Now, Goan football clubs have to register as commercial entities by JOVITO LOPES, Sports Editor The Navhind Times PANAJI All professional football clubs in India, including the top six Goans Dempo, Churchill, Sporting, Vasco, Salgaocar and Sesa affiliated to All India Football Federation (AIFF), will have to be registered, henceforth, as legal-cum-commercial entities, following the AFC recommendations on club licencing regulations. The AFC has also suggested that the I-League should be run by a new company which will have equity from the AIFF and the participating clubs. Following the recommendations of the AFC Pro-League ad-hoc committee, the AIFF is expected to set up a separate private limited company to run the Indian League from next season onwards and increase the crowd attendance in order to enhance the chances of Indian clubs participation in next years AFC Champions League. A similar arrangement is in place in Europe. The six Goan clubs are working overtime to meet the deadline for implementing club licencing regulations by October 1, 2008 as some are registered under the Registration of Societies Act while others are part of the main group of companies. The AFC has made it clear that if the Pro Clubs do not change their status, then no Indian club will be eligible to participate in the lucrative AFC Champions League. The two-member inspection team of the AFC Pro-League ad-hoc committee, led by its deputy chairman, Mr Tokuaki Suzuki, had recently visited India and recommended that clubs be managed as commercial entities. The AFC has also made it mandatory that all Pro Clubs should have coaches with A Licence from AFC. Since there are some Pro Club teams with coaches who do not posses the licence, the AIFF will be conducting the course during the middle of this year and those who are coaching the I-League and Second Division National Fooball League teams would be given preference to attend the course. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=051068
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