Footballers pay to play for top oil company
On Thursday, petrochemicals major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), announced their sponsorship of the $100,000 (about Rs 48 lakh) six-nation Nehru Cup football event at a glitzy New Delhi function. This is the same company whose football team manager repeated inflated the travel and daily allowance (TA/DA) ) of contracted players and collected the same in cash from them every month.
The manager, Subashish Mazumdar, told Hindustan Times that one of the reasons he did that was to supplement the incomes of the club's fringe players -- those who join when there is shortage in the team and are not given a regular salary by the company.
His comments are on tape.
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The manager, Subashish Mazumdar, told Hindustan Times that one of the reasons he did that was to supplement the incomes of the club's fringe players -- those who join when there is shortage in the team and are not given a regular salary by the company.
His comments are on tape.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/
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