For the Lodha committee recommendations to percolate into other sports, some bold people within the various NSFs, who are unhappy with the current, entrenched set of administrators, will have to take the initiative. With the Lodha committee report in hand, these people could either approach a court of law and pray that similar guidelines be made mandatory for their federation as well or demand that the Union sports ministry take some effective action. Former India football captain Chuni Goswami, for one, has no doubt that the NSFs stand to benefit by embracing the reforms. “Certainly, it will improve Indian sports. If some people are there for say, 10 or 20 years, and are not functioning well, new people can give a new direction. The basic things needed are proper selection committees and whether they are functioning well or not,” says Goswami. “If opposition leaders within a federation are not happy with the current functioning they can appeal to the sports ministry to begin with. If they are not happy with the [response of the] ministry, they can go to the court,” says the 78-year-old footballing legend.