I am just not a fan of it. Ya the Super Bowl is fun but I just dont like American Football, just my preference. I do get into it when I am actually at the game but on TV I cant do it, I switch straight away to Fox Soccer Channel where they are probably showing normal football shows like The Greatest, Or Serie A Rivals or the Asian Football Hour (2 half an hour shows, J.League Match Week and Asian Football Magazine). I just love football, basketball and a little Baseball and Ice Hockey better than the Number 1 American sport.
right now for me College football,nba, no baseball or hockey
College Football is good because of the College Effect. Go supporting your school and all that. THAT IS WHAT IS WANT FOR INDIAN FOOTBALL!
Basketball is my second favorite sport. I hope that IMG wont fuck this one up because they said that they are going to make a 12 team league. Mumbai, Chennai and the North-East should be hot-spots for the league as Basketball is popular there.
MUMBAI: After hearing out the collective displeasure voiced by 12 of the fourteen I-League clubs at a meeting in Delhi on Tuesday, IMG-Reliance, the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) marketing partners have promised to come up with a blueprint to deal with the issues highlighted by club officials within three days.
Upset about being denied television revenue and inadequate advertising of the League, officials from twelve clubs refused to sign the AFC licensing criteria unless the AIFF agreed to their demands of being allowed to function as a separate entity.
Jefferson Slack, senior vice president (global development, football) IMG who is at the helm of football affairs in the country for a little more than a year was in Mumbai on Thursday and sounded confident that the issues of the clubs would be addressed soon.
"We've heard the I-League clubs out and their grievances only seem reasonable. It's only fair that they make money considering the amount they are investing. We have promised to come back to them with a reply on Monday and we believe something could be worked out. We will come to them with a timeline of how to go about things," said Slack, a former CEO of Italian giants Inter Milan between 2000-04.
While he agreed that there has been a problem with communication over the months, Slack refused to acknowledge that IMG-Reliance's presence has been negligible. "We've been doing a lot actually. We got a national and regional broadcaster for the I-League which is a big deal. We've done a comprehensive survey of stadiums too."
When asked if the kind of buzz created by the Indian Football Association's (IFA) Premier League Soccer (PLS) concept has altered the AIFF IMG-Reliance plan of action, Slack denied it.
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College American Shitball or College Football? What do you mean?
I am just not a fan of it. Ya the Super Bowl is fun but I just dont like American Football, just my preference. I do get into it when I am actually at the game but on TV I cant do it, I switch straight away to Fox Soccer Channel where they are probably showing normal football shows like The Greatest, Or Serie A Rivals or the Asian Football Hour (2 half an hour shows, J.League Match Week and Asian Football Magazine). I just love football, basketball and a little Baseball and Ice Hockey better than the Number 1 American sport.
College Football is good because of the College Effect. Go supporting your school and all that. THAT IS WHAT IS WANT FOR INDIAN FOOTBALL!
Basketball is my second favorite sport. I hope that IMG wont fuck this one up because they said that they are going to make a 12 team league. Mumbai, Chennai and the North-East should be hot-spots for the league as Basketball is popular there.
MUMBAI: After hearing out the collective displeasure voiced by 12 of the fourteen I-League clubs at a meeting in Delhi on Tuesday, IMG-Reliance, the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) marketing partners have promised to come up with a blueprint to deal with the issues highlighted by club officials within three days.
Upset about being denied television revenue and inadequate advertising of the League, officials from twelve clubs refused to sign the AFC licensing criteria unless the AIFF agreed to their demands of being allowed to function as a separate entity.
Jefferson Slack, senior vice president (global development, football) IMG who is at the helm of football affairs in the country for a little more than a year was in Mumbai on Thursday and sounded confident that the issues of the clubs would be addressed soon.
"We've heard the I-League clubs out and their grievances only seem reasonable. It's only fair that they make money considering the amount they are investing. We have promised to come back to them with a reply on Monday and we believe something could be worked out. We will come to them with a timeline of how to go about things," said Slack, a former CEO of Italian giants Inter Milan between 2000-04.
While he agreed that there has been a problem with communication over the months, Slack refused to acknowledge that IMG-Reliance's presence has been negligible. "We've been doing a lot actually. We got a national and regional broadcaster for the I-League which is a big deal. We've done a comprehensive survey of stadiums too."
When asked if the kind of buzz created by the Indian Football Association's (IFA) Premier League Soccer (PLS) concept has altered the AIFF IMG-Reliance plan of action, Slack denied it.
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Finally some good news. Cant wait till there plans are available to the public.
I-League clubs cry foul over delayed payments from AIFF
India's highest football authority is in the news again for delaying payments owed to I-League clubs after the 2011-12 season...http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2012/10/04/3423880/i-league-clubs-cry-foul-over-delayed-payments-from-aiff