if we have so much faith in ISL, as many friends from TN and Kerala here seem to have, AIFF should make up its mind and shut down the ileague. Willing to bet within 2 years even FIFA (as corrupt as they are) will kick out India, which IMG won't tolerate as a lot of funding will dry up. Right now I would guess ileague generates more revenue for IMG (if we count the FIFA largessse) than ISL, willing to bet in 5 years IMG will jut shut up shop and then we can see ISL commitments to football.
Yes I-league generates revenue in an Utopian world. If I-League indeed generates revenue there would not have been need for ISL in first place.
FIFA does not fund any leagues, its the duty of the federation & their partners. And the very fact that FIFA allowed a tournament of this nature only shows that they are delusion on the way I-League is ran.
To my understanding IMG has signed a 15yrs partnership deal with AIFF, they are gonna be here for a while.
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