Cracking down on Politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen who have monopolised National Sports bodies for long, the Government limited their tenures. The top brasses who have been occupying the important posts in various National Sports Federations (NSF) for more than a decade will have to step down after their current term expires. In a major reform the Sports Ministry has modified a 1975 regulation that suggests Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi and several NSF chiefs cannot seek a re-election after their present term expires. The Ministry said it has decided to restore the modified tenure clause, which was kept in abeyance by former Sports Minister Uma Bharti in 2001, to encourage professional management, good governance, transparency, accountability and democratic elections in NSFs, including IOA.