INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE 2014: A MISHIT?

After the grand success of Indian Premier League, one of its kind T20 league in India which sees participation from the legends of the game of cricket.

It was time for Indian Super League to take inception and take football as a sport forward in India. In a country where cricket is considered to be a religion it was expectedly very difficult for football to gain prominence.

But with the support of film stars and even cricketers the Indian Super League kick-started on the 12th of October.

With 8 teams participating, namely, Atletico De Kolkata, Chennayin FC, FC Pune City, Mumbai City FC, Northeast United FC, Kerala Blasters FC, Delhi Dynamos FC and FC Goa. All these teams have enthusiastic owners who have a lot of expectations from their teams.

Even though this entire league has severe backings from famous personalities but it has not been able to garner as much support as Indian Premier League did. Football still needs time to become popular in India.

Even though there are certain sections of the country where the sport is extremely popular but the prominence and popularity which it requires is not fully there. And that is why Indian Super League has not been able to garner much of a support and TRPs.

Football as a sport has tremendous fan following in the north east, the east and even the west in Goa and even the southern region where league matches are played.

But apart from these specific regions other places have football enthusiasts and not good football players, which is the primary reason why Indian Super League 2014 has a lot of retired foreign players playing.

But the advantage of these kinds of tournaments is that it gives chance to a lot of young talent to shine and get out of their shells. It opens doors for kids to start playing the wonderful game of football more and even consider the option of making it their professions.

It is indeed very nice to see new sports getting encouragement from all around. Now it is our responsibility to take it seriously and motivate the young kids around us to opt for this sport or any sport they like.

We should even promote the cause of adding sports as a compulsory subject in all schools so that the kids learn the importance of it at an early stage and it helps them career wise too.

But for that to happen, first of all we need to make sure that leagues like Indian Super League garners support so that encouragement follows and mishit turns into a GOAL!

Posted By: Karan Bhatt, Campus brand ambassador Intern at: http://pickyouropinion.com