I guys like Berlusconi and Prince Albert II have been of great significance to Milan and Monaco. Perhaps there are many more examples. But I think politicians should not interfere with the National FA. Baichung and co. can take care of the technical issues, but I think AIFF should recruit more CEOs, qualified event organisers, managers and business administrators.
Personally, and I feel this will get be killed on IFN, I think IMG-Reliance need to become more involved with the AIFF. I mean, they currently are but the image of the ISL and the AIFF-ran events/national team are completely different. Video production in both areas are different.
The national team is about to find it hard to find a sponsor, the kits look rushed, and we barely have money. The ISL by comparison is so much different when honestly they should be complementing each other.
Well the Indian army is a highly professional & disciplined organisation in the Indian government. Most of corporate sector in India are hiring retired officers from the Indian armed forces because they are very good administrators. The one day army training camp was also a huge factor for National team before that Oman match.
I honestly would rather see the Jindal's get into the AIFF before an Indian army officer... unless of course they can show they deserve it through qualifications.
Well, at least it looks that way. In the first year they managed to bring in some great sponsors for the ISL, STAR Sports have been doing some good work with video production... if we can extend that to the national team(s) then who knows.
Then again, IMG-Reliance are already responsible for AIFF sponsorships and they have been reportedly finding it hard so what is it really?
@Arsenal.. rightly said. I am certain improvising State League would do no harm and also even a little bit of help can do enormous good.
Lets see how IFA or AIFF can help..
Bring these individual Leagues under the gambit of IFA or AIFF. Give technical assistance and set of rules which can be followed .
Provide some kind of recognition to the players by having a central database.
Involve local scouts (yester year players of the locality- very little impetus would be required to have them in), train them on how to unearth good talents (some technical aspects and others which can be looked at), then ask them to report on unknown players at the end of years League. Or even during a league..
Provide some training to the club coaches (Mostly are local yester year players )- Encourage them to take Licensing if willing to ..Have a system in place..Does not require to be elaborate to start with but can be good way of starting to nurture young talents..
Local players will get a lot of good will when they see this. Probably some might even think of taking football as a career if they are good enough..
Frankly I would in every aspect also propose a School football league . Lots of schools in these areas have fantastic Infrastructure..
My school itself(In Asansol) has about 6 football grounds of very good nature and we always used to look forward to school football tournament where schools from even outside the city (even from Siliguri) used to take part.
You don't have to do much to encourage them, they just require a little bit of thought and impetus to make this a successful event rather than just a individual event. Believe me, the craze that you have in Bengal, you can create a national team of very high callibre without even having to look anywhere else..
But ALAS nothing happens either In Bengal or in India as a whole..
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Baichung and co. can take care of the technical issues, but I think AIFF should recruit more CEOs, qualified event organisers, managers and business administrators.
@Arsenal.. rightly said. I am certain improvising State League would do no harm and also even a little bit of help can do enormous good.
Lets see how IFA or AIFF can help..
Bring these individual Leagues under the gambit of IFA or AIFF. Give technical assistance and set of rules which can be followed .
Provide some kind of recognition to the players by having a central database.
Involve local scouts (yester year players of the locality- very little impetus would be required to have them in), train them on how to unearth good talents (some technical aspects and others which can be looked at), then ask them to report on unknown players at the end of years League. Or even during a league..
Provide some training to the club coaches (Mostly are local yester year players )- Encourage them to take Licensing if willing to ..Have a system in place..Does not require to be elaborate to start with but can be good way of starting to nurture young talents..
Local players will get a lot of good will when they see this. Probably some might even think of taking football as a career if they are good enough..
Frankly I would in every aspect also propose a School football league . Lots of schools in these areas have fantastic Infrastructure..
My school itself(In Asansol) has about 6 football grounds of very good nature and we always used to look forward to school football tournament where schools from even outside the city (even from Siliguri) used to take part.
You don't have to do much to encourage them, they just require a little bit of thought and impetus to make this a successful event rather than just a individual event. Believe me, the craze that you have in Bengal, you can create a national team of very high callibre without even having to look anywhere else..
But ALAS nothing happens either In Bengal or in India as a whole..