Recruiting is one word for it... Some ex NPL players dropped back and from what I've been told are still on $$$ from up top
surely not in zl1?? I know there's a lot of clubs in ZPL who pay players (Suns, Dudley, Cardiff, Azzurri, etc.) but not zl1 except years ago when Maryland fletcher were paying their coach big bucks (only to finish 6th or something)