Govt controls everything except Cricket. Cricket is completely controlled by BCCI and it recognizes state bodies of various states. So state bodies come under BCCI not GOI.Originally posted by: missFiesty_69
Yup - matches are held in Hyderabad, essentially Telengana. It’s not AP.
This is news to me - I didn’t know government did not control the sports associations. I did know BCCI is not government controlled but assumed the state associations come under the control of the respective state governments since they do contribute revenue to the government ( they do right? )
@b: government rents cricket stadiums ?
I’m today years old when I got to know this
If cricket was under GOI why is cricket not included in National games or Khelo India games?
Yes. Where the ownership of stadium is under state association, Govt rents it. Recent example is the Coldplay concert. GCA (Gujarat Cricket Association) must have got a huge sum of money by the organzisers to use it. Then the organzisers would have requested the govt for proper permission and security management etc.
There is a reverse case scenario too. Bcci also rents some stadiums which are owned by Govt. Like the Moin-ul-Haq stadium in Patna.
Basically this is all paper work legal stuff needed behind the scenes. In front everything works smooth.
Mangal Lakshmi
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