The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has failed to attract any bidders for its tender to monetise the commercial rights of the Indian Super League (ISL), further clouding the future of India’s top-tier football tournament. The tender closed at 5 pm on Friday, but no bids were received, according to people familiar with the matter.

As reported by The Economic Times, the tender offered a 15-year exclusive right to monetise all commercial assets of the ISL, with the winning bidder required to pay a minimum annual guaranteed fee of Rs.37.5 crore or 5 percent of gross revenue, whichever was higher. The process followed a Supreme Court directive issued on September 1, which instructed the AIFF to invite bids through an open, transparent, and competitive process. The court also appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice L. Nageswara Rao to oversee the proceedings.

To execute this, the AIFF formed a three-member bid evaluation committee led by Justice Rao, with AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey and Kesvaran Murugasu as members. However, Chaubey did not respond to ET’s queries on the matter.