Concerned at the number of junior players failing the bone age determination test recently, the 
A large of junior players from all the northeast clubs, including former I-League champions Aizawl FC, Shillong Lajong and Neroca FC, failed the TW3 (Tanner-Whitehouse3) bone age determination test recently, prompting the AIFF to bar them from participating in the U-13 League with immediate effect.

Also, most of the players from former I-League winners Minerva Punjab FC's U-13 team also failed the test.