Although politics is rampant in the world of sports too, this time the story is more about money than politics. It is not easy to calculate how many zeros will come in the amount of Rs 35 lakh crore, so collecting so much money will be even more difficult. According to a report, the Australian city of Victoria would have had to spend Rs 35 lakh crore to organize the Commonwealth Games. Although when he had staked claim to host these games, he must have been aware that organizing a multi-sports event is not an easy task, but before getting hosting and then starting the preparations for the games, he understood that it was not possible to collect so much money. Is. It is also important to know here that when Victoria got the hosting rights, the estimated cost of organizing the Games was around Rs 13-15 lakh crore, which increased to more than double. Therefore, as per the terms and conditions set with the Commonwealth Games Federation, Victoria refused to host.

The whole story starts after this decision of Victoria. There is also a big lesson in this story. After Victoria's 'no', the first crisis was that the 2026 Commonwealth Games should not be cancelled. In such a situation, the Commonwealth Games Federation contacted some other countries. He assured them that some financial help would also be provided but the games should be saved from being cancelled. However, most of the countries did not pay attention to this offer of Commonwealth Games Federation. In such a situation, the Scottish city of Glasgow agreed, but with the condition that they could not spend much on hosting the games.

Commonwealth Games Federation did not have much choice

In the current situation, the Commonwealth Games Federation had only two options, either to cancel the 2026 Commonwealth Games or to accept the terms of Glasgow. If we understand the conditions of Glasgow in simple language, then they said that they will organize only those games whose infrastructure is already present. He was not ready for a new stadium, large-scale changes in an old stadium or any other such preparation. On the lines of the adage 'Bekar se begar bhi', the Commonwealth Games Federation agreed to this. After which it was decided that popular sports like cricket, hockey, badminton, shooting, wrestling, table tennis will not be there in the 2026 Commonwealth Games. For your information, let us tell you that anyway, the organizing committee of the Games has the right to increase or decrease other sports except the 'core sports'.

Core sports i.e. sports like athletics, swimming, gymnastics. Since the Commonwealth Games were previously held in Glasgow in 2014, the infrastructure for such core sports is already in place. In such a situation, popular sports like hockey, cricket, rugby, badminton, table tennis, shooting were out. Coincidentally, all these sports are such in which Indian athletes have a strong claim. However, an example can be given regarding the addition and subtraction of sports that in 2010, when the Commonwealth Games were organized in Delhi, Archery was added to it. This is because India is strong in archery and it also has decent popularity. But since 2010 till now, Archery has never been a part of the Commonwealth Games.

Why are there protests in India?

Pullela Gopichand is a big voice in the world of sports. Regarding this decision, he said that India should boycott sports. Olympic medalist Gagan Narang also expressed disappointment over this decision. Actually, this decision will affect Indian players in many ways. First of all, India's medal claim was strong in the games held outside. Understand it this way, India had won 61 medals in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Half of these, i.e. 30 medals, came in sports which will not be a part of the Commonwealth Games in 2026. In 2022, India got 12 medals in wrestling, 7 in table tennis, 6 in badminton, 2 each in table tennis and squash and 1 in cricket. Now understand its other aspect also.

Players benefit from winning medals in Commonwealth

In India, the government gives government jobs to players who win medals in the Commonwealth Games and they get rewards. Now in the new circumstances many athletes will be deprived of these facilities. That's why there is disappointment among Indian athletes. Now let us come to the lessons learned from this decision. The Commonwealth Games Federation has learned the biggest lesson in this entire incident. Which is the organizing committee of the Commonwealth Games. Which decides which will be the host city. There is a proper process for this. Different countries 'bid' for their cities. Which in common language is exactly like bidding. The complete detailed program is given to the organizing committee. Which you can also call presentation.

In this presentation it is told what they are going to do to host the games. What facilities are going to be provided? This presentation not only explains their strengths but also tells why they are better than other contenders. There is proper 'lobbying' in this entire process. Victoria would have done all this when it staked claim to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. If the practicality of the claims made at that time are examined, then there will be no such uncertainty regarding such a big sporting event.