Largesse by state governments to Cricket Players for winning world cup!

This is really crazy. The Indian cricket team won the cricket world cup. Quite a few of the state governments went and announced huge sums of money to the team for winning the cup. Now, to come to think of it, all these players make millions in salaries, endorsements and many more ways. Yes, winning the world cup was a great achievement, no doubt, but there are many more equally deserving athletes/players, if not more, from many other fields too! All these governments have not done a dime to encourage any of those. There are athletes/players who have won in Olympics and world events. Cricket is played only by some 10-12 countries in comparison to the sports others participate. Don't get me wrong. I used to be a cricket player and even to date I am a great fan of many of the past and current players, but, my view is give a fair share to all. Don't corner everything yourself. And our governments, wake up, there are many poor, downtrodden and suffering people - use this money to help them, not make the ones who are already rich, richer.