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The committee decided to frame an eight-member task force, comprising the AIFF President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Finance Committee, and the Chairperson of the League Committee, to look into the Master Rights Agreement negotiations with…Read More
AIFF Executive Committee. (AIFF)
The All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) Executive Committee met on Monday to discuss the Master Rights Agreement proposal handed to Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL). The meeting was headed by AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey with honourable dignitaries, including Vice President NA Haris, Treasurer Kipa Ajay, Deputy Secretary General Satyanarayan M.
Other members including the legendary Bhaichung Bhutia, Climax Lawrence, Arif Ali, GP Palguna, Lalnghinglova Hmar, Menla Ethenpa, Mohan Lal, Neibou Sekhose, Syed Husnain Naqvi, Syed Imtiaz Hussain, Valanka Alemao, Vijay Bali, Thongam Tababi Devi, Pinky Bompal Magar, and Shabbir Ali were also part of the discussion.
The committee decided to frame an eight-member task force, comprising the AIFF President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Finance Committee, and the Chairperson of the League Committee, to look into the Master Rights Agreement negotiations with FSDL.
Chaubey voiced his support for coaches Bimal Ghosh and Armando Colaco to be included as advisors to the President and to work towards strengthening the future alongside the Technical Director Syed Sabir Pasha, National side director Subratha Paul, Technical Committee chairman IM Vijayan, and Dhronacharya awardee Shabbir Ali in training the men’s and women’s units across age categories.
The EC also proposed a normalisation committee to deal with the conduct of elections in the Jammu and Kashmir Football Association and the Tamil Nadu Football Association. The force also appointed a 4-man unit consisting of DIG CISF Jitender Rana, IPS, Secretary of Services Sports Control Board Varun Singh, Secretary of Railway Sports Promotion Board Prem Chand Lochab, and Bimal Ghosh, former coach of Air India, to prepare a feasibility report on the institutional league tournament the AIFF looks to rejuvenate.
