October 31, Colombo (LNW): Recently, Sri Lanka rugby documents are often seen circulating without accountability. At the moment, the authority of Sri Lanka Rugby is the Director General of Sports, and as he feels, the document circulating including the names of people in the committees to hold tournaments in the Rugby Stadium, was created without the knowledge of the Director General of Sports.
Currently, the use of official Sri Lanka Rugby documents by former officials is prohibited. Despite this, the controversial release of documents labeled under Sri Lanka Rugby, backed by certain sports clubs, is illegal. Such actions suggest an attempt to claim authority that Sri Lanka Rugby itself does not possess. By now, a letter containing the criteria issued by the Rugby administration, which was disbanded six months ago targeting coaches, referees, referees, match officials, etc., has started circulating again, based on the Director General. During our inquiry, the Director General of Sports confirmed that he did not issue the letter and that it was originally issued about six months ago.
In a scenario where it has been claimed that individuals named on the committees are unaware of a letter issued in an unofficial manner, which appears to be an official notice, there is a possibility that someone has misappropriated significant sponsorship funds using documents bearing those names. Those named in these documents should consider taking legal action to protect their reputation, however silence on the matter raises further concerns.
According to the information reported to us, behind these matters there are two people who have rejected by their school to step inside the school as former students of the school they studied, and there is another person who harbored dreams of occupying a prominent position in rugby until his death. One of the two individuals rejected by his own school possesses exceptional rugby skills. however, he was rejected due to his behavior not aligning with the country’s sporting regulations and his questionable credibility as a businessman. The other person is not an expert in the game of rugby, and luckily took the opportunity to take some responsibility and has been suspected of using the relevant letterheads and using them in this matter.
Suspicions have arisen that the person who was in the eternal first chair dream of determining the hero and the traitor based on the need for power and for their own existence is already involved in a tree business with the world in the name of Sri Lanka rugby. Within the rugby field, he is regarded as a fiery individual who entangles himself like vines around trees in advantageous positions.
However, when we asked the Director General whether he would notify the legal department to investigate who is distributing the documents he is not associated with, he did not provide a clear response.
*Adapted from original article, “අයිතිකාරයෙක් නැති රගර් ලේඛණ මවන්නේ භූතයෝ” by Nishman Ranasinghe published on 31/10/2024.
