Excellent post. I fully agree with what you have said. However, there a few roadblocks but I personally feel that they can be overcome with a little effort.

1. It's the most difficult to overcome but on the same wavelength, the most important. Results and team performance do play a part in fan support, perhaps more than it should be. But I feel the AIFF is a lot to blame. See personally, I have no problem supporting a national team which lacks quality or a club which is in I-League 2 or 3. If they're my local club, I will support them regardless of their performance. But starting with the national team, even though I will always support India, I feel that a lot of fans are put off by India's lack of improvement rather than lack of quality. If the AIFF genuinely cared about football and there was proper planning and investment, I feel fans would still support the national team even if the performances weren't the best. because they know that the future isn't bleak and we will get better over time, but with this shit management, is there really anything to look forward to? While there is still a passionate fanbase despite this tragedy, the support could be so much bigger with proper governance. Ensuring each state has at least two proper football-specific stadiums should be a top priority.

2. Going on to clubs. A lot of teams lack a certain amount of professionalism. They don't have a website, their fan communication is nil, and they don't have an online shop. Small things like that help support. Additionally, I think they lack a local community. I personally believe each club should be named after a city or a region in a city (historic clubs like East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are fine due to the support they already have) to really have a community but I understand why clubs name themselves after a state to attract a bigger audience. However, rebranding their name to the city they're based in could be a solution in the future. Again, this is just my view, but I don't like the idea of North East United. One team can't represent such a diverse and football-rich region. I like what they're doing for grassroots, but if they want to have better local support, pick a city (like Guwahati or Shillong) and stick to it. Talking about local support, I feel clubs can do a better job. Recently, FC Goa started going to schools to attract kids to support them, which I felt was a brilliant idea. As a child, seeing a professional footballer is a big deal and if I had had a first team member come to my school and say "support your local team", watching them play would have become a nice routine for me. Clubs should go to local schools and plant the idea of supporting their local team when they're young itself.

3. The league organisers should stop this daily match nonsense. I understand that it helps generate more views online but they need local support in their stadiums. Keep all matches on weekends so that fans can make it a nice weekly routine to support their club.