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4. Clubs failing licensing test
Only Pune FC were given the national and AFC club license on appeal
The clubs might have opposed IMG-Reliance’s newly proposed tournament and even demanded for the I-League to become a separate legal entity but their own house was not in order as all the 14 teams that took part in the national club licensing test failed. As per that result no club was eligible to participate in the I-League but all of them were granted exemption for one more season while on appeal Pune FC were given the license which earned them a qualifying playoff berth in the Asian Champions League.
But despite that licensing test embarrassment it seems many of the clubs are still not keen in becoming professional with the big three Kolkata teams still not taking youth development seriously. Instead East Bengal spent a fortune in organising a pre-centenary concert while Mohun Bagan are still feeling the effects of the hefty 2 crore fine that they paid the AIFF to revoke their ban earlier in the year.
