I think all our assumptions is based on one flawed assumption that PP and his gang of merry men have the interests of Indian football foremost....they are in this "business" to make money for themselves...right now IMGR can guarantee that so they have complete veto powers on Indian football calender....until ileague becomes a separate legal entity with the ability to plan the season, they will never be able to offer# IMGR like kickbacks to officials, but #IMG will never allow ileague to take any such steps as these clubs will never allow #IMG management control.....
Best way forward is for EB MB BFC PFC and Shillong Lajong to break away and refuse to play I-League. Either give I-League a 7 month window along with Fed Cup or just have a 3 month ISL and finish off football in the country.
Or better (forIMGR& Aiff) have a 6 team ileague and a 15 day circus called "ileague div 2" so that the juicy govt grants/fifa grants are not affected and big ticket events are not compromised....these people have seen the kind of money which can be siphoned off in big events (kalmadi must be role model)...they will never allow hosting of these events to be compromised
@EastBengalPride Agreed 100%. We must have I-League and Federation Cup being conducted simultaneously from say October to April or don't have anything at all except ISL and then see AIFF gets a permanent sanction so that we can live & die in peace.
Reducing the number of clubs and closure of tournaments, leagues is high on their agenda this year. IMG-Reliance do not allow any other football. Not even website. Look how AIFF slaves have turned off I-League website to please their masters. :P
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Agreed 100%.
We must have I-League and Federation Cup being conducted simultaneously from say October to April or don't have anything at all except ISL and then see AIFF gets a permanent sanction so that we can live & die in peace.
:P
I-League makes India Seniors to lose against every one.
I-)
the U-17 team is from the AIFF elite academies built by AIFF funded by IMGREL in 2011 (700 crs).
btw Scott O donnell used to be expert in star sports who happen to be the major partner in ISL.
I-league supply is poor mate.