New Delhi, July 6: A meeting between the state football association representatives and the Committee of Administrators (CoA), regarding the final draft constitution of the national federation, on Wednesday failed to resolve some contentious issues, officials claimed.
The development is worrying as a visiting FIFA-AFC team last month told the Indian stakeholders to approve a new constitution by July 31 and conduct elections by September 15, failing which the world body can ban the All India Football Federation.
A FIFA ban would mean India losing the right to host the Women’s U-17 World Cup, scheduled for October.
State officials said the meeting was “inconclusive” and they were “not satisfied” with the outcome.
But the CoA said it will take into consideration all suggestions from the state representatives while finalising the draft constitution.
It is learnt that there are still at least half a dozen points of disagreement between the state associations and the CoA. One major disagreement is the application of age and tenure rules to all the executive council members of the state associations. (PTI)
