What @gaffertape said is true. Why would anyone pay the franchise fee if there is no money from TV deal? Financial model of ISL is similar to I-League and will fail in longer run.
Anjan Mitra reminds me of that epic dialogue....."Ashwathama hoto iti gojo". Never the one to be trusted......his truth becomes lies.....his lies become truths...truly a phenomena.
Till both the Kolkata Giants find suitable sponsors ..... Bengali media will present Big Corporate House .....one after another linked to either of the 2. So Tata, Birla, SRK, Maliya, Sahara shri, Baba Ramdev all are in with a great chance.
Tata group has sort of cut away from Indian Sports in last 20 years or so due to indifference of Ratan Tata and Mistry when he was at helm. Dont expect anything from them. After the demise of Naval Tata in 1989 and JRD Tata in 1993, their focus has turned away from Sports. Tata had their own Football Club from Bombay which is inactive for decades. Barring CSR comitments, I dont see them investing majorly in Sports. Let them run TFA and Archery in Jamshedpur -that will be great. Dont be fooled with Messi advertisement. Tata Motors has a presence in Spain - Google for Tata Hispano as well as partnerships in South America. So Messi endorsement will help there.
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Never the one to be trusted......his truth becomes lies.....his lies become truths...truly a phenomena.
Your observation is absolutely correct, the 1st.named still very much open. UB matter was fully settled only I think in February.
Dont be fooled with Messi advertisement. Tata Motors has a presence in Spain - Google for Tata Hispano as well as partnerships in South America. So Messi endorsement will help there.