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The Australian Championship Thread

Beretta said:
what are you expecting in January lol?
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well the lights were on in the office ... maybe its the cleaners :P

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I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear anything substantial until July or August! The format for this year is pretty much known, just need the clubs to fill in the rest.

So I think in the lead up to this Champions League that we'll start hearing about next year's NST format and the clubs involved. It's painful, FA and some clubs don't seem to be in a hurry to get there.

I was reading another old article about how the clubs wanted the NST to be semi pro first, but without a cap so any club could be pro if they desired. Would've got this off the ground much sooner I'd imagine.
 
HappyGuus said:
I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear anything substantial until July or August! The format for this year is pretty much known, just need the clubs to fill in the rest.

So I think in the lead up to this Champions League that we'll start hearing about next year's NST format and the clubs involved. It's painful, FA and some clubs don't seem to be in a hurry to get there.

I was reading another old article about how the clubs wanted the NST to be semi pro first, but without a cap so any club could be pro if they desired. Would've got this off the ground much sooner I'd imagine.
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FA themselves advised they would advise broadcast details, name of main sponsor and competition name "in the coming weeks"....????? I know Im being impatient but fark me.... its like getting blood from a stone.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
FA themselves advised they would advise broadcast details, name of main sponsor and competition name "in the coming weeks"....????? I know Im being impatient but fark me.... its like getting blood from a stone.
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Yeah I thought the broadcaster was wrapped up with the national teams months ago. It's like pulling teeth.
 
A flashback from four years ago:

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AAFC clubs table 'feasible' A-League Div. 2 plan

A national second tier that sits below the A-League could be up and running as soon as 2022, a report commissioned by the AAFC has found.
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An "affordable and feasible" national second tier that sits below the Australian A-League could be up and running as soon as 2022

Expansion to 16 teams occurring via promotion from the NPL -- on condition of minimum standards being met -- would preferably occur in the first four years and full promotion and relegation between a national second division and existing NPL competitions would commence once a 16-team competition had been reached.

This is going to come from our existing resources

To finalise it by March, April next year (2022)

The AAFC's vision estimates that the costs of running the league would reach up to $3.3 million, and that participating clubs would, on top of paying a participation fee of $200,000 a season, require an operating budget of between $850,000 and $1.6m.

To begin with, competing players would be semi-professional; the AAFC estimating that the rise in standards associated with the jump from the NPL to a NSD would add $150,000 to $250,000 in football operations costs for clubs as part of the additional $550,000 to $850,000 in expenses that would be added to existing NPL club's budgets. An intention would then be to transition into a fully professional competition as soon as viable.

No caps on spending at its outset that would prevent sides operating professionally immediately should they be able to do so.

If we're going to achieve a geographic spread as we'd hope and really tap most of Australia, if not all of Australia, we want to make it so that different regions can do it in different ways so they can all participate.

No preference is made between a winter or summer staging.

Second-tier clubs would have to possess stadium facilities that can accommodate a minimum of 3,000 fans and meet criteria surrounding their existing teams and youth development.

A comprehensive women's and girl's program with a focus on development would also be a prerequisite for any club seeking to participate in the proposed competition, with the AAFC also targeting the introduction of a women's national second division in 2025.
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