Indian Hockey & Sansarpur Hockey

     no                           20                  10                   20

    %age                       40                   20                   40

      About the role of media in development of Indian hockey, the opinion of the respondents is sharply devided.  40% of the respondents feel that the media is cotributing positively in the development of the game but equal no. Of respondents  ( 40% ) have exactly opposite opinion about its role and feel that media is doing more harm to Indian hockey than good, where as 20% respondents are not Sohal sure and feel that medi’s contribution to the development go the game is neither positive nor negative.  Thus, we find that majority of the respondents ( 60% ) feel that media is not contributing positively to the development of Indian hockey.

      Some of the special comments made by respondents in this regard are given below:

      Balbir Singh Kullar is critical of the roll played by media viz. a viz. hockey.  He feels that hockey has got a step motherly treatment from media where the lime light is reserve for cricket and tennis.

      Pritam Singh Kullar feels that media can play a very important role in popularising hockey among masses and attracting youngsters to the game. But there is need to entrust the job of covering a hockey game to only those media men who possess knowledge of the game and understand the subtalities of the game.  Sohal that a good analysis of the game is presented to the people and press can truly play its role of being a watch-dog of the game.

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