Summary of Why India was banned from football

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India was banned from football by FIFA due to changes that the country made to promotion, relegation, and control of the country's highest league. The suspension was rescinded after government pressure, and the u17 World Cup will go ahead as planned.

• 00:00:00 India has a rich football heritage, but has never qualified for a World Cup, and is currently banned from football by FIFA. The country's football governing body, the All India Football Federation, was ruled unconstitutional by the country's Supreme Court in May, leading to the disbandment of the organization. FIFA attempted to resolve the situation by setting deadlines for the creation of a new constitution and the staging of elections to leadership positions, but disagreement over player representation and other areas of contention led to deadlock. In its draft constitution, the Committee of Administrators proposed an executive committee comprising 50% of eminent players, which FIFA disagreed with. Other areas of contention included the CoA maintaining the right to appoint an acting president from outside the organization, should a sitting president be unable to carry out their job, and also a battery of modifications to the structure of domestic football in India.
• 00:05:00 The video discusses the reason why India was banned from football, which was due to changes that the country made to promotion, relegation, and control of the country's highest league. The suspension was rescinded after government pressure, and the u17 World Cup will go ahead as planned.