Indian Football: AIFF Executive Committee: Lalnghinglova Hmar, a member of the AIFF Executive Committee and the secretary of the Mizoram state organisation, was chosen a week ago to lead the League Committee. The goal, according to the 44-year-old, is to create an Indian club football pyramid that will extend from the state level to the Indian Super League, the top division in the nation. Follow Indian Football News updates with InsideSport.IN
Indian Football: Lalnghinglova Hmar shares vision on creating an Indian club football pyramid- Check Out
Indian Football: Lalnghinglova Hmar shares vision on creating an Indian club football pyramid- Check Out
In the Indian football community, Mr. Lalnghinglova Hmar, the secretary of the Mizoram Football Association, is regarded as a visionary. He was instrumental in launching the Mizoram Premier League in 2012, which is currently recognized as one of Indian football’s success tales.
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The 44-year-old Hmar, who taught history before transitioning to journalism, was instrumental in founding the Mizoram Premier League in 2012. Additionally, he ran unsuccessfully for the sole Mizoram seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He recently presided over a protracted and creative League Committee meeting after which he talked to the AIFF about the goals and aspirations of his committee and the AIFF as a whole to advance Indian football together.
Indian Football: Lalnghinglova Hmar shares vision on creating an Indian club football pyramid- Check Out
“The plan is to have a kind of a proper structure in which, we should know where exactly we are at the moment, and where we are going to reach the next season, and what are the kind of goals we can set for the future,” Hmar said.
Explaining his plan, the League Committee Chairman said: “This season we can’t do much because we are running out of time and it’s a bit late to bring immediate change in the structure. But going forward, the plan is to have a four-tier system in Indian club football, where we have the ISL as the top then the Hero I-league is the second tier.”
“The third tier will be the now existing Second Division. And then comes the fourth phase, which of course, will be the State Leagues across the country. All these be connected, the ones doing well in the state, will have a chance to gain kind of a promotion to the top tire. There should be no confusion about which teams will play which league and what will happen to them if they go down. Everyone in Indian football will have a clear idea about it,” Hmar said.
Indian Football: Lalnghinglova Hmar shares vision on creating an Indian club football pyramid- Check Out
The League Committee chairman said that the decision to not allow foreign footballers play in the Hero Second Division League was a conscious one on the part of his committee. “There is a paucity of good Indian players in crucial positions. We wanted to bring an end to this trend,” Hmar said.
“And why blame the ISL or I-League only? Even if you go to the major state leagues, you will find foreigners playing as strikers or central defenders. So, the problem is, if we do not provide an opportunity for the Indian players to play, we cannot progress as a footballing nation. So, we will appeal to the state associations also to follow the system of Indian players only,” said the League Committee chairman.
Indian Football: Lalnghinglova Hmar shares vision on creating an Indian club football pyramid- Check Out
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