I dont think anything will happen before the Asian Cup 2019. Our participation will obviously raise some buzz,AIFF/IMGR might be looking to capitalize on that .
With the budget ISL clubs have why are they worried about Pro/Rel ? However all ISL franchises have a 5 yr contract with IMG-R.. So they can't be relegated. No idea what's the deal with BFC or JFC..
You are dumb if you believe that Reliance would just simply allow the ISL to merge 8 teams from the I-League. It isn't that simple, especially when you have teams that, on paper, had to pay a fee to get in.
And ya, most likely the ISL sides would be to rich for pro/rel but then what is the point for the I-League sides? They would never have a chance to win the league and would just be in the league as relegation fodder... making the league like any league in Europe (or top league there). Do we really want that?
18 team league is to early Major problem would be budget
first of all ISL clubs spend 3 times more than what they should
if you put teams like Minerva,CCFC,Neroca etc in they won't be able to match the spending of other club but would still sign players just for sake of it. Then you'll see news like players being unpaid, stadium rent being unpaid etc
Secondly 18 team would mean 34 games per season that would need a bigger window say August/September to May Highly unlikely that IMG would clash with IPL
18 team league? lol , we dont even have 18 goalkeepers/strikers in first place forget about their back ups the way I see it , max 14 team league would happen without pro-rel for some years
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However all ISL franchises have a 5 yr contract with IMG-R.. So they can't be relegated. No idea what's the deal with BFC or JFC..
And ya, most likely the ISL sides would be to rich for pro/rel but then what is the point for the I-League sides? They would never have a chance to win the league and would just be in the league as relegation fodder... making the league like any league in Europe (or top league there). Do we really want that?
Major problem would be budget
first of all ISL clubs spend 3 times more than what they should
if you put teams like Minerva,CCFC,Neroca etc in they won't be able to match the spending of other club but would still sign players just for sake of it. Then you'll see news like players being unpaid, stadium rent being unpaid etc
Secondly 18 team would mean 34 games per season that would need a bigger window say August/September to May
Highly unlikely that IMG would clash with IPL
the way I see it , max 14 team league would happen without pro-rel for some years