 "FSDL hints at walking away from ISL entirely as AIFF announces likely date for top-flight competition, Super Cup")
The All India Football Federation and Football Sports Development Limited, which currently organises the Indian Super League, submitted a joint proposal before the Supreme Court on Thursday amidst their ongoing dispute over the top-flight competition’s Master Rights Agreement.
Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) has hinted at the possibility of walking away from the Indian Super League (ISL) entirely after organising the league for more than a decade amidst their ongoing dispute with the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
FSDL, which has been organising the ISL since its inception in 2014, has agreed to waive its contractual right of first negotiation and right to match under the original Master Rights Agreement dated 8 December 2010.
People close to the development said, “Our commitment to Indian football against our own commercial interest, FSDL is enabling AIFF to do this in the larger good of the sport and footballers by giving an NOC and relinquishing its Right of First Negotiation and Matching Right.”
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The Reliance-backed entity is currently engaged in a dispute with the Kalyan Chaubey-led national federation over the Indian top-flight competition’s Master Rights Agreement (MRA), which has thrown the 2025-26 season of the ISL into a state of uncertainty and forced multiple teams to suspend operations.
AIFF sets likely dates for Super Cup and ISL, set to invite tender for commercial partner
The AIFF, meanwhile, has confirmed that the Super Cup will be going ahead in September as previously suggested while adding that they will be conducting an “open, competitive and transparent tender” to select a commercial partner for the ISL by October.
The two points were part of a joint-proposal between the AIFF and FSDL that was submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to Sportstar. Also included in the joint-proposal was a possible date for the start of the 12th ISL season – December this year – although that will ultimately depend on the approval of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The Supreme Court of India, additionally, has set 1 September has the date for announcing its verdict on the AIFF constitution case that they have been looking into since 2017. The court had directed the formulation of a new constitution based on what was submitted by former SC judge Justice L. Nageswara Rao in 2023, but is yet to deliver a verdict on the same.
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