There isn’t a doubt that the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) needs the same treatment as that meted out to the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) by the Supreme Court. GCA is a miniature model of all that went wrong with the parent organization. The chaos witnessed at the general body meeting on Sunday was expected as the group opposed to the present committee had vowed to block it. The meeting was adjourned but not before forming a three-member committee to probe alleged irregularities plaguing the GCA. The opposition group, which was not allowed into the venue, has demanded that an administrator be appointed. Both are not solutions to the problems plaguing the GCA, which is a matrix of financial favours and preferential contracts. The only way out for the GCA is through the institution of a probe by a retired high court judge followed by a professional approach to cricket in the state. The practice of garnering support through financial favours, prevalent at the BCCI has become the norm at the GCA as well and there have been instances of clubs opposed to the committee being starved of funds. This practice must be stopped and replaced by a transparent process if cricket is to prosper in the State.
