Cricket is ignored Olympics due to lack of interest in playing it in several European countries&USA?Opinion...

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Cricket is ignored Olympics due to lack of interest in playing it in several European countries&USA?Opinion...

Answer 1

if cricket isnt being played in usa etc.

well baseball for example isnt big over here in England and im guessing a lot of other countries ( no offence to people who play and love the game)

Answer 2

never played the game, but my take on it is cricket is to softball, as kickball is to baseball....it looks like it doesn't take alot of talent to play it.

wow, alot of thumbs down on my initial response...let me put it to you this way then, if America was to draw an interest in the sport, within 20 years we would be tops in it....that's just the way we are over here.  Look at lacrosse stats and you will see what I mean.  Not popular, but if it catches on and the youth of America grabs onto it, it won't be soon before it'll be another dominated sport, like sand volleyball.

OK OK OK!! I'll try one more time to make you guys see the resemblances....Cricket is to baseball as rugby is to football.  there...happy now you euro-trash f*cks??? keep giving me thumbs down, it's what makes me live.

Answer 3

considering it is by far the biggest sport in Asia where the actual olympics is being held, and it is also the second biggest sport in teh world, it should not be ignored whatsoever.

Answer 4

So is baseball in many countries.

Take India and Pakistan, Bangladesh, England and Oz; That's a quarter of the worlds population ignored, totally unfair.

And it's also played in Ireland, Holland and Denmark amongst other nations.  20/20 might make the game more appealing in future olympics.

Answer 5

How many countries play Cricket in the world?Not More Than 20!!And Olympics every 4 years, cricket every d**n day for 1/2 to 5 days who gonna keep up with Cricketitis the disease!!

Howmany medals those cricket playing countries have caputured in this Olympic??? India Silver Medal in Population & just 1 Gold after 28 years... Take an interest in other games Not Only Cricket my friends...

Answer 6

you are right

Answer 7

UM, it's not a question, but OK. Yeah, that is one drawback to cricket and it's Olympic quest. Idiots like Britt don't think it takes talent to play it, so the Americans just toss it aside, and the Europeans follow suit because most of their money will come from American broadcasting deals. However, it might reach a tipping point, with all the new money being poured into it, and considering it is the life-blood of 1 billion people, followed by hundreds of millions more, and growing... I expect only a few olympics more will pass until cricket is in them.

Answer 8

Yeah, I agree & it is a fact that if America aren't top in it it will never get in.They are only interested in what they know they can win. I thought most European countries would be interested.

Answer 9

Partly true as the Olympics favors Europe and the US (there's even a Winter Olympics) but Cricket has been the 2nd biggest sport in the world.The Cricket authorities (ICC) have also ignored the Olympics and the game is losing as a result, to the point where it has little exposure outside of the "cricketing countries". A grassroots campaign like the

Petition started by Cricket2012Games.com is probably the only way cricket will get into the Olympics soon, otherwise baseball and golf will be ahead  

Answer 10

may be.........