Why Linford has so much hatred towards cricket?

Question

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Answer 1

Other team sports such as hockey, football, rowing, volleyball and many more are team sports. One extra team sport won't do much. With cricket being included in the olympics, the olympics will be a much more televised event and more famous in the world!

Answer 2

I wouldn't call it hate. She also said that hockey, football, tennis, etc. should not be included. She basically wants to return it to it's historical roots... track and field, swimming, gymnastics, all those other individual sports that no one cares about most of the time, yet capture the world's imagination none the less every four years. It is certainly a valid argument. However, there is no sign that team sports will be barred from Olympics anytime soon... so cricket deserves it's shot. It's bigger than any other Olympic sport except for football... so I think that that's more than enough argument for cricket. Also, it makes economic sense for IOC... Abhinav Bindra won one medal in a sport that, sorry to break it to you Indians, not many follow in the Olympics, or even in India. And even then, the whole country broke out in celebration. What if, every Olympic tournament, India could be assured of challenging for GOLD in the sport which is their religion... I can see television companies salivating at the commercial prospects.

Answer 3

If Olympics is for individual events, then why are other team events  included in Olympics? Do that mean 4x100 m & 4x400 m relays should be excluded from Olympics?  

Answer 4

everyone has a right to his opinion, he is absolutely fine ! I also agree with him that cricket shouldn't be included in Olympics, but my reasons are little different,  it is too much glamourised and hyped up and the politics involved is so high, it will ruin the charm of olympics as well as cricket and people will start taking cricket as a power game and it will also ruin people's minds posing a threat to test cricket and inclination towards inferior style of 20-20 cricket!

the great game will be destroyed , if it gets in olympics

the olympics also will be destroyed, if it gets in olympics

hope it helps!

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