The League Committee of the All India Football Federation met via video conferencing on 1st May with Lalnghinglova Hmar chairing the meet. Along with League committee chairman Hmar, the league committee members including the AIFF secretary Shaji Prabhakaran were present in the meeting.

Hmar revealed, "This Committee has been the most proactive in bringing positive changes. There are a lot of activities that are going on, and we are in the process of completing a fruitful season.”

In a bid to increase the number of participating teams in the I-League in near future, the committee has decided to reform the nature of the bids which be invited in a triple-tier system, providing opportunities to aspiring clubs and investors from various socio-economic backdrops.

New Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Gurugram, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, and Noida have been identified as the Tier-1 cities from where potential clubs could bid for a place in the I-League. Tier 2 cities for the bids were identified as follows – Ranchi, Itanagar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Coimbatore, Manjeri, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, and Shilong.

Meanwhile, the Committee also suggested that bids from clubs willing to be based out of Tier-3 towns be also invited. Entities from any village under the control of Panchayats can also come up with bids, provided they own a stadium, training facilities, which are not more than 200 km from any domestic airport.