Football does not immediately come to mind when talking about India's sporting reputation, but that could change with the launch of a new Football Premier League in India. The first game will take place on the 25th of February, and, believe it or not, many legends of the game have signed up with teams: Fabio Cannavaro, Robert Pires, Robbie Fowler and Hernan Crespo will be participating in what should be on weird tournament.
Of course, money has played it's part in them agreeing to join: they will reportedly earn between $500000 and $1 million for a total of seven weeks of competition. Considering that only six teams take part and that a maximum of 12 games can be played, that works out at $83000 a game. Pretty much what a well paid Premier League player would be paid.
Who knows whether this new franchise will work (I doubt it), but it will definitely raise the profile of football in India, even though I think that there is more of a chance of that happening through Blackburn Rovers as they play, arguably, in the best league in the world.
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