Overview
- AIFF told club CEOs the top flight will be staged, with a possible January–May 2026 window if the Supreme Court provides direction by late November.
- The previous commercial deal expired and a new ₹37.5 crore-per-year tender drew no bidders, leaving the league without a commercial partner for now.
- Kalyan Chaubey outlined a contingency of roughly 180 matches in about 150 days, potentially using multi-city scheduling with multiple games in a day.
- Players including Sunil Chhetri and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, along with ISL club CEOs, plan separate petitions to the Supreme Court, and clubs discussed a stopgap option of running the league themselves subject to legal guidance.
- Most ISL clubs joined AIFF’s online meetings, with Mohun Bagan SG and East Bengal absent, while eight I-League clubs asked for a start by January 5, 2026 and for their competition to be managed by whoever runs the ISL.