Genius Sports bids Rs 2,129 cr

Genius Sports’ offer was presented as an annual payment of about Rs 64.39 crore across a 20‑year pricing structure, according to reporting on the opened bids. (MSN / aggregated reporting). (msn.com) FanCode’s competing submission was reported at roughly Rs 36 crore per year (about Rs 1,190 crore in aggregate), placing the two financial proposals nearly a continent apart on guaranteed annual cash flow. (Times of India; Indian Express). (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The AIFF’s formal RFP was issued on 16 October 2025 and specified bidder eligibility thresholds — including a minimum bidder net worth and baseline commercial guarantees — that shaped how clubs and bidders modeled long‑term revenue. (AIFF RFP; Indian Express). (the-aiff.com) Ten ISL clubs have formally asked the AIFF for additional time and stakeholder discussions before any binding decision, citing limited opportunity to scrutinise bidder due diligence documents ahead of the executive committee meeting scheduled for March 29, 2026. (Times of India). (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Capri Sports was the lone bidder for the Indian Women’s League package and has been reported to have placed a separate bid for that women’s‑league cycle, with one outlet citing a figure near Rs 150 crore for the women’s package. (News18; Newsdrum). (news18.com) Industry context in filings shows two different term framings: the AIFF RFP document outlines a 15‑year commercial term, while multiple news reports describe bids framed over a 20‑year horizon, a discrepancy clubs will likely parse during contractual negotiations. (AIFF RFP; Sportstar; KhelNow). (the-aiff.com) Operational and analytics implications in the tender are concrete: the RFP included minimum annual guarantees and technical deliverables that shift matchday operations and data‑integration workloads, while Genius Sports’ profile as an existing global data‑feed provider informed bidder technical capabilities cited in coverage. (AIFF RFP; CNBC TV18). (the-aiff.com) Practical next steps for clubs visible in the reporting include preparing a bidder‑comparison financial model using the RFP’s baseline guarantee (AMG figures in the RFP) against the two reported annual offers, and compiling a due‑diligence checklist for the AIFF executive committee’s review ahead of the meeting on March 29, 2026. (AIFF RFP; Times of India). (the-aiff.com)