Shillong Lajong has rich history so it's highly probable they will sell some of their shares to a financially stronger party
they are never short of fan base and their infrastructure can be easily upgraded acc to AFC guidelines
other clubs like MFC,SPCDG etc won't survive a long season due to the cost or absence of a strong fan base
plus it has to be noted that AIFF or whomever responsible for the league will try hard to make sure there'll only be one team from a city except Kolkata
Yesterday there was the U-18 I-League Derby at the EB Ground. The match ended 1-1. At the end of the match there was a scuffle between the supporters of 2 poor men's (compared to Circus League) clubs. I don't want to discuss who was right who was wrong here... but want to remind some of the "sudden football fans of the nation" that this is passion and this is love for your team. Last evening I watched last 10m of one ISL match and found that so many knowledgeable home team supporters smiling, joking, playing with their cell phones with no.... I repeat no tension on their faces even though the home team was 1-2 down. Perfect advertisement of "Let's Footbal"....phoooooooo !
@atuljg, you said it! Expand ISL to 6 months or tamper with the 6+5 rule will render it to I-league. And vice versa, compress I-league to 2 months, give them 6 foreigners, give them evening matches and telecast, it will become ISL. I-LEAGUE COULD HAVE BEEN ISL.
So why was ISL invented at all? To fill whose pockets? The answers are not needed to spelt out. It is too obvious.
Javier ceppi : The truth of Indian Football , Sadly he can't be fired
Specific challenges
To the casual observer, the FIFA U-17 World Cup may be just a three-week affair. Not so for Ceppi, who is aiming to “create a scenario in which 11 million kids get involved in football, 2.8 million fans attend games in the stadia, 300 million Indians get introduced to the game and some 600 million follow the tournament on televisions. Something like that would change the history of sport in the country,” he insisted.
Not only are the objectives clear, but so too are the required steps to be taken. According to Ceppi, the LOC are working closely with the highest governmental officials to make football an integral part of the sporting programme in schools: “It doesn’t matter if kids are playing two-a-side, three-a-side or four-a-side. What matters is that they start to develop a love for the game over the next two years.”
And it is a game that is steadily winning over large sections of India’s population, making it the second national sport today. “In India, they’re fanatical about the English and Spanish leagues, as well as the national teams of Argentina, Brazil and Germany. Football is growing in popularity all the time,” said Ceppi, who values the experience gained in closely following the preparatory work done by his compatriots ahead of Chile 2015.
“Our delegation will leave Chile clear in the knowledge that you cannot organise an event like this day by day, but rather with a two- or three-year plan. Details are what make all the difference and we cannot leave anything to chance. The fans who come to India, as well as the teams, are going to be impressed by the passion of local people and the standard of organisation we have there.
"Despite having the kind of problems you don’t normally see in the west, it organises a wonderful cricket league," he concluded. "If it were football, it’d be right up there with La Liga or the Premier League. India 2017 is going to be truly impressive."
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Perfect advertisement of "Let's Footbal"....phoooooooo !
So why was ISL invented at all? To fill whose pockets? The answers are not needed to spelt out. It is too obvious.
Specific challenges
To the casual observer, the FIFA U-17 World Cup may be just a three-week affair. Not so for Ceppi, who is aiming to “create a scenario in which 11 million kids get involved in football, 2.8 million fans attend games in the stadia, 300 million Indians get introduced to the game and some 600 million follow the tournament on televisions. Something like that would change the history of sport in the country,” he insisted.
Not only are the objectives clear, but so too are the required steps to be taken. According to Ceppi, the LOC are working closely with the highest governmental officials to make football an integral part of the sporting programme in schools: “It doesn’t matter if kids are playing two-a-side, three-a-side or four-a-side. What matters is that they start to develop a love for the game over the next two years.”
And it is a game that is steadily winning over large sections of India’s population, making it the second national sport today. “In India, they’re fanatical about the English and Spanish leagues, as well as the national teams of Argentina, Brazil and Germany. Football is growing in popularity all the time,” said Ceppi, who values the experience gained in closely following the preparatory work done by his compatriots ahead of Chile 2015.
“Our delegation will leave Chile clear in the knowledge that you cannot organise an event like this day by day, but rather with a two- or three-year plan. Details are what make all the difference and we cannot leave anything to chance. The fans who come to India, as well as the teams, are going to be impressed by the passion of local people and the standard of organisation we have there.
"Despite having the kind of problems you don’t normally see in the west, it organises a wonderful cricket league," he concluded. "If it were football, it’d be right up there with La Liga or the Premier League. India 2017 is going to be truly impressive."
Yeah...... I take your catch.... u r out !!!!
Joking !!