Some people believe that monetary rewards would keep sports persons motivated to do their best whereas there are others who feel that it is name and fame that do the job.

Which view do you support and state why?


It is fact that money is a great force to reckon with in anyone’s life. This is true with regard to sports persons as well. However, if we juxtapose money with name and fame, I tend to believe that the latter would have much greater number of takers than the former.

The fire that keeps burning in the minds of sports persons is not fuelled by money. Rather it is their ambition, insatiable will to excel and thereby become part of the sports history of their nation. In this relent process of winning minds and making history, not many sports icons give much importance to money, and money as a force has much less impact on their performance than fame and name has. Being in the lime light, being able to bring in glory to one’s nation and becoming role models to a generation and the like are much more satisfying than being rich with money generated out of ones sports caliber.

This does not mean that money does not motivate sports icons. It does of course. But if we look at the number of people who select sports for money and those who go for name and fame, there is marked difference. For example, any one can make money, and there are innumerable ways to make money. But becoming famous and being torchbearers and flag carriers of a nation is something far beyond the reach of any amount of money. However, there may be a small percentage of sports people who keep themselves motivated by lure of money.

Looking at both the views, I find it very easy to endorse the idea that it is name and fame that make sports persons excel in their career. Money as such is a force of course, but it is for a negligibly small minority, I tend to say.

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