Russia? Saint Petersburg to Tomsk is further than Sydney to Perth... and that's just in the Russian Premier League. In the Russian National Division, one of the trips is 10k each way between Kaliningrad and Vladivostok.Originally Posted by plague
Russia? Saint Petersburg to Tomsk is further than Sydney to Perth... and that's just in the Russian Premier League. In the Russian National Division, one of the trips is 10k each way between Kaliningrad and Vladivostok.
Distance is one metric, but then Russia has far superior infastructure, corporate support (yes, crazy oligarchs), and I'd say football is higher on the pecking order than it is in Australia.
I'm happy to cherry pick the best bits of every countries setups. But that requires a bit of lateral thinking from the people in charge at FFA.
Same way I think the organisational setup in the USA is a great example to follow. But that would mean the FFA giving up power and football in this country generally doesn't work that way.
But you also have to take population into consideration: 145M in Russia and 320M in the US compare to 23M in Oz
Dare to Zlatan
Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
I would be happy with it remaining semi pro but leave it to the clubs. Best efforts to keep the PFA away from ****ing things up with minimum contracts etc would be a start.
The FFA pump a bit into the NYL, I would scrap that and put it towards the 2nd div. 12 clubs say 250k each is 3 million. Not massive coin. Vic and NSW NPL clubs are spending 250k in a fair few cases a year on the player payments as is. You could get a decent 2nd tier squad for half a million. Obv you would need some guarentees in place for the clubs to have enough financial backing for flights etc and it may be that Tassie, FNQ and Perth 2 don't cut the mustard but if 8 teams were from Vic, NSW, ACT then travel costs for those clubs aren't going to be too onerous and if the requirement is they play in their own facilities they don't have massive stadium overheads.
The second division could also be a shorter season - if only to reduce costs.
It's tough situation to decide how best to bring in pro/rel
if the 2nd division it too weak the gap is too wide and clubs that come up will never compete, and clubs that go down potentially fall apart through revenue loss.
they need a 2nd nationwide league that runs for a few a seasons and is given time to develop its own higher standard, clubs in div2 should be able to demand transfer fees for players sold to A-league so the lower division can start to be funded in part by the finances that exist at the higher level, and by their own ability to produce players.
Im sure its needed, im not sure we're ready, im not sure we'll ever be ready
Last edited by GazFish35; 29-08-2016 at 04:42 PM.
If we have pro/rel, what would happen to the club that got relegated? They would instantly go broke.
2nd Division eventually leading to Pro/Rel is the biggest issue the FFA needs to face and that for a reason no one on here has mentioned yet.
The cashed up West Asian nations are already pissed that Australia is constantly taking a spot in the major tournaments at the expense of one of them. It won't be long until the politics of AFC start putting pressure on Australia to go back to OFC. FFA need to be proactive and become AFC compliant with Pro/Rel and 3+1 foreigners to get rid of the rope that could be use to hang them.
You ppl do realise we have an aleague expansion thread right?
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This is the "serious talk and don't make jokes" thread, furns. Get with the times.
yeah get with the times. having a 2nd division is real and we want it man.
There's almost no chance until a VFTrain joins all national cities but it can happen, right?
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