Turf 2013, 5th Global Sports Summit

New Delhi,Turf 2013, 5^th Global Sports Summit, India’s largest convention on business of Sports was organized by Federation of Indian Chambers and Commerce Industry on 23-24 October, 2013 at FICCI Federation House, New Delhi.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) launched the ‘India Sports 2014’ at the 5th Global Sports Summit, in the presence of Dr. G S G Ayyangar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

India Sports 2014 would be organized at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium and Federation House, FICCI. This event will not only provide a platform for the Indian Sports Industry to showcase their strength to the Indian and International Sports fraternity but also act as a catalyst in promoting sports among the youth.

At the sports summit Dr. GSG. Ayyangar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports discussed the details of the ‘Scheme for Identifying and Nurturing Sports Talent in the Country’. Under the scheme, which has been taken up on a pilot basis talents to be scouted and selected from the present Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan annual competitions; these sportspersons will be called Young Talent (YT) and they will be specially trained by Physical Education Teachers attached to every District Level Sports Centre.

A District Sports School (DLSS) will be set up in every District in the Country in the next ten years. These schools will be setup as public private partnership except in remote and disturb areas. In such districts, the existing Navodaya Schools are proposed to be upgraded. Where this in not possible new institutions will be setup. He said that the Ministry of Sports will supervise the training in sports and provide the sports scholarships and the recurring expenses. The young talent (YT) will be assigned specific disciplines through a scientific process of determination, through a rigorous training programme and participation YT will be identified for centre of excellence and YT who excel will be treated as high performers and given admission to a centre of excellence .There will be approximately 25 centres for excellence. Twelve existing SAI centres will be upgraded. Thirteen new centres will be developed and funded by SAI. However land for such centres will be provided by the State Government free of cost. These centres will be run by SAI.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed and exchanged between FICCI and Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), New Zealand, to launch the Level 3 course in India under the SIT-John Wright Scholarship programme, which is recognized by NZQA to help athletes not only to harness their existing capability but also to provide an opportunity in getting higher qualification courses and good opportunity in New Zealand.

At the successful completion of this programme, students will have the required competencies to function successfully and effectively at operational levels within the sports training sector. A graduating student could be expected to undertake employment in areas such as coaching/retail sectors, or continue on to further study in Diploma in Sport and Recreation, Diploma in Sport and Exercise (Level 5), Diploma in Sport and Exercise (Level 6) or Bachelor of Sport and Exercise in New Zealand.

H.E. Jan Henderson, High Commissioner, New Zealand High Commission, said that the certificate obtained under the John Wright - SIT Scholarship programme will help students to gain the skills and knowledge for working or further training in the sports training sector. The content gives athletes and coaches the knowledge to allow themselves and others to achieve their potential. The programme has a strong focus on sport psychology, nutrition and exercise prescription and finding out how the body becomes stronger, fitter and faster when stressed by exercise. New Zealand is passionate about sports and was happy to partner with India in the field of sports. Sports were a key pillar for strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. She added that early next year New Zealand will host the Indian Cricket Team and will co-host the Cricket World Cup in 2015, she said.

According to Naina Lal Kidwai, President of FICCI, after the chamber represented to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) on the need to grant industry status to sports, a committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Director General, Sports Authority of India (SAI) for which FICCI prepared a report on ‘Granting infrastructure Status to Sports Sector’. She said, “It is a proud moment for FICCI to note that under new Companies Act 2013, sports infrastructure is part of ‘infrastructure facilities’ and ‘infrastructure projects’. Besides, there is a specific mention of sports related businesses to be registered as a type of ‘limited company’. FICCI is also closely coordinating with National Skills Development Corporation for setting up Sector Skills Council in Sports, Physical Education, and Fitness and Leisure sector. According to our latest study, this sector will require more than 43 lakhs support personnel in various roles in sports by 2022.

Mr.Sanjiv Paul, Chairman, FICCI Sports Committee and Managing Director, Tata Metaliks, stated that the sports sector is marching ahead as one of the fastest growing sector of the economy. The size of the sports industry is increasing, employment avenues are opening and money is coming in from all quarters. The exchange of ideas TURF 2013 should lead to the flourishing of sports business in India. He said that this year an SME-Academia-Investors Forum in Sports (SAI-FIS) is planned during TURF 2013 a collaborative effort amongst between FICCI, Indian Venture Capitalists Association (IVCA) and All India Council of Physical Education (AICPE). The objective is to stimulate SME-Academia-Investor partnership as it is critical for growth of sports sector in general and the stakeholders in particular.

