AIFF Meeting: Women’s football gets HUGE BOOST, AIFF makes ‘minimum wage’ policy for IWL stars, goes BCCI’s way to launch Project ‘Blue Cubs’ for emerging player development, Check Details

AIFF Meeting: Women’s football gets HUGE BOOST, AIFF makes ‘minimum wage’ policy for IWL stars, goes BCCI’s way to launch Project ‘Blue Cubs’ for emerging player development, Check Details

Triyasha Chatterjee

Saturday, Apr 15, 2023 11:53 pm

AIFF Meeting: IWL Structural Changes: Project Blue Cubs: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Executive Committee met on Friday in New Delhi to examine an extensive list of crucial issues. The committee headed by President Kalyan Chuabey and General secretary Shaji Prabhakaran brought about a hoard of structural and wage chnges in Indian Women’s League. […]

AIFF Meeting: IWL Structural Changes: Project Blue Cubs: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Executive Committee met on Friday in New Delhi to examine an extensive list of crucial issues. The committee headed by President Kalyan Chuabey and General secretary Shaji Prabhakaran brought about a hoard of structural and wage chnges in Indian Women’s League. They also launched two new projects, Project Diamond and Project Blue Cubs to enhance the overall structure of the sport in the country. Follow AIFF and Indian Football Team LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN

Major Decisions taken in the AIFF Executive Committee Meeting:

AIFF will launch ‘Project Diamond’ for elite players development
FIFA Talent Development Scheme led by Arsene Wenger
Launch of ‘Blue Cubs’.
AIFF has decided to bring back the legacy of institutional clubs
A minimum salary of ₹3.2 lakh, per annum for women footballers.

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To give women’s football a refreshed look and create improved economic opportunities, the AIFF’s has taken up the task of revamping the Hero Indian Women’s League (IWL). Starting next season, it will be mandatory for the top eight participating teams in the IWL, to have minimum 10 Indian players on a fully professional annual contract worth a minimum of Rs 3.2 lakhs.

The day we have been waiting for. #AiffExCo chaired by President Kalyan Chaubey is underway.

Watch this space for updates as we will announce the decisions at the press conference today evening.#IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/xL70DCzY69

— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) April 14, 2023

Having arrived at this decision, the Executive committee of the AIFF, which met at the Football House on Friday, April 14, 2023, also stressed its goal to further strengthen Women’s Football in India by rapidly expanding the Hero IWL in the coming seasons. While the 2024-25 season will have 10 teams in the top division followed by two other divisions, the 2025-26 season will have a four-tier league with the last tier being the state leagues across the country.

AIFF Meeting: Women’s football gets HUGE BOOST, AIFF makes ‘minimum wage’ policy for IWL stars, goes BCCI’s way to launch Project ‘Blue Cubs’ for emerging player development, Check Details

The Executive Committee has decided to create ‘Project Diamond’ for elite players’ development. The FIFA Talent Development Scheme (TDS), led by FIFA Chief of Global Football Development, Arsene Wenger, will play an active role in Project Diamond. All development wings of Indian Football, including those of Hero ISL and Hero I-League clubs, and elite academies, are expected to be a part of it. Project Diamond is aimed at producing an ‘Iconic Star’, who has the quality and skills to play at the highest level of the beautiful game.

Each season, the federation hosts the Indian Women’s League (IWL) and a senior national championship, but there hasn’t been a salary structure like there is in the men’s game up until now. With rising TV viewership and record attendance at World Cups, women’s football has advanced quickly in recent years all across the world.

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The PSUs were gradually phased out of the top division when the AIFF agreed to a new lucrative commercial deal in 2010, which included the introduction of a new professional league (Indian Super League) in 2014. Footballers experienced significant unemployment as a result of the PSUs’ budget cuts drying up the sports quota positions.

The executive committee meeting will also cover a variety of other topics, such as the creation of a new grassroots program, the proposal to establish a separate organisation for professional refereeing, the completion of the AIFF’s annual budget for 2023–2024, accreditation of academies, and the proposal to create an audit committee, among others.