one of the oldest administrators the other bodies are not far behind with many of them failing the test of the sports code on the age and tenure clausesthe karnataka olympic association koa the umbrella body for all olympics sports in the state is headed by congress mlc k govindraj who is also the secretary of the ksbba his name can also be found on the list of office bearers in other sports bodies too including the ksfa of which he is one of the vicepresidents similarly koa secretary anantharaju is also associated with the archery secretary and boxing vicepresident associationsgovindraj who is pushing 55 has been the president of koa for the past 14 years in may 2002 he defeated former sports minister ajay kumar sarnaik 3323 in a keenly contested election that was held at the state youth centre the third candidate in the fray for the presidents post in 2002 was k nandakumar who has held the post of the karnataka volleyball associations secretary for nearly two decades in april last year he was elected to the office of the general secretary of one of the factions of indias volleyball federationthe scene is hardly any different in many of the other state sports bodies including the karnataka state cricket association ksca the incumbent secretary of ksca brijesh patel 64 had previously occupied the post for nearly 12 years at a stretch which goes against the age tenure clause included in the sports code which is yet to be implemented in the state on the other hand k krishnamurthy has been the secretary of hockey bengaluru the erstwhile karnataka state hockey association since 1996institutional reforms a mustlamenting the sorry state of administration in many sports bodies including those for tugofwar and tennis ball cricket a former officer in the department of youth services and sports said that those who were holding offices in violation of the clauses in sports code should vacate their posts these people have no business to stay in office democratic norms should be put in place so that fresh faces can occupy these posts new individuals will come up with new ideas which will benefit sports he saidcourt judgments point out that sports associations are public bodies since they receive regular grants from the state government barring the koa to the tune of nearly rs 2 crorethe system will change only when there is transparency and the organizations function democratically sports associations should be process oriented and not focus on individuals the organizational set up decision making process et al should focus on the overall improvement of the institution however what has happened is that an individual has become larger than the organization