SRK for once feels about hockey, in twitter
Kabir Khan of Chak De India fame, Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) has expressed his views about the revolt by the Indian hockey players.
Shah Rukh, on his Twitter page, says “feel awful for the Indian hockey team. to play for the country…national sport and have to ask for salary. and we complain we dont win gold”
Shah Rukh himself is a keen sport lover as he owns a cricket team in IPL, and was a hockey player during his study days.
Indian players’ revolt has certainly jolted the nation as this revolt has come just a few weeks before the World Cup.
And this is not happening for the first time, when the Indian players are ‘demanding’ their rights. After Asia Cup 2007 victory, Indian team had to be satisfied with only words, while the Cricket team, that won the T20 World Cup, was weighed with money. That saw Indian players ‘threaten’ to go on strike unless they got the reward for the Chennai success.
I am sure, still SRK doesn’t know the real picture. I am sure, King Khan, who, according to reports, charged Rs 5 crore for a 10-minute appearance in a private New Year bash at Gurgaon, would be shocked to know that the Indian hockey players neither get any match fees nor have any central contract from the Hockey India!
Shah Rukh Khan, who shelled crores for his team in IPL, would bite his fingers to know that the hockey players get paid by the hockey governing body (HI/IHF) only after a podium finish! And that amount too, hasn’t reached them since an year despite putting up a great show during Canda tour or bronze at Champions Challenge.
So, the only certain source of income for the players is the salary from their domestic team, and in that case, Shah Rukh seems absolutely right in saying that how can we expect Olympics or World Cup gold medals from them!