Mr. Abhijit Sarkar, Co-chairman, FICCI Sports Committee and Head-Corporate Communications, Sahara India Pariwar, said that the start-ups have added significant value in creating a sports culture across the country. They are the next generation of big corporations, who are supporting the growth of the sports industry in their own unique way. They are not only creating a brilliant ecosystem for budding talent to hone their talent and showcase their skills but are also creating employment opportunities for many others who want to develop career in sports.

Mr. Arbind Prasad, Director General, FICCI, said, “FICCI welcomes The Prevention of Sporting Fraud Bill, 2013 to combat frauds in relation to domestic national and international sporting event developed after extensive consultation between Sports and Law Ministry. To aid the Ministry’s efforts in this direction, FICCI had organized a conference on ‘Regulating Sports Betting and Sports Law’. In this conference, experts suggested that the government should set up an Independent Regulatory Commission to study the various aspects of betting in-depth and come out with solutions to eliminate bookies and make sports betting fair.

SESSION-I: - Corporatization of Indian Sports: Performance and Balance Sheet

Mr. Paul Sidhu, MD, FSMC Associates (Sports Consulting & Legacy Planning), UK stated that we require an innovative bureaucracy in the sports ministry giving an example of lottery funding in UK which involves partly bureaucracy but mainly funding.

Mr. Boria Majumdar, Sports Expert and Adjunct Professor, Monash University stated that our legal framework does not support the sports sector properly all that we require is an expert sports regulator and a qualified body of instructors.

Mr. Malav Shroff, Olympian and President, Asian Sailing Federation stated that there is a need to innovate in terms of law because as soon as we start using current law system in elite sports, that sport goes backwards.

SESSION-II: - Investment for Long Term Growth

Dr. GSG Ayyangar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports discussed the details of the ‘Scheme for Identifying and Nurturing Sports Talent in the Country’. Under the scheme, which has been taken up on a pilot basis talents to be scouted and selected from the present Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan annual competitions; these sportspersons will be called Young Talent (YT) and they will be specially trained by Physical Education Teachers attached to every District Level Sports Centre.

Mr. Pawan Duggal, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, discussed about protection of Intellectual Property in Sports

SME-Academia-Investors Forum in Sports

Mr. Sujit Panigrahi, CEO, Fitness 365 & Former Additional Director General (Head- Technology), CWG discussed about the objectives to stimulate SME-Academia-Investor partnership as it is critical for growth of sports sector in general and the stakeholders in particular.

·        AIM – Assessment Intervention Monitoring

·        Phases of monitoring

·        Taking it forward

·        Customer/prospects

·        Evaluate all opportunities

·        Association- Imagination

·        Building a team

·        Making it grow

·        Skill Building

TURF 2013, FICCI

Hockey India Felicitation Ceremony

Hockey India Felicitation Ceremony took place at Hotel Lalit, Delhi to present the awards to Junior Men Hockey Team who recently won the 3^rd Sultan of Johar Cup 2013. The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and sports and the Minister of State for Defence  , Jitender Singh inaugurated the event and shared some motivational words on Indian Hockey. Sunil Bharti, the Cairn India Managing Director who is the sponsor of India Hockey was also present on the event and shared the stage with minister of state for youth affairs to felicitate Team India and give them the awards.

18 players and National Coach Gregg Clark of the Junior Men Team awarded Cheque of Rupees One Lakh each for winning the 3^rd Sultan of Johar Cup 2013 and supported staff was awarded cheque of Rupees 50,000 each.

At the ceremony some individuals awards was also given. Midfielder Harjeet Singh was awarded for most promising player of the tournament in 3^rd Sultan of Johar Cup, Ramachandra was awarded for Most Outstanding Player of the tournament of 9^th Men’s Asia Cup 2013 with Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh  who got for goalkeeper of the tournament and forward Ramandeep Singh too awarded for scoring a goal in debut match for the same event. Our female champions Savita was awarded for the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament for 8^th Women’s Asia Cup 2013 and Rani for completing the 100^th International Match caps. Each Individuals was awarded additional cheque of Rs 1 Lakh. At the event, Junior Men Team who won the silver medal in the 2^nd Johar Cup 2012 was also felicitated with Ipads.

At the last Harinder Singh, the former Olympian medalist and Rajeev Mehta, associate vice-president Hockey India congratulated Team India and motivated them to bring more awards for the country.

CLASS REPORT- 1st October 2013

Another informative lecture by Dr. S.K. Lau, Consultant, Limca Book of Records on the topic ‘How to design a Sports Website’.

The lecture started with an introduction to ‘world wide web’. Then he discussed about some main components which play a key role in designing a website.

Main Components:

1-    Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

2-    Server Site Includes (SSI)

He also discussed about some golden rules to make a website more attractive and appealing:

·       Server should be effective

·       Website must be interactive

·       Content should be impressive and it should be latest.

