All ISL clubs except East Bengal, Mohun Bagan SG write to Amici Curiae, and insists on a quick solution for uncertainty

A day before the hearing of the Supreme Court on the Constitution of All India Football Federation (AIFF), 11 of the 13 Indian Super League (ISL) clubs wrote to the Amici Curiae to ask for an urgent and rapid decision about the issue.

The case is mentioned for a hearing on Friday, before the division bench of Justice Pamidighantam Narasimha and Justice Joimmalya Bagchi. The judgment will have significant consequences for Indian football, in which the ISL is one of the most important that is indirectly affected.

The new season of the competition – the most important division of Penal’s Football – has remained ‘on hold’ since 11 July after AIFF and Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) could not agree on a future Master Lights Agreement, with the current deal on December 8, 2025.

The impasse reached a stop when the Apex court asked the Federation to abandon the negotiations in April 2025 until it decided the constitution.

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«Given that the case is already mentioned on August 22, 2025 for the Hon’ble Court, we are asking ourselves the most humble to be concerned about that date on that date on the Hon’BeBank itself, so that the directness and gravity of the crisis are not overlooked,» the clubs wrote to Gopal Samaranananananan and Sam Bansal, Sports star has seen.

Who are the clubs?

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Several of these 11 parties have temporarily suspended the operations and have even threatened the Federation with the complete closing.

How are they affected?

The clubs have mentioned five consequences of the impasse, including ‘National Team Preparedness’, impact on resources of existence, income and club regulations of the Asian football confederation.

«Because football, unlike Cricket, is a sport where the majority of regular training and games are performed at club level, the absence of the ISL would take the best players of competitive football from India at a crucial time, which will write the willingness of the national team for the Asian football confederation (AFC) and FIFA Ternooit.

The clubs wrote that the competition maintains the majority of professional football players in India and offers more than 400 full -time player contracts every year, and further delays can cause irreparable damage to the ecosystem.

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“… We state that the loss of even one ISL season would have catastrophic and irreversible consequences for Indian football as a whole-including the well-being of the players and employees related to the sport, the professional competition structure, the professional competition, including the i-League and lower divisions, all of the stabia of the Stabiadies of the Stabiënies of the Stabiadies of the Academies of the Academies of the Academies of the Academies of the Academies of Academies Top-Lages, «the clubs of the clubs that have been added.

What solution do the clubs want?

The clubs have brought forward three requests to the Amici Curiae to be placed in front of the Bank of the Supreme Court on Friday:

• “The urgency of pronouncing the judgment at the earliest, since the football calendar stands still about the pyramid

• That any consistent instructions arising from the judgment in a time-bound (15-30 days) way are completed to restore the certainty at the earliest to the ecosystem

• In the event that the current procedure goes beyond August 22, 2025, the processes with regard to performing the competitions and any additional operations can be permitted and accelerated, so that a long -term structural solution for all parties can be obtained at its earliest. »

Moreover, the clubs have also requested a long-term solution if the two parties AIFF and FSDL reach an agreement.

“Clubs have multi-year sponsorship and contractual obligations, and various sponsors have already withdrawn because of the prevailing uncertainty. No one of no commercial partner can be expected to invest or commit them under an interim scheme or for the short term, in view of the viewing scale and complexity of organizing a tournament and the security of long-term and sponsoring.»

«That is why it is necessary that the current procedure is accelerated to offer the necessary certainty for the competition and the broader football pyramid to function.»

Published on August 21, 2025