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The Australian Championship Thread

Heres hoping south hobart sorts its issues out and gets one of those spots..same with canberra...
one can only imagine the lustre if the NST has a team from canberra, Tas a team from WA and a Qld outfit all established... 1 away from 14 team full round league! If we can scurry a team from NT this league could effevtively be pan-australian! What a marketing ploy/first right there against all codes and leagues!!

Wishful thinking i know, but its good to dream..
 
grazorblade said:
so thats adelaide city, melbourne knights and st george right? Just need one of qld, tas or act?
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Metrostars in Adelaide wanted to join for 2026. Although, that was announced early 2023, before the NST was delayed two years. They also were part of that Football SA joint bid.


Hellenic_blue&white said:
Heres hoping south hobart sorts its issues out and gets one of those spots..same with canberra...
one can only imagine the lustre if the NST has a team from canberra, Tas a team from WA and a Qld outfit all established... 1 away from 14 team full round league! If we can scurry a team from NT this league could effevtively be pan-australian! What a marketing ploy/first right there against all codes and leagues!!

Wishful thinking i know, but its good to dream..
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I love it, but from memory the problem with Perth is they alone add 30-40% costs to the league. As harsh as it is, I'd be excluding them for quite a while.
 
HappyGuus said:
Metrostars in Adelaide wanted to join for 2026. Although, that was announced early 2023, before the NST was delayed two years. They also were part of that Football SA joint bid.



I love it, but from memory the problem with Perth is they alone add 30-40% costs to the league. As harsh as it is, I'd be excluding them for quite a while.
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Gonna be awkward if Perth are the first team to get promoted and they have to be blocked out of costs haha
 
HappyGuus said:
Metrostars in Adelaide wanted to join for 2026. Although, that was announced early 2023, before the NST was delayed two years. They also were part of that Football SA joint bid.



I love it, but from memory the problem with Perth is they alone add 30-40% costs to the league. As harsh as it is, I'd be excluding them for quite a while.
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I know i know, its the ultimate pipe dream!! I dont disagree in the least, under its current format it sure doesnt economically work...and its too early, and the clubs are limited and and and.. im not doubting any of it, if anything im just as cautious given our footballing history ... my fear remains that we will get bogged down in some half baked system like it currently seems and then lose momentum etc and if it fails then we wont get another chance at anything again!

It may have been said even by you HG in the past that a structure similar to a north/south and east/west coast could minimise those costs.. distance between say canberra and darwin is simlar to melb to perth.. group act, nsw, qld and NT and group vic sa wa and tas. Then ultimate finals play offs!
Not (my) ideal but something that makes sense here given our vast landscape..

The goal ultimately remains pyramid and p/r down the track then lets not start with any exclusions and just upsell it for what it is all australian encompassing! After the AU cup success we continue to build on that one football ideal!!

Like always, just thinking out loud, even if i am in repeat mode sometimes 🤣🤣
 
Hellenic_blue&white said:
Heres hoping south hobart sorts its issues out and gets one of those spots..same with canberra...
one can only imagine the lustre if the NST has a team from canberra, Tas a team from WA and a Qld outfit all established... 1 away from 14 team full round league! If we can scurry a team from NT this league could effevtively be pan-australian! What a marketing ploy/first right there against all codes and leagues!!

Wishful thinking i know, but its good to dream..
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Gungahlin United just needs the money apparently.


In terms of “technical” though, I’m surprised Canberra Croatia doesn’t meet the criteria - unless of course they haven’t applied
 
Listened to Zeljko's Kalac interview and I've changed my mind hearing him in context compared to the short clip

his nst comments I think are ok if you take them charitably - it sounds like he would prefer the fa to subsidize the wages.

Still I didn't like the comment on subsidizing with the youth. There is already a regulation forbidding that and I haven't seen evidence that seniors are funded by juniors
 
Rumour on a league reddit

Someone claims they heard that the fa is waiting for a league tv rights to expire so nst and a league rights can be sold in a single package

Not sure how that works since fa and a league are separate
 
grazorblade said:
Rumour on a league reddit

Someone claims they heard that the fa is waiting for a league tv rights to expire so nst and a league rights can be sold in a single package

Not sure how that works since fa and a league are separate
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When do they expire?
 
grazorblade said:
Rumour on a league reddit

Someone claims they heard that the fa is waiting for a league tv rights to expire so nst and a league rights can be sold in a single package

Not sure how that works since fa and a league are separate
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Yeah not sure how to take that Reddit post. FA have already announced an October start, not September. And a 4x4 group stage double round robin, that's 6 rounds plus 4 rounds of finals, 10 total, not 12 as redditor says. Maybe they're extending two of the finals' rounds to be two-legged.
And I thought NST rights were already packaged as part of the deal FA did last year (that wasn't announced though).

My first instinct was that poster is full of shit haha. But maybe something has changed at FA HQ.

Pasquali said:
When do they expire?
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A-League end of 25-26 season. FA's deal to 2028.

FA and APL have stated they will work together and package up for the best broadcast deals. So splitting the national teams from A-Leagues and NST would go against this.
 
HappyGuus said:
Yeah not sure how to take that Reddit post. FA have already announced an October start, not September. And a 4x4 group stage double round robin, that's 6 rounds plus 4 rounds of finals, 10 total, not 12 as redditor says. Maybe they're extending two of the finals' rounds to be two-legged.
And I thought NST rights were already packaged as part of the deal FA did last year (that wasn't announced though).

My first instinct was that poster is full of shit haha. But maybe something has changed at FA HQ.


A-League end of 25-26 season. FA's deal to 2028.

FA and APL have stated they will work together and package up for the best broadcast deals. So splitting the national teams from A-Leagues and NST would go against this.
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HappyGuus said:
Yeah not sure how to take that Reddit post. FA have already announced an October start, not September. And a 4x4 group stage double round robin, that's 6 rounds plus 4 rounds of finals, 10 total, not 12 as redditor says. Maybe they're extending two of the finals' rounds to be two-legged.
And I thought NST rights were already packaged as part of the deal FA did last year (that wasn't announced though).

My first instinct was that poster is full of shit haha. But maybe something has changed at FA HQ.


A-League end of 25-26 season. FA's deal to 2028.

FA and APL have stated they will work together and package up for the best broadcast deals. So splitting the national teams from A-Leagues and NST would go against this.
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FA are ultimately in charge of the Apl. JJ did say that they will work together in some capacity.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Better late than never I suppose.....
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In this situation you could make the argument that it's better to be late than early. They didn't have to deal with all the bullshit the 8 foundation clubs have had to deal with and they still have the possibility of competing (or even winning) in this years half-arsed championship competition.
 
someguyjc said:
In this situation you could make the argument that it's better to be late than early. They didn't have to deal with all the bullshit the 8 foundation clubs have had to deal with and they still have the possibility of competing (or even winning) in this years half-arsed championship competition.
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Thats a good point..... I wonder who "blinked" at the negotiating table though FA or Knights?
 
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