@goalkeepar grow up. You have now used racism as a means to get back at someone who doesn't agree with you. @shanks_dehighliving comments were not racists and to belittle racism is frankly deplorable, but something that doesn't surprise me coming from you.
You show with your profile pick and "from Aleppo, Syria" bio that you care little for righteousness.
Quite frankly, I am surprised the @Admin allows this child to blabber nonsense at everyone who disagrees with him.
AFC & SLFC both have all the qualities to be competitive in any merged top tier. They are both grooming real local talents and truly are big brands in their respective states. They both Will get sponsors to get better foreigners & coaches if given a chance.
"it is not possible to merge Pune-Mumbai" that's all i meant..
I dont support one city one team logic anyway
racist ? definitely wasn't my intention and I am sure my comments arent racist
wrong choice of words or may be I was not able to put in proper way(forgive me , having done my entire primary education in marathi, I think something in marathi and translate in english which sometimes results in miscommunication)
One city one team is not such a bad concept. Countries trying to spread out their league can use it. Only question is who selects the cities and how. One sure shot criteria is city size, if you are trying to base the team on economic (commercial) angle (ISL). This can prevent the game to have the emotional connect. Otherwise, teams can come up from areas where the sports is already popular (I-league). Though organic and representative, this can make the spread lopsided. There should be a middle ground. Like restricting teams from a state to two. The third (or next) teams can play in the lower divisions till they topple the top two of their state.
Also how many cities/ teams -- 8, 12 or 16? Lower number would make the league manageable. But an 8-team league would be grossly under-representative of India. Sixteen again would be too futuristic and un-economic. Standards may fall. Best would be to have a 12-team league, continue with it for say 10 years, and then expanding it along the middle path chosen above.
A closed, randomly selected 8-team league owned by a private company alongwith all teams shadow-owned by them with the Fed sitting helplessly is not the route to glory. Be certain about it.
My opinion is that clubs should come on merit. Clubs which qualify in any competitive league, either by qualifying thru 2nd Division, or surviving on merit in top league should play. If more then one clubs are there from one city, thats fine. They deserve to be there.
The problem starts when we start picking up the franchises directly-they can play, they cannot play for non-footballing reasons.
Around the world, two clubs from same city or same region are actually money spinning derbies. League will actually encourage having more clubs from same city or metropolitan area. This is beneficial not only for football but also for overall economy. I will paste two reports here.
First one tells us that how Greater Manchester economy got a boost because of two big clubs and many other second or third division clubs. The benefits are in many sectors..
Amidst all this controversies , I am thinking about all aspiring footballers of India, who probably might have been thinking of taking up football, but in this fiasco would stop nurturing their dream.
With such a huge population in India, having only 8-10 football teams, shatters dreams of probably entire population of new aspiring candidates.
And who cares anyway. This brunt will not be felt now, but in about 7-8 years, there might be more clubs, but much lesser no of young footballers to choose from
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You show with your profile pick and "from Aleppo, Syria" bio that you care little for righteousness.
Quite frankly, I am surprised the @Admin allows this child to blabber nonsense at everyone who disagrees with him.
The he above comment from shanks is more of ignorance than anything remotely racism.
Yes NE deserve more than one club playing from Gauhati.
AFC is the best bet to show there is top tier based on merit.
I dont support one city one team logic anyway
racist ? definitely wasn't my intention and I am sure my comments arent racist
wrong choice of words or may be I was not able to put in proper way(forgive me , having done my entire primary education in marathi, I think something in marathi and translate in english which sometimes results in miscommunication)
I rest my case!!
Also how many cities/ teams -- 8, 12 or 16? Lower number would make the league manageable. But an 8-team league would be grossly under-representative of India. Sixteen again would be too futuristic and un-economic. Standards may fall. Best would be to have a 12-team league, continue with it for say 10 years, and then expanding it along the middle path chosen above.
A closed, randomly selected 8-team league owned by a private company alongwith all teams shadow-owned by them with the Fed sitting helplessly is not the route to glory. Be certain about it.
The problem starts when we start picking up the franchises directly-they can play, they cannot play for non-footballing reasons.
Around the world, two clubs from same city or same region are actually money spinning derbies. League will actually encourage having more clubs from same city or metropolitan area. This is beneficial not only for football but also for overall economy. I will paste two reports here.
First one tells us that how Greater Manchester economy got a boost because of two big clubs and many other second or third division clubs. The benefits are in many sectors..
http://www.neweconomymanchester.com/media/1404/280613_technical_reportcompressed.pdf
Also one article from "The Sun"
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1130338/old-firm-to-give-50m-boost-to-the-economy/
Amidst all this controversies , I am thinking about all aspiring footballers of India, who probably might have been thinking of taking up football, but in this fiasco would stop nurturing their dream.
With such a huge population in India, having only 8-10 football teams, shatters dreams of probably entire population of new aspiring candidates.
And who cares anyway. This brunt will not be felt now, but in about 7-8 years, there might be more clubs, but much lesser no of young footballers to choose from