Consequences of Involvement of Politics in Sports

Abstract

In India, it is also noticed that the politics in sports is so much that a talented player whose financially background is not so good; is not picked up for the national or state level team. On the other hand, selectors give the preference to less skilled players having better financially background. This is the big problem in India.   

In some cases, it is also found that the selectors chose those players at state or national level who they know well. So politics in sports is the big factor of not getting good players at International level.

It is also observed that in India, the most of the selectors who are given the responsibility of chosing state or national level players; are not from the sports background. This is very serious thing to have as a sporting player can only judge the capability of a player and promote him/her at state or national level. The current article highlights the role of politics in Indian sports.