Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad   

It's simple to make money in sports

V V Subrahmanyam

Just form an association and plan an international event

HYDERABAD: How to make money in sports? It's simple. Form an association. Have plans to host an international event named after a former Prime Minister. Submit the proposals to the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh.

If the SAAP declines it on the grounds of not being affiliated to AP Olympic Association, then there is another way out. For the APOA is more than keen to give you a unique "provisional recognition" which is mandatory to get the final clearance from the Government. It is a different matter that the same recognition will be cancelled by the APOA within a few months after "verification". Now, a Vizag-based Budokan Association has adopted this procedure and is hoping for a favourable response. Why not? As per the SAAP guidelines, any association will be given a grant of Rs.15 lakhs to host an international tournament.

L.Venkatram Reddy, secretary of APOA, himself provided The Hindu copies of how an association sought provisional recognition and also got it cancelled. But why does APOA in the first instance give these affiliations? "In good faith that a big event will come to the State. Other than that we have nothing else to gain," he says.

There was faux pas by the State Government, too. After its Technical Advisor had conducted an enquiry into the alleged irregularities in the disbursement of kits and allowances meant for players by the top brass of APWCA and found them to be true, a note was sent to the higher-ups to recover the amount and take necessary action. This was about three weeks ago. Now on September 19, a communication from the Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture (Sports) Department suggests to the SAAP VC & MD to drop further action against the said officials. The big question remains: who is fooling whom?

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Palliative clinic for terminally ill to be set up
MCH goes on a sanitation drive
Outer Ring Road on schedule
YSR should quit to ensure fair probe: Naidu
Four Chief Ministers do their bit for AMC Project
Centre clears stem cell research facility in CCMB
Continuous power supply for Ramzan
It's simple to make money in sports
`Open Day' celebrated at CCMB
ORR: round table held by TDP, Left parties
Dasara sends bike sales soaring
Chess champ's classic move
`No fertile land for SEZs'
`Meet Ross' event for MBA students
Two boys electrocuted
Contract lecturers stage protest, seek pay hike
A tribute to those suffering from muscular dystrophy
YSR's relative denies owning 68 acres along ORR
Ex-convict held
3 babies abandoned at hospital
Plea not to sell Gurukul Trust properties
Hyundai launches Verna in city
Rain hits traffic movement
Two more held in fake currency case
In Hyderabad Today
Crime Watch

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu