00:00The Lionel Messi code tour that's been going on in our country in four cities after things went
00:07south there were some protests and we have seen like the ruckus has been going on in the stadium
00:14so why don't we see this see the same thing when our country is not qualifying for the
00:212027 asian cup or for that matter our our top league the isl in our country has been in a halt
00:31for some time and we don't know what the future holds how much were the tickets for i think it
00:38the tickets were ranging from uh like three thousand to fifteen thousand or even twenty thousand
00:44and if you wanted to get a like selfie with Lionel Messi you had to pay like i think eight to ten
00:51lap for a single photo
00:55can i understand if somebody is a great tricheter i'm all right admiring him irrespective of his
01:03nationality that's fine but the question is why is such adulation and such expenditure reserved only
01:12for people outside your own country when was the last time we managed into the top 100 i think it
01:18was sometime around 2018 i think time the rank was 97 though people will keep calling themselves
01:25nationalists and patriots and whatnot but they will never show even one percent of that kind of mad
01:33fervor for their national football team they would not flock to domestic soccer matches please i request you
01:43come and watch us in the stadiums if some kind of fundraising happens for domestic football i don't
01:51know how many people would want to contribute even a fraction of the size of that ticket she was just
02:00gave me this little story and a particular gentleman is saying that
02:05uh instead of spending around rupees 150 crore on a short messe visit the same money could be invested
02:13in grassroot development to create 10 messees in india he says that with the right coaching
02:18infrastructure and long-term planning india could build world-class football talent and even dream
02:24of winning the world cup someday and the comment seems to have sparked debate
02:31we are 150 crore people please think of it right what we then lack in is purpose and commitment
02:49including financial commitment change is always inside out outside in doesn't work
