answer 2

Yes it should be but as u know in Olympics the events are too short. I think recognition to 20twenty Cricket is one of the first steps taken in this regard.
I'm also a big fan of Cricket as u.

Answer 3

No, the olympics should be contained to sports which test the individual in the most basic forms, such as running, shooting, strength, throwing, jumping etc. Games like Cricket, Football and Tennis have no place in the olympics.

Answer 4

It would be a tremendous exposure to the sport but the venues would be the biggest problem. One doesn't find stadiums and grounds by the dozen in any country. Also, the cricket fan following in countries like China is negligible, so to say. Expect empty arenas and dwindling coffers then. Technically, there are many problems which can't realize this possibility. Theoretically, its a good chance to innovate the game and bring it outside of the confines of a few nations.

Answer 5

Good God, can you imagine the Yanks playing it? You'd need Janet Jackson to sing stark naked every 5 mins just to keep the crowd interested.

No, cricket is best kept on a small scale. Can England really afford to suffer embarrassment at the hands of more former colonies?

Answer 6

Good God, can you imagine the Yanks playing it? You'd need Janet Jackson to sing stark naked every 5 mins just to keep the crowd interested.

No, cricket is best kept on a small scale. Can England really afford to suffer embarrassment at the hands of more former colonies?

Answer 7

What will be the benefit for India ??

If it is included in Olympics, very soon America, Russia and China will start playing, and before long they will be beating us black and blue !!!

Just imagine our Sachins and Sauravs facing the 180-190 KmpH deliveries from the American or Russian fast bowlers.

(If they can run 100 meters in 9.78 seconds, and hit tennis balls at 230 KmpH, they surely will be able to bowl at 200 KmpH.)

Pray to God that Cricket is never included in Olympics, otherwise our only God Sachin will be dead........ our only religion Cricket will be destroyed......... !!!

Answer 8

I thing the authorities are trying to do that. It is very popular now and more than 60% of the population of the world enjoying it. Let it be in the Olympics too.

Answer 9

Should be included in Olympic games in future.

Answer 10

cricket may not be included in olympic games bcoz this game takes more time to play, and
it is said that 'cricket is by chance' only.

Answer 11

The ancient Olympics were rather different from the modern Games. There were fewer events, and only free men who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any country. Also, the games were always held at Olympia instead of moving around to different sites every time.
Like our Olympics, though, winning athletes were heroes who put their home towns on the map. One young Athenian nobleman defended his political reputation by mentioning how he entered seven chariots in the Olympic chariot-race. This high number of entries made both the aristocrat and Athens look very wealthy and powerful.

Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce and politics. These two opposing elements of the Olympics are not a modern invention. The conflict between the Olympic movement's high ideals and the commercialism or political acts which accompany the Games has been noted since ancient times.

The Olympics were open to any free-born Greek in the world. There were separate mens' and boys' divisions for the events.

The Elean judges divided youths into the boys' or men's divisions based as much on physical size and strength as age.
Women were not allowed to compete in the Games themselves. However, they could enter equestrian events as the owner of a chariot team or an individual horse, and win victories that way.
In the 5th century B.C., the Persians invaded Greece, landing at Marathon, a small town about 26 miles from the city of Athens. The Athenian army was seriously outnumbered by the Persian army, so the Athenians sent messengers to cities all over Greece asking for help.

The traditional origin of the marathon comes from the story how a herald named Phidippides ran the 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory and died on the spot. Phidippides was sent by the Athenians to Sparta to ask for help; a man named Eukles announced the victory to the Athenians and then died. Later sources confused the story of Phidippides, also called "Philippides," with that of Eukles. Although most ancient authors do not support this legend, the story has persisted and is the basis for the modern-day marathon.

Main articles: Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games
After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the world's fair exhibitions in which they were included. The so-called Intercalated Games (because of their off-year status, as 1906 is not divisible by four) were held in 1906 in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics. Although originally the IOC recognised and supported these games, they are currently not recognised by the IOC as Olympic Games, which has given rise to the explanation that they were intended to mark the 10th anniversary of the modern Olympics. The 1906 Games again attracted a broad international field of participants—in 1904, 80% had been American—--and great public interest, thereby marking the beginning of a rise in popularity and size of the Games.

From the 241 participants from 14 nations in 1896, the Games grew to nearly 11,100 competitors from 202 countries at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The number of competitors at the Winter Olympics is much smaller than at the Summer Games; at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy, 2,633 athletes from 80 countries competed in 84 events.

The Olympics are one of the largest media events. In Sydney in 2000 there were over 16,000 broadcasters and journalists, and an estimated 3.8 billion viewers watched the games on television. The growth of the Olympics is one of the largest problems the Olympics face today. Although allowing professional athletes and attracting sponsorships from major international companies solved financial problems in the 1980s, the large number of athletes, media and spectators makes it difficult and expensive for host cities to organize the Olympics.

203 countries currently participate in the Olympics. This is a noticeably higher number than the number of countries recognised by the United Nations, which is only 193. The International Olympic Committee allows nations to compete which do not meet the strict requirements for political sovereignty that many other international organizations demand. As a result, many colonies and dependencies are permitted to host their own Olympic teams and athletes even if such competitors hold the same citizenship as another member nation. Examples of this include territories such as Puerto Rico, Bermuda, and Hong Kong, all of which compete as separate nations despite being legally a part of another country. Also, since 1980, Taiwan has competed under the name "Chinese Taipei", and under a flag specially prepared by the IOC. Prior to that year the People's Republic of China refused to participate in the Games because Taiwan had been competing under the name "Republic of China". The Republic of the Marshall Islands was recognised as a nation by the IOC on February 9, 2006, and will compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

So as the time changes all games/sports will be included in Olmpics too, as they fetch more revenue for the host country and IOC.