Actor Shah Rukh Khan, 47, has made an appeal to parents to backs sports as a profession.

“Parents will always be wary of sports as a profession and I don’t see why they should not be. Parents will have to see that there is a job opportunity here,” he said at an event recently.

"I am a big speaker of sports as a commercial success. Parents should know that it can be a salary job. Your kids will be proud of you,” he said.