{"id":158369,"date":"2022-01-04T20:19:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=158369"},"modified":"2022-01-04T20:19:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T14:49:38","slug":"for-sports-heroes-government-must-consider-innovative-funding-including-legalizing-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/for-sports-heroes-government-must-consider-innovative-funding-including-legalizing-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"For sports heroes-Government must consider innovative funding, including legalizing betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News<\/span><\/b>: <\/span>At a recent sports university inauguration, the PM of India said that Indian youth should be motivated to take up sports as a career. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although India has had its best performance of the history at the Tokyo Olympics this year by winning 7 medals including a gold in Javelin, but the fact remains that except cricket other sports in the country lack an ecosystem of professionalism and excellence. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must Read<\/strong>: Sports sector in India: Issues and challenges \u2013 Explained, Pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Why is sports not a preferable career choice for most Indians?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

Sporting <\/span>infrastructure<\/span><\/b> in the country remains very <\/span>underdeveloped and insufficient<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The lack of funding at the grassroot level: <\/span><\/b>Funding <\/span>is mostly directed towards the few top athletes with international medal-winning potential. <\/span>This makes sports a less viable career option for the majority of the others who lack the resources to pursue it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must Read<\/strong>: Preparing India for a sporting future<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the way forward? <\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

Lessons from other countries<\/strong>: India can learn from the sporting models followed by other countries. For instance<\/strong>: <\/span> USA<\/span><\/b> has strong <\/span>sporting cultures in universities<\/span><\/b> that not just produce top-ranked athletes but also employ trainers, sports doctors and scientists.<\/span> However, India lacks any such university ecosystem.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Legalising betting: <\/span><\/b>It can yield substantial <\/span>revenue in the form of taxes<\/span><\/b> for creating sports talent hubs across the country.<\/span> For instance: <\/span>UK\u2019s national lottery funding for sports <\/span><\/b>works on <\/span>legalising the sports betting<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, Legalised betting would also <\/span>check illegal bookmaking and its link to match-fixing mafia<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the foundational sports ecosystem are set up, the flow of private investment in the sector will be easier.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must Read<\/strong>: Making India a sporting nation |<\/a> Every sportsperson is a champion<\/a><\/span> | Why funding sports is an Olympian hurdle<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/span><\/b> This post is based on the article \u201c<\/span>For sports heroes-Government must consider innovative funding, including legalizing betting\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/b>published in\u00a0The Times of India\u00a0on<\/span> 4th<\/sup>\u00a0Jan 2022.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: At a recent sports university inauguration, the PM of India said that Indian youth should be motivated to take up sports as a career. \u00a0 Although India has had its best performance of the history at the Tokyo Olympics this year by winning 7 medals including a gold in Javelin, but the fact remains… Continue reading For sports heroes-Government must consider innovative funding, including legalizing betting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-158369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704838299},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}