Hockey India has condemned a “malicious attempt to paint a dark picture of the Indian sports administration” by former head coach of the Indian women’s hockey team Sjoerd Marijne, who has alleged through an interview in a national daily That his previous employer, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), had withheld his salary. A statement issued by Hockey India on Wednesday said, “We are disappointed that despite having a highly lucrative job opportunity here in India, provided by the Sports Authority of India, it is as such after the completion of his tenure.” The response we see after. As far as we understand, Sjoerd Marijne has been paid his salary as of August 7, 2021 and is only owed a balance of USD 1800.
“This is also to do with the fact that he is yet to return a similarly priced laptop that was given to him for his role while he was appointed with the national team. He is still due to file his report on Olympic Games 2020. Due to the non-return of the laptop, Hockey India is unable to issue an NOC and thus believes that the Sports Authority of India is within its rights to retain the same. USD 1800,” Hockey India said.
Dutch strategist Marijne was instrumental in helping the Indian women’s hockey team led by Rani Rampal to a historic fourth place in the recent Tokyo Olympics.
“Marin’s attempt to stigmatize the Sports Administration of India for being asked to return the laptop with invaluable data is a case in point. We are extremely satisfied with the promptness with which the Sports Authority of India acts on Hockey India’s proposals and there is no reason to believe that any form of red tape exists to hinder the growth of the Indian sport, which has in fact been Has gained an upward trajectory,” said Hockey India.
“We would also like to point out that the Indian women’s team’s fourth place in the Olympic Games in Tokyo is due to the combined effort of a lot of people, not least because of the athletes, coaching staff and support. Staff who worked to raise the fitness level of the players. So, their expectation of prize money or incentives is unprecedented.”
Rajinder Singh, Secretary General, Hockey India, said, “The Indian sports ecosystem and in Hockey India also we give the highest regard to athletes. Any prize money or performance incentives are given priority to them and rightly so. Any such prize money The pay is given at the discretion of the state and the corporate.A coach, who is getting salary for a specific job, may not put himself in the same light and demand it.
“It is disappointing that individuals from some European countries come to India for lucrative jobs, however after they want to criticize the establishment, we also saw the reaction of some European countries to the Indian athletes who won the FIH annual award recently. Which doesn’t speak well of them,” Singh said.
“We can point out that not returning the laptop issued to him amounts to data theft as it contains huge amount of important data on Indian players. We recommend that necessary punitive action be taken against Marijne to facilitate the recovery of the laptop and the data in her possession.
“We appreciate the efforts of all our athletes, coaching and support staff, who have come together to guarantee our success and will continue to do so without prejudice and with the utmost professionalism. We expect everyone we work with and maintain the same level of ethics and commitment for the greater good of the sport and not for personal gain,” Singh said.
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