AIFF CO contains the increasing competition time for Indian strikers, which reduces the number of foreigners in ISL, I-League,

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) seems to be entering a path that looks like Bangladesh to classify South Asian players as domestic players.

Currently both the I-League and the Indian Super League allow six foreigners to be registered in their teams, while there can only be four on the field at the same time.

If the proposal is accepted, players from the Saff (South Asian football federation) – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka – will not be considered foreigners.

With the Football Federation of Bangladesh, South Asian players were able to register last month as the locals in the Bangladesh Premier League.

A similar idea was presented by Kalyan Chaubey, the Aiff President, last year in a SAF meeting. With a neighboring country that the plan is already implementing, there is a growing conviction that India could follow.

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The regulation will open the door for players such as Chencho Gyeltsen-Bhutan’s captain, a double I-League and ISL winner and Jamal Bhuyan-de Captain of Bangladesh, who played for Mohammedan in his last stint in India-Om as household players.

Although it will enable clubs to set more foreigners, Indian players will certainly be the victims of the move.

What about I-League relegation and the MRA?

The EC is still waiting for clarity about both I-League relegation and the Master Rights Agreement (MRA), with decisions expected by July 18.

Both clubs at the bottom of the I-League, Sporting Club Bengaluru and Delhi FC, on the way to relegation, had challenged their position in the competition earlier this year at the AIFF Appeals committee.

As a result, the Commission has given the relegation on 28 May. From 2 July, both clubs have had hearings with the committee and a decision is expected in the following week.

Sports star Understands that Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the body that runs the ISL, a concept MRA for the future of the competition in March submitted to the AIFF. The new design proposed the following share: AIFF: 14%, FSDL: 26%and the ISL clubs: 60%.

However, the federation answered in April with a counter -proposal to continue the old MRA with a few changes – AIFF would get £ 50 crore and an increase of five percent every year – which was initially rejected by FSDL.

The Supreme Court soon ruled that the AIFF is not allowed to make a further decision about the MRA until the APEX court decides on the AIFF constitution.