India's greatest ever Olympian Sushil Kumar strongly feels that panels similar to one headed by Justice RM Lodha to clean up the BCCI mess, is required to bring in more accountability and transparency in functioning of National Sports Federations (NSF).
"I don't mind if we have a Lodha Panel for all National Sports Federation (NSFs). It will only help increase the accountability and transparency of the associations. The coaches need to be accountable. We are in need of qualified coaches," Sushil said during a Sports Conclave organised by the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB).
In fact RSPB secretary Rekha Yadav, who has represented the institutional unit during various BCCI meetings, agreed that cricket board's impressive infrastructure is pretty much in place. "Much maligned that the BCCI is, one has to admit that they have put in a nice system in place," RSPB secretary said during a panel discussion. India won three medals at the 2008 Olympics and doubled its tally in the 2012 edition but the two-time medallist feels that the nation couldn't cash in on the glass ceiling that was broken after Abhinav Bindra's first individual gold medal and his own bronze.
"I think we couldn't cash in on our performance in Beijing Olympics. Although we got six medals in London, we didn't improve as a sporting nation. The planning and preparation left a lot to be desired."