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Our national football league has one of the best titles in the world. The “A-League” name not only represents the premier football division of Australia with a top ‘A’ (much like the Serie A), we’ve also had the great luck to encompass the initial of our country.
The J.League, K.League and so on all represent their country’s first initial, and so does the A-League by chance, which gives it special meaning.
But it is not how the title primarily and literally should be interpreted. The A-League, not A.League should be seen primarily to be representing the ‘A’ division of football in this country and not literally the ‘Australian’ league, which is also, fortunately, embodied in the title.
There has been much talk about our second-tier being called the A2-League across forums and the like, but in my opinion, this just doesn’t sound right.
I don’t know why people seem to assume that our second tier is going to be called A2-League when it not only sounds terrible, but doesn’t make sense.
Frank Lowy has said that he wants a ‘B-League’ and it just wouldn’t suit a comprehensive league system to have the same name for each league with just a different number.
B-League has much more identity than A2, in my opinion, and I believe, although this may seem like a minor issue, it is an important part of our football-cultural identity and we should get it right for the future.
I am interested to hear what everyone else thinks: B-League or A2-League?
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