Indian Football Team: Government reduce funding by almost 85%- In a new development, the sports ministry of India has resolved to slash the funding of All India Football Federation (AIFF) by almost 85 percent over the last four years, after dubbing the national team’s display as “poor performance”. Follow Football News LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
A senior AIFF official rued at the ‘differential treatment’ meted out to the sport, IE reported. “Despite the differential treatment by the government, the AIFF has not compromised on any activity for the senior and junior teams, both men and women. However, it is surprising that a mass sport like football gets less funding compared to other sports that are nowhere close in terms of participation numbers and competitiveness.”
Indian Football Team: Big Setback for Indian Football, Government reduce funding by almost 85% for AIFF, ’No Performance – No Funding’ says Sports Ministry
Government reduce funding for Indian Football Team by almost 85%- The AIFF officials had reportedly asked for funding at least three times within the sanctioned budget, though the sports ministry and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) were not convinced. AIFF’s demands were deemed to be inconsequential as the federation’s developmental work has left a lot to be desired, highlighting the inability of age-group teams to make their presence felt at continental level and a women’s football programme that ‘lacked structure’
