“Since SRBI will be an important body, there should be more opinions in the selection committee of SRBI. It was suggested that there can be more experts in it,” said another participant in the meeting.
It was also suggested that the age bar of 70 for sports administrators should be removed when there is no such bar on politicians. Involvement of states was very important while topics like age fraud, etc., also needs to be covered in the bill. These were some of the inputs that came from sportspersons and coaches.
SGM put off
The Special General Meeting of the Indian Olympic Association, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed, IOA director George Mathew said in a message as directed by president PT Usha. Hours later, Kalyan Chaubey, signing as acting CEO, sent a letter saying that due to unavoidable circumstances the SGM has been postponed to November 10.