He also added that Java (programming language) is commonly used in designing a website because it is interactive and more applicable.

At last, he concluded that a website must be a ‘Powerhouse’ ie. It must contain graphics, audios, videos and accessible fonts.

Low interest for cricket home series title sponsor bids; Micromax, Star said to be interested

MUMBAI: There is very low interest in taking over the cricket title sponsorship of the home series for the next six months, with mobile phone maker Micromax and broadcaster Star India emerging as the two likely candidates.

A senior executive from a leading media agency said that he was not aware of anyone even picking up the contract to bid for the season, which has two international series currently scheduled during the period -- the seven-match ODI series and a T20 game between India and Australia, followed by two Tests and three ODIs against the West Indies.

Of most interest to potential bidders would be the 200th Test of Sachin Tendulkar which will now be played in India after the BCCI carved out the series with West Indies.

Star is likely to bid only for the West Indies series, as there is a provision to bid for individual ones.

The newly constituted 26-member BCCI marketing committee headed by Amitabh Chaudhary will meet today (Thursday) to decide on new title sponsors for the international matches organised in India for next six months.

The BCCI had invited new bids from corporate houses after existing series title sponsors - telecom major Airtel -decided against renewing their association with the Board. The bids - for matches to be held from October 1 this year to March 31, 2014 - are to be opened, evaluated and sponsorships awarded at 12 noon, the BCCI had announced.

Airtel had won the rights as series sponsors for all international and domestic matches played in India from September 1, 2010 to March 31, 2013 for a consideration of Rs 33.3 million per match.

The base price for buying rights for India's home fixtures has been set at Rs 20 million per match (Tests/ODIs/Twenty20 Internationals).

Sponsorship rights will extend to domestic events such as Irani Cup, Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Vijay Hazare, Deodhar Trophy and Raj Singh Dungarpur Trophy.

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IMG sale first round attracts over 20 bids; PEs and Hollywood talent agencies

OVER 20 first-round bids have been made for buying IMG Worldwide, and these include top private equity investors, as well as Hollywood talent management companies William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC and Creative Artists Agency, supported by their PE investors.

Silver Lake Management LLC, TPG Capital, CVC Capital Partners Ltd., KKR & Co. are among those who have participated in the initial non-binding expressions of interest which were due on September 30, a newswire Bloomberg report said.

This gives the potential buyers access to financial data on the company.

Morgan Stanley and Evercore Partners Inc. are advising Fortsmann Little on the sale, which is expected to fetch a price between $2 - 2.5 billion.

Rival Hollywood talent agencies William Morris Endeavor Entertainment along with its private equity backer Silver Lake Partners and Creative Artists Agency, working with its private equity backer, TPG, are seen to be most interested in the sports management company owned by Forstmann Little. TPG and Silver Lake bought stakes in the respective talent agencies in recent years.

KKR & Co LP has teamed up with New Mountain Capital LLC for the bid. While KKR may not have the industry expertise of CAA or William Morris, its partner New Mountain has deep ties to private equity firm Forstmann Little.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, who was seen as an interested party was earlie reported to have lost interest.

Globally, IMG has struck four joint ventures in three years: with Reliance in India, with state broadcaster CCTV in China, with Eike Batista’s EBX in Brazil, and with Dogus, the private conglomerate, in Turkey.

IMG's global operations include sports marketing, event management, licensing, fashion, representation and production businesses. It handles retailing and licensing for the All England Lawn Tennis Club, which organizes the Wimbledon tennis tournaments, and produces high-end golf, soccer, rugby and cricket events around the world, among its other sports activities. Its IMG College wing works with the NCAA and others on the lucrative business of marketing, ticketing, licensing and brand management for more than 200 college sports properties in the US. The company, now led by chief executive officer Michael Dolan, represents top athletes such as the National Football League’s Mannings and tennis champion Venus Williams.

Morgan Stanley and Evercore have reached out to an unusually large pool of potential buyers. As a result, several private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds may also put in first round bids, a New York Times report had said.

Among the other main contenders is said to be CVC Capital Partners, the European private equity firm that has a controlling stake in Formula One Group, the commercial rights holder of F1. Other firms considering bids are said to include Carlyle, Bain Capital and Onyx. Colony Capital had made a preemptive bid that was rejected.

New York-based Forstmann Little bought IMG in 2004 for about $700 million shortly after the death of company founder Mark McCormack. IMG has a talent management division with particular strength in the sports, music and fashion worlds -- representing such stars as Heidi Klum, Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, Rafael Nadal and Taylor Swift. IMG has several divisions, including a television unit that distributes and produces sports programs and a brand consulting group; the company's IMG College unit handles multimedia, marketing, ticket and branding/licensing for more than 200 collegiate properties, including the NCAA.

