AIFF is awaiting Chaubey's panel formation.
On June 6, members requested that a committee review the master rights agreement as soon as possible; the president responded that he will do so at the meeting on Saturday.
Kolkata: Members of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) executive committee may question why, nearly 45 days after the organisation was established, president Kalyan Chaubey has yet to appoint a key committee at this Saturday's meeting. The executive committee, which was cleared at its most recent meeting on June 6, is expected to review the master rights agreement (MRA) that AIFF has with its commercial partners before being ready to talk about the future.
The MRA between AIFF and Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) was signed in 2010. December 2025 is when it finishes. From around ₹31 crore in 2010, FSDL now pays AIFF ₹50 crore annually. For the first five years, the amount increased by about ₹2 crore yearly; from the sixth to the fifteenth year, the amount was capped at ₹50 crore.
Menla Ethenpa, Anilkumar Prabhakaran, and Avijit Paul requested the formation of a committee "as soon as possible" during the most recent meeting of the executive committee. This is in accordance with the member-sent draft of the minutes.
Paul oversees state development, Prabhakaran leads the competitions committee, and Ethenpa chairs the finance committee.
Before meeting with FSDL, Saytanarayan Muthyalu, the acting secretary-general, "requested the President form a committee to study the conditions under MRA along with input from the legal team," according to the draft.
Three members of the executive committee told HT on Thursday that it hasn't happened. They sought anonymity because the matter was so delicate. According to one participant, "we had started informal conversations with FSDL last year but some of their key officials have since left."
According to the draft, Prabhakaran had mentioned that it was critical to comprehend FSDL's "stance" on some initiatives because AIFF was unable to pursue them owing to financial constraints.
According to Rochak Langer, who attended the conference as a special invitee on behalf of FSDL, the business partners also support the formation of a committee.
The draft cited Langer as saying, "...in the event that such a committee is formed, FSDL is prepared to discuss the way forward where they can share their concerns about their financial implications under the current MRA."
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