These Arrow players can be loaned to 2nd Dvision where foreign players are going to be out,also the format will undergo a change H/A on cards.So need of troubled Arrows in I-League anymore end of issue.</font><br><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Like playing in the 2nd Division will be beneficial for them. They would literally be going from defeating the 2011-12 I-League champions Dempo 2-0 to beating Royal Wahingdoh 2-0.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">And this so called revamp, whatever it is, won't work. This is all disillusionment from the AIFF and a bunch of 2nd Division clubs who would also provide nothing significant to the I-League if they were promoted.</font></div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Now the game is turning interesting . AIFF is on back foot, IMG is pushing AIFF to release Indian players for proposed IMG league, which is somewhat out of AIFF's jurisdiction. New franchises are pushing AIFF to provide he revenue share model, which is infact handled by IMG. Looking at the situation, I dont think AIFF will be able to grab more than 1-2 franchise teams. AIFF-IMG deal is turning bad to worse now. Let, see what has this AIFF-IMG-Franchise drama has in store for us </font>
<div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="4"><b>Potential bidders for franchisees ask for clarity on I-League’s revenue share model</b></font></div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><font size="2">http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/05/03/3949957/potential-bidders-for-franchisees-ask-for-clarity-on-i</font></font><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><font size="2"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Okay, WTF. So IMG-Reliance is holding us at ransom now. Please tell me this is just goal.com being idiots again by messing the story up.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Again, I will say this, next season will be a long one. I know India has this sort of black money magic and all that but eventually the sparse finances at all the clubs and lack of sponsors and revenue and fans will catch up with the clubs and we will see an implosion of the league.</font></div>
What is proposed IMG league? Clubs like East Bengal, Dempo will play in IMG League? Or these corporate clubs will play in IMG League? or some city based teams will be formed like Delhi warriors and clubs will loan players to them? Dont understand-first we have to make corporate clubs, then also city based franchise for IMG League???<br>
What is proposed IMG league? Clubs like East Bengal, Dempo will play in IMG League? Or these corporate clubs will play in IMG League? or some city based teams will be formed like Delhi warriors and clubs will loan players to them? Dont understand-first we have to make corporate clubs, then also city based franchise for IMG League???</font><br><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">From what I understand it will be a small 1-2 month franchise based league that will take place during the I-League break (usually around February), in which 6-8 (varies with each newspaper) teams will participate in a round-robin style league (along the lines of the IPL) in which each team would have a marquee coach and marquee players along with other top foreigners and Indians players loaned from the I-League clubs (and from the looks of it, forcibly). At the end of the round-robin we would have a semi-finals and final.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">It is basically a 1-2 month publicity stunt which is expected to help Indian football. It won't. It will be a failure. We do not have the infrastructure, the finances, or fans to make such a thing work yet. IMG-Reliance do not understand how fragile Indian football is. It needs to be upped gradually.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">And this stuff with the I-League will not work either. Notice how we went from 30 interested parties to just around 5-6 corporations. Heck, where are those foreign investors that were talked about?</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">I am calling it: The collapse of Indian football by around 2017.</font></div>
Confusing. Corporate clubs and normal clubs like East Bengal will loan players to IMG Franchisee based league. First they have to find corporate clubs. Then they will have to find franchisee who will loan players from clubs to them. What will they do about Mumbai then-no stadium. <br>IMG is biting more then what they can chew. <br>I dont mind a tournament for corporate clubs as long as they play their own players. like calcutta clubs play in their Calcutta League-let corporate clubs play in IMG League. Why do they need players from other clubs?<br>
<div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="4"><b>Potential bidders for franchisees ask for clarity on I-League’s revenue share model</b></font></div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><font size="2">http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/05/03/3949957/potential-bidders-for-franchisees-ask-for-clarity-on-i</font></font><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><font size="2"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Okay, WTF. So IMG-Reliance is holding us at ransom now. Please tell me this is just goal.com being idiots again by messing the story up.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Again, I will say this, next season will be a long one. I know India has this sort of black money magic and all that but eventually the sparse finances at all the clubs and lack of sponsors and revenue and fans will catch up with the clubs and we will see an implosion of the league.</font></div>
<br><br><br>First they were talking about stadiums. Now how easily Corporate clubs have removed this clause of building stadiums.Now it is about leasing the stadiums. Mumbai Tigers will lease Pune Balewadi Stadium. That is precisely what Air India was doing. Now even that 3 crores fees is too much for Corporate clubs. No benefit in having these so called Corporate clubs.<br>
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</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Like playing in the 2nd Division will be beneficial for them. They would literally be going from defeating the 2011-12 I-League champions Dempo 2-0 to beating Royal Wahingdoh 2-0.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">And this so called revamp, whatever it is, won't work. This is all disillusionment from the AIFF and a bunch of 2nd Division clubs who would also provide nothing significant to the I-League if they were promoted.</font></div>
http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/05/03/3949957/potential-bidders-for-franchisees-ask-for-clarity-on-i
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">From what I understand it will be a small 1-2 month franchise based league that will take place during the I-League break (usually around February), in which 6-8 (varies with each newspaper) teams will participate in a round-robin style league (along the lines of the IPL) in which each team would have a marquee coach and marquee players along with other top foreigners and Indians players loaned from the I-League clubs (and from the looks of it, forcibly). At the end of the round-robin we would have a semi-finals and final.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">It is basically a 1-2 month publicity stunt which is expected to help Indian football. It won't. It will be a failure. We do not have the infrastructure, the finances, or fans to make such a thing work yet. IMG-Reliance do not understand how fragile Indian football is. It needs to be upped gradually.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">And this stuff with the I-League will not work either. Notice how we went from 30 interested parties to just around 5-6 corporations. Heck, where are those foreign investors that were talked about?</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">I am calling it: The collapse of Indian football by around 2017.</font></div>
<br><br><br>First they were talking about stadiums. Now how easily Corporate clubs have removed this clause of building stadiums.Now it is about leasing the stadiums. Mumbai Tigers will lease Pune Balewadi Stadium. That is precisely what Air India was doing. Now even that 3 crores fees is too much for Corporate clubs. No benefit in having these so called Corporate clubs.<br>