One wonders why the All India football Federation (AIFF) took all of a dozen years to apply a concrete structure to a tattered National Football League (NFL) and make it I-League. Come to think of it, the federation didn’t have any set goals. NFL was conceived and implemented in a flash. The federation may have eyed a broader representation but somehow it was limited only to a few traditional football pockets.
One of the biggest bane is that talent flow has come from only one academy – Tata Football Academy. The AIFF has been guilty on this count, they have hardly encouraged any academies to set up shop.
While the I-League still flip-flops between a 10 or a 12-team format with national coach Bob Houghton as the guiding force, the event could still have expanded with more teams. Though the India coach talked about a 20-team EPL-like format, it seems to be nothing more than just
Source / Reference : http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/3510739.cms
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