Mohammedan Sporting Club and Mariner Youngs Club's unsporting attitude and impractical demand of punishment of a few players of Usha Krira Chakra and Abahani resulted in a stalemate that saw the league halted just after the start of the super league.

Ignoring the federation decision, both the teams gave walkover in their respective matches and according to bylaws, faced the threat of relegation.

Under a directive of its president, Air Vice Marshal Fakhrul Azam, the BHF was determined to end the league on schedule but yesterday's executive committee meeting virtually failed to take a solid decision.

To hide their failure to break the stalemate, the BHF decided to begin the national camp for preparation for next month's Asiad in Doha.

"We have taken this decision for the greater interest of the nation," told BHF general secretary Shamsul Bari.

After heated open discussion in the meeting, the BHF chief reportedly sat with the general secretary and the vice-presidents in a closed-door meeting later to come with the temporary solution.

Bari, however, claimed that it was a unanimous decision to start the national camp.

"The federation will decide before the Asiad how to finish the league, which will start after the Doha Games," Bari added showing no sympathy to the teams in contention for the title who have been running their camps with foreign players in the squad.

It can be mentioned that Mohammedan and Mariners were all but out of the title race when they jointly stated that they would not play further in the Super Five. Mohammedan did not turn out for their match against Usha while Mariners forfeited their game against Sonali Bank.

Abahani are sharing the lead with defending champions Usha on 24 points.