But Sushil Kumar Singh comes nowhere close to the wonder kid "Penn Orji" in terms of age discrepancy. As per some reports if you literally calculate, then Penn started playing at the age of 2.
The Indian Super League (ISL) will do away with the ornamental presence of team owners in the dugout when the tournament kicks off next month. The ISL is borrowed heavily from the hugelysuccessful Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament, which, at least when it commenced seven seasons ago, allowed owners the privilege of sitting in the dugout that has team officials and players.
The ISL, despite it's short 75-day duration, is styling itself as a serious football tournament and rules suggest that there will be no place on the technical bench, or anywhere close, for any of the team owners.
According to Article 14.6 of the competition rules that have been circulated to the participating clubs, “up to five team officials (if both a doctor and a physiotherapist are present) and four team officials (if only a physiotherapist or doctor is present) shall be allowed to sit on the substitutes' bench.“
Besides a doctor, the four official slots for a place in the technical area include coach, assistant coach, physiotherapist and anyone from conditioning coach, goalkeepers' coach or manager.
“I think the dugout should not have any place for owners. What the ISL has done is absolutely right.We do not want a situation where the owners are dictating who the substitutes should be. FC Goa, for example, has Zico as chief coach; is there a need for anyone else,“ asked FC Goa co-owner Dattaraj Salgaocar.
Shrinivas Dempo, also co-owner of the Goa franchise, has been running successful football teams for decades and knows just how owners used to make their presence felt on team benches in the preprofessional era.
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No place in dugout for ISL owners
The Indian Super League (ISL) will do away with the ornamental presence of team owners in the dugout when the tournament kicks off next month.The ISL is borrowed heavily from the hugelysuccessful Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament, which, at least when it commenced seven seasons ago, allowed owners the privilege of sitting in the dugout that has team officials and players.
The ISL, despite it's short 75-day duration, is styling itself as a serious football tournament and rules suggest that there will be no place on the technical bench, or anywhere close, for any of the team owners.
According to Article 14.6 of the competition rules that have been circulated to the participating clubs, “up to five team officials (if both a doctor and a physiotherapist are present) and four team officials (if only a physiotherapist or doctor is present) shall be allowed to sit on the substitutes' bench.“
Besides a doctor, the four official slots for a place in the technical area include coach, assistant coach, physiotherapist and anyone from conditioning coach, goalkeepers' coach or manager.
“I think the dugout should not have any place for owners. What the ISL has done is absolutely right.We do not want a situation where the owners are dictating who the substitutes should be. FC Goa, for example, has Zico as chief coach; is there a need for anyone else,“ asked FC Goa co-owner Dattaraj Salgaocar.
Shrinivas Dempo, also co-owner of the Goa franchise, has been running successful football teams for decades and knows just how owners used to make their presence felt on team benches in the preprofessional era.