The biggest football fan you know will watch one match in an Indian stadium and never come back. Navas Meeran explains exactly why. Almost every football stadium in India was built with an athletics track running around the pitch — which means even VIP seating at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium sits 35 metres from the game. From that far, players don't look like players. They look like shadows moving back and forth. In this clip, the President of the Kerala Football Association breaks down why India's stadiums were never actually designed for football, and why fixing that distance problem matters more than any "international standard" upgrade. This is part of our conversation with Navas Meeran on the Athishaktham Podcast, on the economics and infrastructure behind Kerala's football obsession. The full episode is live now on the channel. Athishaktham! 🔥 #KeralaFootball #NavasMeeran #AthishakthamPodcast #FootballInfrastructure #SuperLeagueKerala
India's biggest attempt at football as a business — the ISL — has lost ₹5,000 crore. Nobody's watching anymore, clubs are bleeding nearly ₹30 crore a year each, and even Kerala Blasters, one of Indian football's most loved clubs, is now up for sale with its own fans falling away. So why is the Kerala Football Association launching a brand new league right in the middle of all this? We sat down with Navas Meeran, President of the Kerala Football Association, to ask exactly that — as Super League Kerala heads into its third season this September, with owners like Prithviraj, Sanju Samson, and Asif Ali already on board. The full conversation is live now on the channel. Athishaktham! 🔥 #SuperLeagueKerala #NavasMeeran #KeralaFootball #ISL #AthishakthamPodcast