00:02In four years the World Cup arrives and we go nuts but they will never show mad
00:12fervour to domestic soccer matches. If some kind of fundraising happens I don't
00:18know how many people would want to contribute. The argument that is often
00:23advanced is that we lack the stamina the build to match the Europeans and the
00:29Africans and the Brazilians. On the ground you just field the best 11 so Germany
00:36has to field 11 and India too has to field 11 but Germany has to figure out
00:4111 from let's say 10 crore and India has the privilege of picking up those 11
00:47from 150 crore. We won't even have 11 capable players that's not possible so
00:53the physique argument is misplaced, very misplaced. What we then lack in is purpose
01:01and commitment including financial commitment. When it comes to resources we
01:08start beating our chest and displaying the begging bowl. We say we don't have money
01:13we don't have money if you don't have money where did this 150 crore for Messi come
01:18from. As individuals do we know where to put our money, where to spend our
01:23resources? We don't and that shows up in a collective way in our social priorities.
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