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As I had written a few days ago here on the blog (After Delhi High Court verdict, could AIFF (India) be suspended by FIFA?), I felt and feel that the Delhi High Court judgement could put India and the All India Football Federation in a spot and force world governing body FIFA to suspend India and the AIFF.
In a mail reply to news agency Reuters, FIFA wrote, “FIFA has sent a letter to the AIFF requesting more information about Delhi’s High Court decision as well as the steps that AIFF intends to undertake in this matter.”
“FIFA has also reminded the AIFF that… member associations, including the AIFF, are obliged to manage their affairs independently and without undue influence from third parties.”
That ending sentence is dangerous, then as per FIFA rules and regulations, a national football body cannot be influenced by legal or political inference from inside the country.
And that according to me has happened by the involvement of the Delhi High Court and the appointment of former election commission chief S.Y. Quraishi as the interim administrator of the AIFF.
As I have written in the past, the law of sports stand above the law of the land (country) as sports is governed by its own set of rules and regulations set down by the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland and this sadly is something which is not followed by India.
Then framing and implementing a National Sports Code is a nice political tool domestically, but it can harm national sports bodies with their affiliation with their global parent bodies.
I hope someone is reading, listening and understanding…
