Currently, both the Sports Minister and the Sports Director

General have a positive and logical reputation in the field of

sports. Roshan Ranasinghe and Arjuna Ranatunga can be said to

be better than Hareen, except for those rare people who take them

as pure characters. Shermal Fernando’s influence behind Harin’s

decisions is also significant. We are well aware of that. However,

when working on the rugby game, it deviates from the generally

positive work order to support the preparation of the rugby

constitution in Sri Lanka in a manner that prioritizes a few elite

sports clubs and centralizes power, while neglecting common

issues such as the expansion of rural rugby and decentralization

of authority.We asked the minister to claim that these sports clubs are first

class. How are all those sports clubs first class? Such is the

question we are asking the minister. They are permanently placed

in the first tier because there is no system in place that requires a

talented team emerging from the second tier to enter the first tier

and the first tier team to qualify for the first tier again. If the sports

minister truly loves rugby in the country, this is what he should

suggest. However, the minister dissolved the rugby

administration based on allegations of non-constitutionality and

an unelected tenure. Thus disbanded, the Director General of

Sports was elected and allowed to give way to a new

administration.

But the Director General started by appointing the head of the

disbanded administration as its facilitator. On the surface, we see

the Director General, but the minister may be behind the

appointment.

After learning that the Director General of Sports would intervene

in the General Assembly to amend the constitution, the provincial

associations of voters went to court. Following the court order,

they agreed to discuss all matters except the constitutional

amendment. However, the Director General did not convene the

General Assembly as per the court order. While the order only

prohibited discussions about the new constitution at the General

Assembly, halting the assembly itself could be seen as exceeding

the court’s directive. Additionally, there is a need to introduce a

new constitution with the Director General’s intervention in the

General Assembly.This situation is bad. It is the duty and responsibility of the

Ministry and the Sports Development Department to conduct the

election and talk to the World Association and give permission to

change the constitution. Otherwise, the sports ministry of the

country cannot propose to the international association to change

the rugby constitution and impose it on the rugby administration

of the country.

Also, if the World Rugby has suggested to several sports clubs

playing first-class rugby in any other country to prepare a

constitution to determine the behavior of the rugby players of that

country, it should also be shown ideally.

It is a ridiculous crime to amend the constitution in such a way

that a few sports clubs get a shape and power that is not found

anywhere in the world.

What is needed is an amendment to the Sri Lanka rugby

constitution that strengthens both the first and second tiers of

rugby, allowing for promotion and relegation between them and

ensuring that the second-tier tournament is as robust as the first.

Additionally, the constitution should guarantee power to the

rugby community, encouraging greater involvement in rural areas

and providing village teams with more control and influence.Through this, the Minister of Sports as well as the Director

General also make excrement in important decisions regarding

other sports. The rights of the ruggers must be settled by the

ruggers themselves. The rugby constitution should be changed by

closing down the space that has been given to several grassroots

sports clubs to flourish in competitive ways. Facing that situation

in practice should be entrusted to the people who will come to

power after the election of Sri Lanka Rugby.

In the end, if Sri Lankan rugby is banned again and after that, the

sins of side dangers that may happen to rugby forever will fall on

the shoulders of this political behavior. It is problematic that the

Sports Minister, after disbanding the Rugby administration in

accordance with his powers, now allows his Director General to

behave like this. He can tell the officer under him how to fulfill

the responsibility. Can also be assigned. But what is happening

now is that the bad accusations against the director general can be

seen as the use of a gang of cronies under him as political power.