interesting article yesterday (soz cant find link) regarding a report commissioned by the players union (i think) about what happened after the golden generation.

the article was barely a snippet of what it was about, and they usually just cherry pick the quotes that will cause a discussion. but they def highlighted that the players from that generation 'wanted it more' than the kids today, and that the players from that generation were way more intertwined with their ethnic roots (playing for their clubs, socialising with 'their' people).
It def smacked of a subtle way of pining for the good old days of embracing the ethnic angle and that getting kids more connected to their communities (rather than 'regions') is a better way for them to work harder.

It was one of the core beliefs of the league to get away from that, and to 'de-wog' it. the angle was always the violence, but as we've seen with these so-called homogenised teams dickheads are still gonna infiltrate it (in the same way NRL and AFL have dickheads too).

i wonder if this is some sort of future push to entice the Marconis/Olympics etc back into the new 2nd division and keep all their badges etc?
lotta money, and experience there, and its not like the new competition is gonna be flush with cash from day 1.


hopefully the full report becomes public, id love to know if the goal was to really find us another golden generation, or just poke the FFA with a big stick and start the public relations spin on setting up the 'new' A-League.