Whats wrong with ATK playing along with MB and EB in merged league?.. ATK will do just fine even if they manage 10 000 fans....which am sure they can with all the promotion ISL gets. It all depends on how well ATK markets their team. Starting from distributing more fan memberships....they already had around 4000 last year. Plus ATK has that thing...its dada's team. So fans for ATK wont be an issue so long he is attached with ATK.
Its weird to see people crying over I league teams shutting down , at the same time seem so desperate to see ATK perish.
When ATK started, this gang of owners-Neotia,Parekh,Goenka were clearly saying that they will not compete against MB and EB. Also if Athletico Madrid withdraw from ownership, name of ATK will have to be changed. Can they use Athletico?
In the case of Athletico Madrid withdrawl, the existence of this club becomes a joke.
Spanish Name -- Marwari Ownership --- Competing against Bengali Clubs in Kolkata-- makes little sense.
Thats why the owners never wanted to play against them. This club will close down if merged league starts.
When talks of Atletico madrid withdrawing were going on last year...ATK owners said that they will be renamed as simply kolkata fc (something in the lines of that). They were going to tie up with another foreign club if ATM withdraws. Recently Goenka said he has plans to buy a stake in some foreign club.
Theres not a single instance when ATK owners publicly denied the possibility of playing with MB and EB. Yes, they denied merger talks about ATK and MB. If not interested , why on earth are they going ahead with their youth scouting programme? They could have simply sat back like some other ISL teams (KBFC, NUFC, FC Pune for eg). So stop making assumptions of teams shutting down just because you hate ISL/ATK or dont want a 3rd team from Kolkata. Everyone interested in Indian football should be given opportunity to prove their capability to run a top tier team.
If kolkatans can support an IPL team with not a single Bengal player...owned by SRK (believe me there are milions of SRK haters in Bengal)...and Juhi Chawla and a certain Jay mehta....who have got nothing to do with Bengal, I dont see how a football team with marwari ownership will be an issue. . ATK is not like United SC . They are better organised.
If the league expands to 15-16 teams , I personally dont have a problem with a 3rd Kolkata based club along with MB and EB if they are good enough and the team is run well with capable owners.
Logically IMG cant own the league , they can be marketing partner like same as of I league right now . Merging with all AFC criteria is big headache , reliance will not like to get involve in it specially when they will not own the league . also money lost by them is huge in first 2 season
I think IMG plays a certain marketing role in Chinese Super League..They can continue doing that in India after the merger.. This is a big opportunity for AIFF to take back the reigns.. But I hope if AIFF runs the league after the merger they do not let it be unprofessional and run it like the I-League..This is the last chance for us.,Besides all of us here love the glitzy look of ISL and those LED Ad boards!!
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Its weird to see people crying over I league teams shutting down , at the same time seem so desperate to see ATK perish.
In the case of Athletico Madrid withdrawl, the existence of this club becomes a joke.
Spanish Name -- Marwari Ownership --- Competing against Bengali Clubs in Kolkata-- makes little sense.
Thats why the owners never wanted to play against them. This club will close down if merged league starts.
Theres not a single instance when ATK owners publicly denied the possibility of playing with MB and EB. Yes, they denied merger talks about ATK and MB. If not interested , why on earth are they going ahead with their youth scouting programme? They could have simply sat back like some other ISL teams (KBFC, NUFC, FC Pune for eg). So stop making assumptions of teams shutting down just because you hate ISL/ATK or dont want a 3rd team from Kolkata. Everyone interested in Indian football should be given opportunity to prove their capability to run a top tier team.
If kolkatans can support an IPL team with not a single Bengal player...owned by SRK (believe me there are milions of SRK haters in Bengal)...and Juhi Chawla and a certain Jay mehta....who have got nothing to do with Bengal, I dont see how a football team with marwari ownership will be an issue. . ATK is not like United SC . They are better organised.
If the league expands to 15-16 teams , I personally dont have a problem with a 3rd Kolkata based club along with MB and EB if they are good enough and the team is run well with capable owners.
But I hope if AIFF runs the league after the merger they do not let it be unprofessional and run it like the I-League..This is the last chance for us.,Besides all of us here love the glitzy look of ISL and those LED Ad boards!!