These are tough times indeed ... and there appears to be no easy way out of the global mess!
Ditto Indian football.
The Indian season, like the rest of the world, had to be curtailed with several rounds of games remaining. Not that there was a choice but in larger public interest it was the correct thing to do. Europe is pretty much in the same boat, even though the continent may have been hit much harder by the pandemic.
Cancelling players' contracts, however, citing 'force majeure' is hardly the way to go. Some Indian clubs have taken the easy route. That not only shows lack of respect and concern for the men that represent them but also lack of empathy overall. Every one across the board needs to tighten the proverbial belt and it can't be left to merely one section to bear the brunt.
Players are left mulling legal options but offering pay cuts may have been the way to go. That would not only reduce the players' salary bill, the biggest expense for any football club, but also project the organisation as caring and sensitive.
Just as institutional teams of the 1960s and 70s made way for the clubs in the 1990s and the turn of the century, franchises seem to have taken root replacing the clubs and maidans! But it's still the game of football and it needs players! And their interest must be protected ...
Ditto Indian football.
The Indian season, like the rest of the world, had to be curtailed with several rounds of games remaining. Not that there was a choice but in larger public interest it was the correct thing to do. Europe is pretty much in the same boat, even though the continent may have been hit much harder by the pandemic.
Cancelling players' contracts, however, citing 'force majeure' is hardly the way to go. Some Indian clubs have taken the easy route. That not only shows lack of respect and concern for the men that represent them but also lack of empathy overall. Every one across the board needs to tighten the proverbial belt and it can't be left to merely one section to bear the brunt.
Players are left mulling legal options but offering pay cuts may have been the way to go. That would not only reduce the players' salary bill, the biggest expense for any football club, but also project the organisation as caring and sensitive.
Just as institutional teams of the 1960s and 70s made way for the clubs in the 1990s and the turn of the century, franchises seem to have taken root replacing the clubs and maidans! But it's still the game of football and it needs players! And their interest must be protected ...
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