The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) Executive Committee approved new rules for the Indian Super League (ISL).
According to the new rules, the payments made by franchises towards marquee players will be outside the salary cap of Rs 17.5 crore for the entire squad.
This effectively means that franchises can now spend any amount on marquee players depending on their resources.
The salary cap itself has been reduced from last year’s Rs 21 crore.
The trend of marquee player also acting as coach will also be discontinued this year. The rules state that if a marquee player is also appointed as head coach, then the franchise will have to sign another marquee player.
The committee was also apprised about the developments in the Indian team updates by national coach Stephen Constantine which was followed by India U-17 team coach Nicolai Adam providing updates about the preparations for the U-17 World Cup.
The new dates for the Santosh Trophy were finalized and the final round will finish by January 10 next year.
Meanwhile, the AIFF’s Annual General Meeting for the elections will be held in December while the federation’s special general body meeting will be held in January next year.
The meeting was chaired by AIFF President Praful Patel.
