Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Singh introduced that solely these athletes who submit onerous copies of their contracts with non-public sponsors might be given an opportunity to take part in trials for the World Championship. The transfer was a part of the WFI’s ongoing dispute with non-public sponsors of athletes similar to JSW and OGQ.
WFI is making an attempt to create a system the place the athlete and sponsor must undergo the federation for monetary issues in addition to worldwide publicity visits.
WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar confirmed to the paper {that a} declaration had been sought from the athletes. “We took a manifesto from everyone to know if the wrestlers were sponsored and if they were, who were the sponsors. We have sponsorship from Tata and UP government has adopted wrestling till now. Athletes are welcome to take private sponsorships, but those sponsors will have to help athletes through the wrestling federation,” Tomar stated. He additionally stated that the explanation for doing this was that the contracts that the federation affords don’t conflict with the contracts of personal firms.
The WFI additionally needs to have a higher say within the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPs) which gives monetary help to athletes and is acquired instantly from the Sports Ministry. “WFI fully supports TOPs. But we want the federation to be able to plan international performance tours of athletes, instead of athletes themselves sending proposals to the ministry,” Tomar stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
