India, Nov. 20 -- Reduce the minimum guaranteed payment, reconstitute the governing council, restructure the veto power of All India Football Federation (AIFF) and remove restrictions on the commercial partner managing broadcasting rights. These were among the salient recommendations of retired Supreme Court judge L Nageswara Rao to the apex court after AIFF's search for a 15-year commercial partnership deal for its top league drew a blank.

Appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the bidding process, Rao's report, submitted on November 12 and made public on Wednesday, says it seeks to preserve AIFF's regulatory role while making "the commercial framework more viable, and attractive to prospective bidders".

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