CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE OVER BCCI AND STOP SALARIES AND PENSIONS OF CRICKETERS
Bureau,Odishabarta
DELHI:It refers to richest sports-body of India Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) which also happens to be richest cricket-body of the world only because of enormous amount of money earned by it because of people of India being crazy for cricket having contributed a meagre sum of just rupees 51 crores to Prime Minister Relief Fund for corona-relief which happens to be biggest human-tragedy in life-time of any living person presently.
It is same BCCI which gives hefty annual salary-package of rupees ten crores for coach of Indian crocket team, and multi-crore annual salary-packages of multi-crores to cricketers like of rupees seven crore per annum to class-A cricketers apart from huge amounts paid to them as match-money and award-money together with life-time pension for them. These celebrity cricketers are also earning hugely by way of advertisements and other sources. It is laughable that cricket-god having been awarded with all types of highest possible honours has contributed a token sum of just rupees 50 lakhs out of his assets worth hundreds of crores towards corona-tragedy.
Central government in tune with Law Commission recommendations subsequent to Supreme Court order should not only declare BCCI a public-authority, but should take over its functioning and funds. Faulty system of salaries and pensions to cricketers should be stopped. Reasonable match-money and award-money are enough for cricketers. Rather reduction of cricket-craze if any amongst the masses, will abolish menace of cricket-gambling creating craze for other sports like hockey and football where India was global-leader in hockey once upon a time.
Input;Subash Agarwal
