Three months after the Indian girls’s hockey staff showcased their best-ever Olympics outing, the person credited with the transformation, Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne, remains to be ready for the final instalment of his wage and money incentives. The rationale for the delay: a crashed pc and bureaucratic red-tape.
India, beneath Marijne, secured a historic fourth place at Tokyo 2020, a outstanding turnaround for a staff that had completed final at Rio in 2016. Although they did not make it to the rostrum this time, their efficiency, together with the boys’s bronze medal, acquired Indian hockey unprecedented nationwide focus and sparked hope for the game’s revival within the nation.
Submit-Tokyo, the gamers, together with the teaching workers, had been promised money awards and incentives. However since Marijne’s tenure ended after the Olympics, he returned house after a really temporary go to to India.
Now, talking to The Indian Specific, Marijne stated he’s but to obtain his “last wage” from the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) and a reward of Rs 25 lakh introduced by the UP authorities. “I’m but to obtain the prize cash from the UP authorities and the dues which can be pending with SAI. Nonetheless, I’m in fixed contact with them and I’m assured will probably be settled quickly,” he stated.
Whereas Marijne didn’t elaborate, a supply stated that one of many explanation why his “full and last” wage has been withheld is that he hasn’t but returned his official laptop computer, which had “crashed” in the midst of the Olympics.
When contacted, SAI stated they’ve withheld six days’ wage, amounting to $1,800, which might be launched after Marijne returns “official possessions”.
“The wage is already beneath course of and might be launched the second official possessions given to Sjoerd Marjne as chief coach of the ladies’s staff are submitted to SAI by him, which is a part of the executive process required for the complete and last settlement,” SAI, who make use of coaches for all groups, stated in an announcement.
Based on the contract, SAI stated, they’d “recognise” the coach’s contribution in main tournaments, together with the World Cup the place India reached the quarterfinals, the Asian Video games the place they gained a silver medal, and the Olympics. However, a “efficiency bonus was not a part of the contract”, it stated.
After reaching Tokyo as rank outsiders, the ladies’s staff went on to beat former Olympics gold medallists Australia within the quarterfinals. On their return house, the staff was felicitated by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with a money prize of Rs 50 lakh introduced for every participant. Coach Marijne was entitled to obtain Rs 25 lakh whereas the assist workers acquired Rs 10 lakh.
The gamers and a few members of the assist workers, who had been current on the grand perform in Lucknow on August 19, acquired their prize instantly. Nonetheless, Marijne was unable to attend the occasion as he had moved on to his subsequent task with Dutch membership Tilburg.
The UP authorities’s sports activities director RP Singh, a former worldwide hockey participant, stated the quantity hadn’t been disbursed but as a result of they had been ready for the coach’s checking account particulars.
“The cash has been sanctioned by the federal government. When our authorities spent Rs 42 crore on this, why would we not give Rs 25 lakh?” Singh stated. “The delay is as a result of we needed to ensure we get the proper financial institution particulars so the cash goes to the correct particular person. We’ve got all the main points now and we are going to switch the quantity instantly after Diwali.”
