I’m happy to study that Sportstar West Sports Conclave Focus Gujarat is being organised at Ahmedabad, says Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, in a message
I’m happy to study that Sportstar West Sports Conclave Focus Gujarat is being organised at Ahmedabad, says Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, in a message
The Sportstar’s first West Conclave right here on Saturday noticed audio system from totally different sports activities disciplines talk about vexing points within the area and methods to raised the taking part in situations.
Pradip Parmar, Minister of social justice and empowerment, Government of Gujarat, Mukund Parmar, Gujarat males’s cricket group coach and Sportstar editor Ayon Sengupta on the Sportstar West Sports Conclave.
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“I am pleased to learn that Sportstar West Sports Conclave Focus Gujarat is being organised at Ahmedabad. I am delighted to learn that the Conclave is being held as a precursor to the National Games,” was Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel’s message.
Contract system
Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI’s first Chief Administrative Officer, spoke on the necessity for a contract system for home gamers. “The First Class contracts will happen one day but the modalities of it need to be worked out by players from each State,” mentioned Prof. Shetty.
Bhavina Patel, Paralympic medallist on the Sportstar West Sports Conclave.
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“The international contracts of Indian cricketers began in the Sri Lanka tour of 1997 when someone like Debasis Mohanty was getting the same match fee as Sachin Tendulkar. We met Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga and found out that they had a fixed grade system. We presented that to the BCCI, as a report, on our return. Sachin, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and I were some of the first to start the negotiations for an annual contract and it got implemented in 2004.”
Sportstar’s Amol Karhadkar together with Geet Sethi, former world snooker and billiards champion, Christopher Pedra, Sports Physio, Reliance Foundation, Professor Isaac Jacobs, Professor Emeritus, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management and Prashant Khanna, Head, area administration and technological improvement at Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar.
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Shishir Hattangadi, former Mumbai participant, feels whereas there may be cash within the Associations, “differentiating between a player who is young and doing well and one who has played for a very long time is a challenge because there is no yardstick.” But former India worldwide Parthiv Patel mentioned “players are being taken care of. It is not that player contracts are the only thing. Money is being spent.”
Upendra Fadnis, Ashwini Kumar (Secretary, Sports, Gujarat Government), Bhavina Patel, Paralympic medallist and Gujarat cricketer Manpreet Juneja on the Sportstar West Sports Conclave in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
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Narhari Amin, Rajya Sabha Member and veteran sports activities administrator, mentioned, “In 1993 when I took the responsibility of the GCA, it had an 11-crore liability. There were litigations in the High Court and the Supreme Court, and the scene for cricket in Gujarat was almost over. But when I resigned from the post in 2009, the GCA had a surplus of over 50 crores.”
Meanwhile, swimmer Maana Patel, a a number of medal winner on the South Asian Games, believes Gujarat can end within the ‘top five’ on the thirty sixth National Games. “This time, we can expect a lot of medals from swimmers. We have a very good relay team as well, and I’m participating in five individual events and two relays later, and I’m hoping to win a medal in each of the five events,” Maana mentioned.
Source: www.thehindu.com
