New Delhi: Indian Super League clubs have pointed out four immediate and severe consequences that have surfaced due to the ongoing impasse while formally requesting the All Indian Football Federation to immediately approach the Supreme Court.

At a virtual legal counsel meeting on Friday it was agreed that the AIFF would would orally mention the matter to the Court on Monday (August 18), raising the hardships faced by stakeholders of the ecosystem.

Following up on that the clubs have written to AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey, highlighting how the continuing deadlock over renewal of master rights agreement (MRA) between the federation and its marketing partners (FSDL) have not only “paralysed” but turned into an “existential crisis” for Indian football.

The clubs said that the progress they have made over the past 11 years to build youth development systems and training infrastructure is now in “imminent danger of collapse”.

Multiple clubs have suspended operations and terminated contracts of players........

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