The All India Football Federation (AIFF) had imposed a nice of Rs 4 crore on the Blasters after the boys’s workforce walked out of the match towards Bengaluru FC on March 3, protesting towards a contentious Sunil Chhetri objective from a free kick.

Referee Crystal John didn’t blow the whistle earlier than Chhetri took the kick and the Blasters gamers had claimed that the objective shouldn’t have been allowed as they weren’t prepared. The Blasters forfeited the match after they walked out of the pitch in protest.

Chhetri had stated he had informed the referee that he didn’t need neither the wall (10 yards from the ball) nor the whistle, thereby implying that he has each proper to take a fast free-kick below the principles.

“It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the temporary pause of our women’s team. This decision has been necessitated by the recent financial sanctions imposed on our club by the football federation,” Kerala Blasters stated on Tuesday in a press release.

A few days again, the AIFF rejected the membership’s enchantment towards the nice. The federation additionally rejected Blasters coach Ivan Vukomanovic’s enchantment towards the nice of Rs 5 lakh and a 10-game ban imposed on him.

“After a very encouraging first season that saw our women’s team achieve tremendous results, this year the club had plans for increased investments for our women’s team,” the assertion learn.

Indian girls’s workforce goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan and captain Ashalata Devi questioned the choice to punish the ladies footballers for his or her male counterparts’ actions.

“So the men’s team gets a fine for what they did and the money comes from the women’s team budget by shutting it down? Great, that’s how women’s football will develop in india. Horrible!” Chauhan tweeted to which Ashalata replied “Horrible”.

The membership stated it had deliberate a overseas pre-season tour by which the ladies’s facet would have accompanied the boys’s workforce however at the moment it “must prioritize the more immediate objectives and long-term financial stability.” “These investments included a first-of-a-kind foreign pre-season tour accompanying our men’s team, player exchanges, exposure tours, and so much more. However, the financial sanctions have presented us with an unfortunate challenge.” The membership stated it’s nonetheless awaiting additional sanctions from the league physique as properly which can be solely prone to increase the monetary affect on the membership.

“…we cannot continue our women’s team activities until such time that there is complete clarity on the matter. The decision to pause their activities was made after careful consideration and evaluation of the current circumstances.” The Blasters asserted that the suspension of operations was solely momentary and they’ll reinstate the workforce as soon as they tide over the monetary crunch.

“It is important to highlight that this pause is temporary. We will reinstate our women’s team upon closure of this matter in its entirety.”