Federation heads want govt to ensure sports bill doesn’t infringe upon autonomy
TOI spoke to presidents of athletics and football federations, as well as IOA member Gagan Narang to understand the issue. They all welcomed the bill and see it as a step in the right direction to revamp sports governance in the country. However, the setting up of SRB, which will be responsible for granting recognition and taking suo moto cognizance of governance issues in federations, remained the moot talking point as the NSFs believe it would restrict the autonomy of the federations and clash with the IOC charter that does not allow govt interference in running of sports bodies.