NEW DELHI : That constant call to include sportspersons in sports administration should turn a corner on Friday when Indian football, of all places, will see two former players go head to head for the top post. But whether Kalyan Chaubey becomes president or if Bhaichung Bhutia manages to, is it really player power breathing new life into a moribund football administration? Or that the puppet master can only be spoken of in hushed tones?
Chaubey, a goalkeeper from the 1990s Tata Football Academy stable, always spoke of “relevance” outside of the football field. Despite an impressive array of ‘clubs played’, Chaubey, privately , would display that restlessness which standing between the posts evidently couldn’t quell.
