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PANJIM: The Indian Professional Football Clubs Association (IPFCA) discussed various issues concerning Indian football at its meeting under the chairmanship of president, Raj Gomes in Vasco, Friday.
“We dwelt on the I-league format for next season, Second Division I-league, grassroots and youth development, infrastructure, licensing criteria, marketing, broadcasting and several issues which are needed to be taken up stage-wise for raising the standard of Indian football when the I-League clubs are investing in crores. We also discussed on ways and means of making football a pan-Indian affair, rather than just being concentrated in few states like Goa and Bengal. Ultimately we need to work to make football a golden product,” disclosed Raj.
“We will submit the report to the AIFF as we are partners in the development of football and work together, since the goal is the same. Football has to be run as business and we have to develop our own model which will spread the game throughout the country so that each state thrown its own home grown heroes which can then be exported, something which is not happening now,” explained Raj, who was happy with the interaction wherein the representatives of I-League clubs participated with the deliberations being moderated by secretary Chirag Tanna.
