You're making a hell of a lot of assumptions.Originally Posted by pv4
Yeah, would be more of an issue in your Sydneys, Melbournes, etc.
Not sure how much of an effect it would have in Newcastle. Most clubs update their logos every 10 or so years anyway, so you'd imagine the likes of Azzuri (NBN) and Magic wouldn't have the worlds biggest cry if it happened. If Olympic were forced to change their name they'd probably have a fit. I have no idea how Hamilton Azzuri is setup and run but I imagine they'd eventually come to terms with changing their name (the only thing I know about that club is I've seen two of their teams, neither of which seemed to have Italian players in it from my incredibly quick scout - great logo though). Simba, particularly because they're new, I'm sure wouldn't care too much.
It'd probably just be your clubs in West Sydney that are running around in red/white checks and the likes that are going to cause the biggest stinks.
If a bunch of people want to start a football club and they want some reference to something that they share in common I can't see how if that commonality is ethnicity that incorporating it into their club name or badge or colours doesn't anything to alienate people from the sport..... By not letting new clubs acknowledge a shared heritage amongst its founders actually aliens them for the the wider game.
A group of recently arrived afghan refugees seek to start a football club in order to help strengthen their community by coming together to support each other and start the process of assimilating into Australian sporting community, one thing they wish to include in their name/logo is the snow leopard and play in black and white.
FFA says NO, you must assimilate under our terms, we want to be inclusive, so you aren't welcome to celebrate your heritage.
How he **** does that make sense?
Football is the world game, except in Australia where you must pretend we are the same, instead of celebrating the fact we are all different.
