Certain games where there is Australian and English domination a lot of things happen against non whites.
Hockey was played on grass. India and Pakistan dominated it for decades because they were far better dribblers. Suddenly the FIH removed grass and mandated astro turf.
It made dribbling difficult. It became a physical game of who was faster and fitter. Also India and Pakistan didn't have money to put astro turfs all across the country like Europeans.
Result is that they started dominating the game.
The 2.5mt rule existed long before 2011 WC. It robbed India off a wicket against England. It was after this that it was changed as almost every one was criticizing that rule.
When the first mistake happened in Tokyo people were disappointed. But it has happened again now. Twice is too much of a coincidence.
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Umm, no, that astroturf conspiracy is a desi story that we are told by our elder desi conspiracy theorists..
Hockey is a game that requires smooth surface because you are dribbling the ball on the surface. The reason why ice hockey is exciting is because the puck slides on the ice and isnt airborne. On grass, hockey wasn't going to be a successful sport as the ball would be more airborne and bouncy instead of staying on ground. You cant display hockey skills until unless the ball is on ground. I realized this by watching ice hockey where skaters show their skills because the puck is always sticking to the ice.
Football is a good example where the ball is more airborne than you think. The ball bounces when you dribble it, it doesnt really stick it self to the ground.
In hockey the ball sticking is importing as you are playing with sticks.
Plus, another issue with grass hockey is that when it rains, the game itself becomes difficult to play. Astroturf absorbs the water.
Astroturf was never the problem, Pakistan won the Esanda Cup in 1979 on AstroTurf.
The World Cup of 1978 and 1982 was held on grass, while the Hockey Olympic event of 1980 and 1984 was held on AstroTurf.
Upon some research I found out that, Pakistan won the 1982 World Cup (grass) and the 1984 Olympics (AstroTurf). Both these events stared Hasan Sardar and Hanif Khan who were great forwards.
Now the reason why Pakistan sucked later on was because they were not willing to invest money on astro turf. Astro turf requires maintenance. There is a cost when you implement it and have to look after. No one wanted to buy it and install it. Eventually, there were also not that many clubs and the sport died down.
The sport never became part of our traditions like cricket has, where you play cricket in galis but not hockey in the galis and this plays a factor.
The university that i went to had a gym with a matting that was in its worst state. The university was never willing to either invest in a wood floor that would last long. I had also done my highschool in Toronto from a public school. There wood gyms were installed in the 80s and 90s and were still going strong....
As for your second part of the post, had India gained advantage to an unfair decision, wouldn't you guys been giving excuses here that the decision was right? We posters have seen this all the time in cricket, so plz dont cry foul now.
