Still I dont see it as pro at all. Again though, I am just not used to it. I mean I see a game with Karim in it and he is standing there in a blue/yellow shirt and some jeans and all I am thinking is... "Is this some random father league with amateurs" because those are the people I see do that.
<br><div><br></div><div>But if you consider the humid conditions and the bizarre timings in which the I-League is played,I don't really mind the coaches in Tees and Shorts </div> )
Still I dont see it as pro at all. Again though, I am just not used to it. I mean I see a game with Karim in it and he is standing there in a blue/yellow shirt and some jeans and all I am thinking is... "Is this some random father league with amateurs" because those are the people I see do that.
<br><div><br></div><div>But if you consider the humid conditions and the bizarre timings in which the I-League is played,I don't really mind the coaches in Tees and Shorts </div> )
<br><div><br></div><div>Ive seen worse conditions. And if you wear tees then at least wear a black color tee. I mean the HAL coach was out there in ALL PINK!</div>
Still I dont see it as pro at all. Again though, I am just not used to it. I mean I see a game with Karim in it and he is standing there in a blue/yellow shirt and some jeans and all I am thinking is... "Is this some random father league with amateurs" because those are the people I see do that.
<br><div><br></div><div>But if you consider the humid conditions and the bizarre timings in which the I-League is played,I don't really mind the coaches in Tees and Shorts </div> )
<br><div><br></div><div>I would say, what coach wears or doesn't wear is the last thing we need to bother about. We have so much to do before going to that</div>
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</font><h1 style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><b><font size="5">How about Indian Football in this format ??</font></b></span></h1><span style="background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "><font color="#ff0000" size="4"><b>I league 20 clubs. </b></font></span></span><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><font color="#ff0000" size="4"><b><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "></b></font><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; ">•Top 4 qualify of champions play off to decided winner.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; ">Bottom 3 direct relegation.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "></b></font><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "><font size="2"><b>16th rank team play relegation play off with 4th place team in I league Division II.<br>•Rules.<br>Home away for league format.<br>Top two team get chance to host champions play off.<br>5+1 overseas player rule. <br>4 overseas allowed playing in playing XI.</b></font><br><br><br><font color="#ff0000" size="4"><b>I league division II 28 clubs </b></font><br><b><font size="2">Rules <br>Home away for league format<br>5+1 overseas player rule. <br>4 overseas allowed playing in playing XI.<br>•Regional leagues In (each states): winner from each regional league play knockout against each other along with bottom 3 of I league division II. Top 3 of these knock out playoffs will be in I league division II.<br>•Clubs playing In I league and division II should not be playing in regional league.<br></font></b><br><span style="font-weight: normal; "><font color="#ff6666" size="4"><br></font></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "><span style="font-weight: normal; background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><font color="#ff6666" size="4">Cup and youth tournament </font></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><font color="#ff6666" size="4"><br></font><font size="2"><b>•Federation cup both from I league and division II will participate knock out one leg matches.<br>•U-18 and u-14 league In same way club winning these will get bonus 2 points for senior club( bonus point rule will encourage club to invest in youth system)<br>•All matches should be played under flood light on Friday Saturday and Sunday.<br>•Club should be encouraged to have grass turf</b></font></span></div><span style="background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
</font><br></span><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Do we even have 20 professional clubs all willing to fill the AFC Criteria. Do we even have 28 2nd Division clubs that can do that. How can this work financially? Where are the owners? Teams? Name of teams?</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Point is that your idea is brilliant, I like it but at this stage with the amount of money AIFF have and the amount of pro AFC clubs we have (9 clubs, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT) this can never happen.</font></div></div>
<b><font face="Arial Black">I LEAGUE FORMAT</font></b><br><br><ul><li><b>TWO CONFERENCES</b> :- <font color="#ff0000">WESTERN</font> AND <font color="#009900">EASTERN</font></li><li><b>20 TEAMS</b> :- 10 from each conference</li><li><font color="#ff0000">WESTERN CONFERENCE states :- j&k, h.p.,pun,haryana, delhi, rajasthan, mp, guj, maha, goa, andhra, karnataka,t.n.,kerala (14 states)</font></li><li><font color="#009900">EASTERN CONFERENCE states :- uttaranchal, up,bihar, jharkhand, orrisa, chattisgarh, west bengal, sikkim, meghalaya, arunchal pradesh,assam, manipur, nagaland, tripura ,mizoram (15 states)</font></li><li><b>The states are only mentioned to represent the geographical boundaries (may not necessarily mean that there should be a club from each state)</b></li><li>The 20 teams should STRICTLY follow the AFC licensing criteria and only pro clubs are allowed.<br></li><li>10 teams from each conference will play HOME-AWAY games with teams from their respective conference.</li><li>Top 2 teams qualify from each conference will qualify for two legged semifinal play-offs to determine the winner, runner up, 3rd and 4th place.<br></li><li>Bottom 2 teams from each conference gets RELEGATED.</li><li>The remaining 12 teams fight among each other for 5th-16 place, with respect to their placing on the table.</li><li>3+1 foreign player rule, 3 foreigners allowed at 1 time on the field.</li><li><b>ONLY 1 foreign STRIKER</b> allowed per team, to allow for other Indian strikers to play top level football REGULARLY.</li><li>Matches played under floodlights.</li><li>The above format means each team plays around 20 matches in the league instead of the current 26. This opens up more time for FEDERATION CUP. This will also mean less fatigue for players and free up some time for AFC tournaments.</li><li>Minimum of 2 under-21 players should be played in each game by each side to give them more experience.</li><li>20 teams will allow MORE REPRESENTATION from different parts of the country and further reach of indian football.</li><li><b>DIV 2 - I league</b> should be structured accordingly, with more KNOCKOUT kind of rounds in preliminary stages and then league structure for the remaining teams. This will help REDUCE THE COSTS for running the div 2 by the AIFF.</li><li>The local leagues (mumbai, pune, goa, cfl, delhi league,punjab league,nagaland pl etc) can act as <b>div 3</b> and top teams can qualify for <b>div 2</b>.<br></li></ul>
with off-season comes the loads of proposal for new i-league structures....(but none reaches to hands of img guys anyway)<div><br></div><div>some pretty innovative ideas while some could not so good ideas clubbed.....loves reading these ideas</div> ]
I dont get how relegating clubs in a conference system would work. I know they do it in England with the 6th tier leagues but I doubt that can work in big country India.
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<br><div><br></div><div>But if you consider the humid conditions and the bizarre timings in which the I-League is played,I don't really mind the coaches in Tees and Shorts </div>
<br><div><br></div><div>Ive seen worse conditions. And if you wear tees then at least wear a black color tee. I mean the HAL coach was out there in ALL PINK!</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>I would say, what coach wears or doesn't wear is the last thing we need to bother about. We have so much to do before going to that</div>
</font><br></span><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Do we even have 20 professional clubs all willing to fill the AFC Criteria. Do we even have 28 2nd Division clubs that can do that. How can this work financially? Where are the owners? Teams? Name of teams?</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Point is that your idea is brilliant, I like it but at this stage with the amount of money AIFF have and the amount of pro AFC clubs we have (9 clubs, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT) this can never happen.</font></div></div>