Last month, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) released the revised National Sports (Development) Bill, 2011 (Bill). As compared to its previous form (reviewed "Current Affairs – A Review of the Draft National Sports (Development) Bill, 2011"), the Bill sees 14 changes, the most significant of which are discussed later in this article. The constant line of argument in opposition to the Bill has been that the Bill amounts to an ‘interference’ in sport and therefore is in violation of the internationally accepted independence and autonomy norms for sports administration. It is equally important to look at similar steps that have been implemented in countries that consistently perform well at international sports events.