29 November 2012, 05:48 PM IST
If you are a sports fan following developments in India, and particularly the buildup to the IOA elections, you are entitled for 'sick' leave. You wish 'sick' leave is also made compulsory for IOA officials, personnel of National Sports Federations and sports politicians, who instead of being servants of the game, intend and turn out to be obnoxious beneficiaries.
I'm not particularly fond of BCCI officials. But let's try to be somewhat fair to them. They publish BCCI's balance sheets, take decent care of the majority of their stakeholders (though fans are the most neglected), give every state association more than Rs 20 crore a year and most importantly, spend 26 per cent of their gross yearly earnings on players (13 per cent on international players and 13 per cent on domestic players).
Most NSFs do just the opposite. They don't give any details about association's finances (as if it's their property), go to the government and sponsors with a begging bowl whenever they are forced to do something for the stakeholders, don't share TV revenue with state associations and pay a miniscule share of the association's gross earnings to players.
Until officials from the other sports, especially NSFs of team sports, try (at least try) to follow the above BCCI policies, they don't have any moral right to utter the word cricket and come up with the same mundane allegation that cricket hampers the growth of other sports in the country.
I requested IOA bigwigs for a copy of their balance sheet many times. But I never got to see one. Even for NSFs, this should not be a matter through RTI query. Their balance sheets, and details of player payements and receipts from sponsors and government funding should be on their websites without demand. They won't do any favours to sports fans by this act. Unlike the BCCI, they take taxpayers' money via government funding.
Having said that, the BCCI has its own unwanted arrogance. They feel they can use the word Team India and legally remain a private body. They feel they can do all good things (mentioned earlier) and remain above board.They treat the ICC as their affiliated unit. Whether they should remain outside RTI is debatable, but some of their officials' bullheadedness is not. Recently, a BCCI official's daughter questioned her father. He suffered a slip of the tongue when he said, "I'm not answerable to you!" (Of course, this is a joke).
Sports officials don't want to be questioned. But does that mean they are efficient? Even cricket has taken government aid in the past. How can you forget Doordarshan's contribution to its growth before 1990? Or lands provided by the government on which stadiums were built and international matches played before the BCCI became absolutely self-reliant and their state associations built their own stadiums?
Some may find this article has not provided any new information or new thought. If that's the case, blame it on IOA! Nothing new happens in their corridors of self-promotion.
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