NEW DELHI: In the current crisis involving the FIFA ban and the holding of elections in the All India Football Federation and save the Under-17 women's World Cup, it is India's eminent footballer that could end up as being the most dispensable.
Thrust, suddenly into the limelight in a reforms-heavy constitution draft by the Committee of Administrators, by including 36 eminent players (24 men and 12 women) in the Electoral College - a 75% jump in terms of direct player representation -- the current FIFA action could rob them of a chance at power and say, should the CoA have to revert to the original constitution or the National Sports Code to conduct the much-needed elections.
