While some feel cricket is losing its reputation as a "gentleman's game" due to unsportsmanlike behavior like sledging and abusing umpires, it is still seen as more gentlemanly than football, which is considered a game for "ruffians". However, cricket risks falling from its place as a civilized sport for gentlemen if poor behavior continues.

1. Many feel that the term 'gentleman's game' is a
misnomer for cricket. What with the Aussies getting
racial and sledging non-white players and players, in
general, hurling abuses at umpires, cricket is fast
falling from its exalted pedestal of being a game only
for polite and civilized gentlemen. But still, the label
'gentleman's game' suits cricket better than it suits
football, which, according to many, is the world's
most beloved 'ruffians' game.
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