Overview
- The Marketing Rights Agreement between the AIFF and FSDL expires on December 8, leaving the ISL without a commercial framework.
- Twelve clubs wrote to AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey warning that continued delay makes operations untenable and the season remains postponed indefinitely.
- The clubs have filed an interim application in the Supreme Court seeking removal of AIFF constitutional clauses they say block a workable tender process.
- AIFF said it has forwarded the clubs’ letter to the Ministry of Sports and engaged KPMG to craft solutions, including the possibility of a re‑tender, with its AGM slated for December 20.
- The clubs urged a strict, time‑bound re‑tender after constitutional fixes or, failing that, a club‑led consortium to own and operate the league, noting a recent tender drew no bidders.