The messy nitty-gritty of existing commercial obligations need to resolved first for any step forward....
As the impasse between the six ‘rebel’ I-League clubs and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) continues, the joint roadmap for Indian football proposed by FIFA and AFC in 2018 has become the major bone of contention for the parties involved.
The 17-page report prepared by a two-member FIFA-AFC delegation after consultations with various stakeholders of Indian football proposed a unified single national league system to come into effect from the 2019-20 season.
Co-authored by Alex Philipps (AFC) and Nic Coward (FIFA), the roadmap proposed that the Tier 1 of the national league system would start with 12 teams in the 2019-20 season.