The AFC were against allowing the ISL as the main league in India while I-League clubs East Bengal and Mohun Bagan wanted a complete merger of the ISL and I-League.
AFC je odbio dozvoliti ISL-u da bude glavna liga u Indiji, dok klubovi I-Lige Istocni bengal i Mohun Bagan žele kompletno spajanje ISL i I-lige.