Why would an American coach ask an Indian coach to become an age fraud?
Because they found out the India U-15 team was actually filled with 20 year olds. It was a joke the young Indian coach could pass as an India U-15 player if he shaved
None of this actually makes sense..those were babies we sent to the US..not even 16 year olds
As a fan we would like things to be as positive as possible, unfortunately when you look inside Indian football it is plagued by many issues and age cheating is one of the most common ones.
I remember back in the 90s MB, EB u14,u16 used to play international tournaments like the Gothia cup in Sweden, etc and do very well. Infact they would even defeat teams like River plate. We used to think how come we are so good at youth level yet falter at seniors. I remember bayern mayor 11 , u16 team visited bengal and our team defeated them 5 or 6 nil. German coach was like going gaga, how much we have improved. All was fake and is still ruining Indian football. Why Aadhar card is still not used with biometric I do not understand. It is much better tyan forged birth certificates.
@Ronny agreed but this RYFC batch is like 40. Considering that this output is decent. The player pool in I-League is high for sure. But if you are to say compare we don't have a lot of young players move. I think we had like less than 5 players (u-23) move from I-League to ISL this year. We have to do more. Players should look outside of ISL and try for other leagues as well.
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He even writes that a kid in Bangalore U-14 academy used to go to degree college which is attended by kids above 18
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cheating-youth-level-essay-richard-hood/
RFYC: Laying foundations for a bright football future
https://khelnow.com/football/2023-04-rfyc-laying-foundations-for-a-bright-football-future· MCFC – Ayush Chhikara (ISL Debut – 2022/23) and Subhajit Belel (Reserves)
· FCG – Muhammed Nemil (ISL Debut – 2021/22) and Salman KV (Reserves)
· CFC – Aquib Nawab (Reserves), and Gulab Rauth (Reserves)
· BFC – Thoi Singh (Reserves), Felixsson Fernandes (Reserves), and Rashid CK (Reserves)
· KBFC – Aritra Das (Reserves) and Mohammed Basith (Reserves)
· NEUFC – Jackson Singh (Reserves)
· Sreenidi Deccan FC (I-League) – Yash Bisht
agreed but this RYFC batch is like 40. Considering that this output is decent. The player pool in I-League is high for sure. But if you are to say compare we don't have a lot of young players move. I think we had like less than 5 players (u-23) move from I-League to ISL this year. We have to do more. Players should look outside of ISL and try for other leagues as well.