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It's a familiar sight across the globe, with Gold Coast United failing miserably to convert the wealth of one of Australia's richest men into…
Television rights are one of the most important features of a professional sports league's success. Valuations for different codes are being grossly misjudged, to…
Sport in Australia is an institution; a major part of Australian culture and our identity. So what are the issues at present? With so…
Brisbane Roar is this season's most successful club and are going to be competing in next year's Asian Champions League. Brisbane have surfaced to…
From what has been a decline in popularity and some poor management decisions from clubs and the FFA, the A-League can now start looking…
From what is a booming market in free-to-air digital television, sports has been making its mark ever since Channel Ten founded ONE HD. Every…
A simple change to the bulky Hyundai A-League logo from front of the shirt to sleeve would free up some brilliant shirt designs and…
With failed A-League expansion, small thinking, authoritarian rule, and wasted time on a pointless World Cup bid, the FFA are holding football back in…
I am writing this to stir up support from the football passionate and those who just wanted Australia to host the biggest sporting event…
Canberran football supporters are once again let down by the FFA, with no outlook or vision to give us some practical idea about when…
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…
There has been much talk about future expansion of the A-League. After the 12th license was favourably given to an un-organised western Sydney consortium,…
While I like the genral jist of this article and believe there is definately potential for this style of growth, I do think there are some serious problems with some of these ideas.
-Firstly an FFA cup with former NSL/state teams having the chance to compete in the Asian Champions League is ridiculous and ACL spots should only be reserved for A-League teams.
– The Sydney Rovers bid has allready been rejected by the FFA for entry into the 2011/12 season and I doubt that they will be able to raise the required funds and get organised now that they have been rejected (bring on a Canberra license for 2012/13)
-We shouldn’t be including any more New Zealand teams, even in lower leagues, for obvious reasons to do with AFC and ACL also.
-To have former NSL/state league clubs competing in the second division would bring about all the old issues with NSL and would be a bad idea unless they can meet a set criterea like Perth Glory did for HAL license
I do like the timeline idea for this article and I might write a version myself…
2022 signals a massive time ahead for Australia football