In the second part of a letter to FIFA, Sporting Goa questioned the judicial process to settle the "FC Goa versus ISL Saga", claimed verdict out was in the open for a long time...
Sporting Clube de Goa, one of Goa's biggest representatives in the I-League, had written a letter of complaint to Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) president Gianni Infantino, citing callous governance in the running of football by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
In part two of the missive, the Flaming Oranje pin the Indian FA to the mat, questioning the process of adjudication involved in the Indian Super League (ISL) versus FC Goa case, which began early this year and was concluded last month.
On December 22nd, 2015 Chennaiyin FC defeated the hosts of the final FC Goa by a 3-2 scoreline. However, a brawl that involved the owners and patrons-in-chief of the Goan franchise, Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo, and the Chennaiyin marquee Elano Blumer, saw the latter arrested by police after an First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the Brazilian. The Gaurs also followed that up by not attending the final prize distribution ceremony, thereby throwing bad light on the organization of the event.
Subsequent disciplinary actions by the respective committees of the AIFF and the ISL imposed fines of 50 Lakhs and 11 Crores respectively, while the ISL body took exception to the flaunting of decorum by the franchise and also hit them with a docking of points in the third edition of the ISL, while also handing out bans to the owners.
However, as Goal exclusively revealed, a change in ownership watered down the punishment for the team, ending the long-standing proceeding with just punitive implications for the Fatorda based-ISL club.
Sporting Goa however, found the proceeding a little too frivolous, stating that "backroom dealings" ultimately resulted in a truce while the letter also seemed to take a potshot against the current ownership of the franchise, terming it a saga. They also called into question the very scopes of the AIFF and the ISL disciplinary committees.
The letter starts off by giving a brief history and rulings of the events of 22nd December, 2015.
"The AIFF Disciplinary committee penalised the FC Goa team with a fine of INR 50,00,000. In the meantime, parallel proceedings on the same matter were started by the ISL Regulatory Committee.
"FC Goa however appealed against the decision of the AIFF DSC to the AIFF Appeals Committee and also stated that the ISL Regulatory Committee's ruling on the same matter amounted to Double Jeopardy," explained the letter, in two clear points.
Calling into question the AIFF Appeals Committee to maintain "Status Quo" during the ongoing proceedings, the letter claimed, "In spite of the AIFF Appeals Committee ruling asking to maintain status quo, the ISL Regulatory Committee went ahead and concluded the mater before them, penalizing FC Goa with unprecedented fines INR 11, 00,00,000, tow FC Goa owners banned for two and three years and, worst of all, 15 points docked for the next edition of the ISL."
"Further, in an order dated 05/05/2016, the ISL Regulatory Committee stated in no uncertain terms that they do not recognize the AIFF Appeals Committee as a superior form," the Goans added.
The next two points however had the juice of the matter firmly in between the lines, as the officials questioned the manner of rulings with regards to the issue at hand. They read:
"The matter was dragged on till the 22nd of July, with both, the AIFF Appeals Committee and the ISL Appeals body not giving out their respective rulings, presumably to time for backroom dealings. It was reported in the press, and not denied by the parties concerned, that most, if not all, of the penalties concerned would be waived in case two of the main club owners divest their stakes in FC Goa to a third party, who happens to be the biggest casino owner in the country.
"Sure enough, the Ruling by the ISL Appeals Committee, which withdrew the suspension of the owners and restored the points docked while reducing the fine from 11 Crores to 6 Crores was immediately followed by the announcement by the two owners that they were divesting their holdings to a third party," read the letter to FIFA from Sporting Goa, on the ISL versus FC Goa case.
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