Reports | AIFF ready to officially make ISL the top league in India
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According to a TOI report, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is ready to name the Indian Super League as the premier football competition in the country. The Indian federation has called an executive committee meeting next month to discuss the same and make the decision official.
The speculation regarding the future of domestic football in India is most likely to change next month as there are reports that the AIFF is going to grant the top-most league status to the ISL. AIFF general secretary Kushal Das has clarified that it was written in the original contract - Masters Rights Agreement (MRA) – which was signed between AIFF and IMG-Reliance to make ISL the premier competition of Indian football.Â
“It’s in the contract (that ISL will be the top league). Initially, we felt that let the tournament happen and then we will see. After five years, we have to honour the contract. Let the executive committee decide,” Das told TOI.
According to the report, AIFF also granted FSDL the “full and unfettered right and ability to establish the ISL and to decide upon the format, rules, and structure of the ISL and the teams and players which will compete in it.”Â
Although there is no clarity regarding the I-League clubs, the Super Cup might be expanded to a new 20-team format from next season. On the other hand, the single AFC Champions League playoff spot will be awarded to the ISL winners while the Super Cup champions will get the AFC Cup place.
