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New Delhi: The I-League Workshop 2013 was organised by All India Football Federation at the AIFF Headquarters, the Football House, New Delhi on July 12, 2013 (Friday). Forty Eight Representatives from all the I-League Clubs — the Team Managers, Youth Development Managers, Media Officers and Match-Day Operations Officer — attended the Workshop.<\/p>\n
Apart from the Club representatives, a five-man Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Special Mission Team (SMT) led by AFC Research and Support Services Head Mr. Steve Kim threw light on Match Operations & Competitions, and Youth Development.\n<\/p>\n
Besides Kim, the other four Members are Mr. Benjamin Tan Tiong Meng (who spoke on Match Operations), Mr. Ong Chong Heng, Mr. Jose Marcelino Zalazar Carpio (who spoke on Youth Development) and Mr. Mahajan Vasudevan, Head of Club Licensing & Legal Affairs, AFC (who spoke on Club Licensing).<\/p>\n
The other topics discussed during the seven-hour Workshop included \u2018Referee Matters and Laws of the Game\u2019 and \u2018Kit Regulations\u2019 by Col. Goutam Kar, Head of Referees, AIFF; \u2018Pre-match day and Match Day Media Operations\u2019 by Nilanjan Datta, Media Manager, AIFF and \u2018Stadia Safety\u2019 by Mr. BK Roka, a former DIG of Sikkim Police, presently AIFF\u2019s Security Expert.<\/p>\n
Thanking all for their whole-hearted support, Mr. Kushal Das, AIFF General Secretary, said: \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see such a great participation. I thank AFC for their support and helping us understand Club Licensing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that in spite of the pertinent challenges, we should never divert from our focus. The Clubs need to come forward and work together with us in creating a better product. The value of the I-League should go up and we should work for the cause in unison,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the occasion, I-League CEO Mr. Sunando Dhar informed: \u201cThis is the first time a Workshop of such magnitude is taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am glad to see a full house here with all Club representatives in attendance. I hope all of you go back to your respective Clubs with a lot on your plate and help in the bigger cause of developing the I-League,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe plan to do such Workshops every year and if possible one in between the season too. The response has been really good,\u201d Dhar told www.the-aiff.com later.<\/p>\n
Dhar\u2019s words found resonance as Kar\u2019s opening session on the \u2018Laws of the Game\u2019 turned out to be very interactive.<\/p>\n
\u201cReferee is a part of the Football Family but we often tend to forget that. A Referee works in an inversely proportional manner. While his oxygen levels are going down, he still has to keep his composure and follow the chain of See \u2013Recognise \u2013Interpret \u2013 Judge \u2013 Award \u2013 while giving a decision. All this is done at one go and in a split second,\u201d Kar maintained.<\/p>\n
He even conducted a quiz session where Participants were asked to judge situations via video clips whether there was an off-side, a foul or about the nature of the decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Kar\u2019s sessions brought to light that Referees are also humans. We were made to go through the Off-side Quiz and video clips on determining fouls. It\u2019s easy to criticise but one needs to understand the job of a Referee \u2013 it\u2019s very difficult,\u201d Prince Rufus, also an AFC Match Commissioner, quipped. \u201cThe session was very informative.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kar\u2019s session was followed by Ben, Head of Club Competitions, AFC. Analysing Match-day Operations with AFC Champions League Video clips stayed the mainstay of his lecture. \u201cI am sure that soon, Stadias in India will match International standards,\u201d Ben said.<\/p>\n
Post Lunch, the first session was on Youth Development.<\/p>\n
Jose Marcelino, a former Goalkeeper, said: \u201cThe best way to predict the future is by helping to create it. Youth Development is the most essential part of Football. A Club with a strong Youth Development Programme can earn revenue by attracting other Clubs to invest on their products.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ranjan Chowdhury Head of Youth Development, Pune FC was all praise about the initiative. \u201cClub Licensing Criteria is a boon for Indian Football. Youth Development is the only way to progress and we have a lot of talent in India. We just need to tap them. Now with Youth Teams made mandatory, every Club will have focus on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Workshop also threw light on Media Operations conducted by Mr. Nilanjan Datta, Media Manager, AIFF. The session touched all elements from the Pre-Match Day Operations to end of the Match-Day including relevance of mixed zones and reportage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe job of a Media Officer doesn\u2019t end with the final whistle. Against the background of Pre-Match Day and Match Day Media Operations, we tend to ignore reportage. Unless information reaches to Media personnel in time for them to meet their deadline in, the entire effort goes waste,\u201d Datta stated. \u201cIt\u2019s a thankless job and we need to cater to all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn a Match-day for example, you need to coordinate with Host Broadcaster, facilitate Flash Interviews, take care of the Post Match PC, take care of mixed zone interviews while ensuring Reporting doesn\u2019t suffer. And then, you need to cater to personal requests as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Mr. BK Roka stressed on the importance of Stadia Safety and general security. \u201cSecurity is of paramount importance not only in sport but in life too. In Football you need to have your security personnel on their toes all time because of mixed emotions involved in the game,\u201d the former DIG of Sikkim Police said.<\/p>\n
Mahajan Vasudevan Nair enlightened the clubs on Club Licensing, which is being implemented for the first time from the upcoming 2013-14 season. \u201cClub Licensing is here to stay in India,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n
All the Participants were handed over Certificates at the end of the Workshop.<\/p>\n
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Shillong Lajong FC: Janice Lynrah, Habamutlang Lyngdoh, Birendra Thapa, Andrew Suting.<\/p>\n Rangdajied United: Arbor Shullai, Shaiwul Malngiang.<\/p>\n Mohammedan Sporting: Ahateasam Bux, Belal Ahmed Khan, Bhaskar Basu.<\/p>\n East Bengal: Gautam Roy, Swapan Ball, Manish Mukherjee.<\/p>\n Mohun Bagan: Abhay Kumar, Sanjoy Ghosh, Prince Rufus.<\/p>\n Prayag United: Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar, Kuntal Mustafi.<\/p>\n Pune FC: Micky Aigner, Ranjan Chowdhury, Ashok Kumar, Amit Dharap, Abhishek Mehta.<\/p>\n Mumbai FC: Souptikk Dass, Henry Picardo, Mayur Mistry.<\/p>\n Mumbai Tigers: Ronak Dalal, Jinendra Jain, Mukul Choudhuri.<\/p>\n Dempo SC: Mathew D\u2019Costa, Jonathan de Souza, Abhijit Patil.<\/p>\n Sporting Clube de Goa: Aldrid da Costa, Norbert Gonsalves, Victor Fernandes, Edward Noronha.<\/p>\n Salgaocar: Nikhil Alvares, Elaine Colaco, Sanjiv Nagvenkar, Nicholas Falcao.<\/p>\n Churchill Brothers: Watson Fernandes, Danzie Ferrao, Frazer Alemao.<\/p>\n JSW Sports: Kunaal Majgaonkar, Srinivas Murthy, Premankur Barua, Bharath Prasad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apart from the Club representatives, a five-man Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Special Mission Team (SMT) led by AFC Research and Support Services Head Mr. Steve Kim threw light on Match Operations & Competitions, and Youth Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Delhi: The I-League Workshop 2013 was organised by All India Football Federation at the AIFF Headquarters, the Football House, New Delhi on July 12, 2013 (Friday). Forty Eight Representatives from all the I-League Clubs — the Team Managers, Youth Development Managers, Media Officers and Match-Day Operations Officer — attended the Workshop.<\/p>\n