A game of thrones?

When everyone was dreaming of a revival in hockey following the national team's brilliant results in the World Hockey League Round-2, the third-most popular game of the country has been stuck in a deadlock in the face of some surprising demands from the players, ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup in August.
The players, instead of being busy on the turf with their preparation, have embroiled themselves in an irrational demand-game which is holding the game's governing body hostage.
The game started with the demand for a definite date for the pre-season transfers, but after many twists and ugly turns, it has come to the demand for the resignation of the general secretary of the federation.
No one will argue against the fact that the inter-club players' transfer is the main source of the players' income and they can rationally demand an immediate transfer when the season knocks at the door. So when the players threatened the boycott of the camp initially, their demand had an air of rationality about it and they had sympathisers too, both within and outside the federation.
For that reason, the BHF president personally intervened and announced a date (July 2-4) for the transfers. But that, instead of quelling the tension, only unravelled a spree of demands, which are hard to be rationalised and realised. The players came up with a three-point demand and gave the federation no time to act on it, before conjuring up a one-point demand, which is the resignation of the general secretary.
At this point, the rebelling players have seemingly lost the sympathisers, and there have reportedly been a group of players who have become disillusioned with this demand-game. But that does not break the resolve of those who are calling for extreme measures.
Many feel that there is a dirty game involved here, one which stretches beyond the field, and concerns only money and muscles, as the election is round the corner.
It is in the interest of all concerned that this deadlock is resolved as soon as possible so that preparations can resume and hockey can continue on the steady upward trajectory that it has recently shown.