Fans' fury prompts ISL to edit controversial promo, ATK Mohun Bagan not to flaunt 'three stars'

KOLKATA, India - Nov. 3, 2020 - PRLog -- ATK Mohun Bagan's 'three stars' insignia won't feature in the Indian Super League's (ISL) practice jersey following a sustained backlash from fans, also prompting a controversial promotional video of the top-tier tournament to be modified.

Trouble arose when practice kits of ATK Mohun Bagan, an amalgamated entity of ISL champions ATK FC and I-League champions Mohun Bagan, flaunted 'three stars' denoting ATK's three ISL triumphs along with the words 'Champions 2019-20'.

A section of Mohun Bagan's social media savvy fans took offense at its implication, suggesting that ATKMB is being viewed by ISL organisers as a continuation of ATK rather than the new avatar of Bagan, who would make their ISL debut against Kerala Blasters on November 20.

ATK Mohun Bagan being described as 'defending champions of ISL' also didn't go down well with them, who vehemently protested on social media using #RemoveATK and placards at the club's Kolkata Maidan tent.

Adding fuel to fire was an ISL promotional video featuring Sourav Ganguly, an ATKMB director, which showed the erstwhile red and white ATK jersey being washed together with Mohun Bagan's discernible green and maroon shirt.

"As discussed with FSDL, the issue of three stars on the sleeve with the ISL logo has been discussed and has been done away with," Bagan general secretary and an ATKMB director Srinjoy Bose said in a statement.

Changes would also be made in ISL's website to denote ATK Mohun Bagan's statistics from the 2020-21 season onwards and not from 2014 when ATK FC featured in the tournament's inaugural edition.

"FSDL has started modifying the statistics section in the ISL official website to reflect statistics before 2020-21 to be attributed to ATK FC. ATK Mohun Bagan stats will be accumulated from season 2020-21 onwards," Bose added.

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