The company was headed by Forstmann Little founder Ted Forstmann until his death in 2011. Forstmann friend and CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz allegedly attempted to prepare the company for sale and assume control himself while Forstmann was ill.

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Cricket gets a reality check: Star, ESPN bag home title deal for low base price, including Sachin 200/Sportspower.com

MUMBAI: Though there was just one bidder in fray and the sponsorship rights went for the base price, the BCCI said it was happy with the deal it struck with Star India Pvt Ltd and ESPN for all 13 home international fixtures till March 2014, considering the difficult economic times.

The Marketing Committee of the BCCI met at the Cricket Centre, Mumbai, earlier today, to receive the bids made for title sponsorship of International Series and Domestic Tournaments to be played in India in the 2013-14 season.

Bidders had the option of bidding for either the series between India and Australia, or the series between India and the West Indies, or both. The Marketing Committee awarded the Title Sponsorship Rights for all series to be played in India in the 2013-14 season to Star India Pvt. Ltd and ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd, at a fee of Rs 20 million per international match, a press statement said. The base price for buying rights for India's home fixtures had been set at Rs 20 million per match (Tests/ODIs/Twenty20 Internationals).

“The market situation is such that at one point of time we thought it will be very difficult to get the sponsorship considering the turmoil in the financial market. But we are very happy (with price),” Board Secretary Sanjay Patel told reporters after the BCCI’s Marketing Committee meeting here.

“We are pleased that Star and ESPN Group bid for both the series. That means Australia and West Indies (series) and the deal will be close to Rs 26 crore. Only one bid was there and the minimum bidding price (is what) they have accepted. “But we are happy they have included the Australia series also though it is starting within two or three days. Under the market situation, we are happy the deal has gone through and the entire series is covered,” Patel said. “The deal is always market driven. One has to be happy with the market situation. Rather than concentrating on less or more price, we should concentrate on what you are getting as per the market situation. We are quite happy that as per the market situation, the price is not bad.”

There was very low interest in taking over the cricket title sponsorship of the home series for the next six months, with market reports stating that mobile phone maker Micromax and broadcaster Star India emerging as the two likely candidates.

A senior executive from a leading media agency had said that he was not aware of anyone even picking up the contract to bid for the season, which has two international series currently scheduled during the period -- the seven-match ODI series and a T20 game between India and Australia, followed by two Tests and three ODIs against the West Indies.

Of most interest to potential bidders was the 200th Test of Sachin Tendulkar which will now be played in India after the BCCI carved out the series with West Indies. It had earlier been learnt that Star was likely to bid only for the West Indies series, as there is a provision to bid for individual ones. It looks like that they bid only for the WI tour, but got the rest as a bargain deal.

The newly constituted 26-member BCCI marketing committee headed by Amitabh Chaudhary met here today (Thursday) to decide on new title sponsors for the international matches organised in India for next six months.

The BCCI had invited new bids from corporate houses after existing series title sponsors - telecom major Airtel -decided against renewing their association with the Board.

The bids were for matches to be held from October 1 this year to March 31, 2014.

Airtel had won the sponsorship rights for all the three formats of the game for a period starting from September 1, 2010 to March 31, 2013 for a staggering Rs 33.3 million per game. Airtel had won the rights from sports management firm World Sports Group (WSG), which was not permitted to submit bids then. According to the deal, Airtel got to advertise its brands on prime spots at the grounds and even the stumps carried the company's brand name.

About 10 corporate houses, including major telecom brands like Idea and Aircel, and firms like Future Group, Hero Honda and Micromax, have usually been in the running for the sponsorship rights, but the recession and the high asking price has taken its toll.

Sponsorship rights will extend to domestic events such as Irani Cup, Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Vijay Hazare, Deodhar Trophy and Raj Singh Dungarpur Trophy.

Patel dismissed suggestions that the recent IPL spot-fixing scandal had marred its prospects in selling the rights at a better price. “I don’t think negative news has got anything to do with these kind of things. Cricket is going on well. Our teams are doing good. It is not attributed to any image (of the Board). According to us there is no question of a bad image,” Patel said.

Asked if the Board had decided to include the home series against West Indies to make up for the revenue, the BCCI Secretary said the idea was to please the fans by pencilling in more matches in India. “There were a couple of reasons because BCCI is also committed to its local fans. Somehow, for the season 2013-14, only 24 days, if I am not wrong, was the home series (duration of Australia tour including non-match days). So obviously we were worried, and we are quite happy that West Indies series has been finalised.” 

It is understandable that an official statement would not have amounted to anything more than what Patel mouthed, but one hopes that the ostrich gets its head out of the ground to get a clear view of where things are heading.

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