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Over all we came in 7th great effort for a comp that is only 3 years old starting it's 4th yr
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AFC give Australia a "B"
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dibo
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from SMH journo/blogger Ben Willing the SFCU thread titled 'Lowy wants promotion/relegation for A-League:
[quote author=Kaiser]
Yep. Actually he said we NEED a promotion/relegation system.
It is following on from AFC's Champions League guidelines. And also because it'll improve our chances of hosting the 2018 WC.
He said it would be in place well before 2018, but probably not within the next 5 years.
Sauce = Frank Lowy @ a "Class of 2018/Young Socceroos" media thingy
[/quote]
[quote author=Kaiser]
Yep. Actually he said we NEED a promotion/relegation system.
It is following on from AFC's Champions League guidelines. And also because it'll improve our chances of hosting the 2018 WC.
He said it would be in place well before 2018, but probably not within the next 5 years.
Sauce = Frank Lowy @ a "Class of 2018/Young Socceroos" media thingy
[/quote]
[/quote]dibo said:
this could be both a really good move or really bad. ive said plenty of times on this forum that i want promotion and relegation in Australia, however, that timetable looks like its rushing things. it would be better to skip the 2018 WC if it meant we could implement this structure in a way that is both sustainable and would support growth, then to rush it and have a 2nd league that is a total loss of money with crowds < 1000. Therefore there needs to be considerable interest generated in a second league in order for it to be professional and it needs to be in order to smoothen the transition from one league to another between the seasons. i would hope for top teams crowds could get over 20k per match on average with a second tier crowds of about 5-15k would be desirable (though probably not achievable).
midfielder
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Lowy looking at relegation-promotion system in A-League
http://www.theroar.com.au/2008/05/24/lowy-looking-at-relegation-promotion-system-in-a-league/
FFA chairman Frank Lowy is looking to introduce a relegation-promotion system to the A-League to strengthen Australias ranking in Asia and enhance its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
The system wouldnt come in for at least another five years but Lowy believed it was the only way for the A-League to be respected abroad.
The billionaire said it was likely the eight-team A-League would grow to only 10 teams for 2009-10 season, rather than the 12 that was mooted by FFA chief executive Ben Buckley.
New Gold Coast and Townsville franchises are set to be introduced next year while second teams for Sydney and Melbourne will likely have to wait until 2010-11.
I think the first (expansion) will be 10 because with Sydney and Melbourne we need the clubs to agree to it because they have a five-year moratorium, Lowy said today.
I think to absorb four teams at the one time may just be a little hard and there will be some risks. We dont want to take those risks.
Lowy also suggested 12 teams was only a stepping stone.
Why stop at 12? The sky is blue, the future is great, he said.
The Asian Football Confederation this week kept Australias representation to two spots in next seasons Asian Champions League, while handing Iran four and India one in the new 32-team format.
It rated Australia seventh of the 46 AFC member associations, according to criteria including governance, marketing, media and stadiums.
China, likely to compete with Australia for the right to be the AFCs preferred option for the 2018 World Cup, rated third.
Lowy believed the reason for the low rating was the absence of a relegation-promotion system in the A-League.
Promotion and relegation is the lifeblood of the game, so we cant ignore it and we wont ignore it, he said.
By the time the (2018) World Cup comes there will be promotion and relegation, we will probably have a lot more teams and I believe we are going to move forward in big steps, as we are now.
Lowy did not specify the minimum amount of teams he would need in the league for a relegation-promotion system to function well, saying the most important thing was to create a strong second-tier league and that would take time.
Looking ahead to next weeks FIFA congress in Sydney, Lowy said it was extremely important to prove Australia can be great hosts in the long lead-up to 2018.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2008/05/24/lowy-looking-at-relegation-promotion-system-in-a-league/
FFA chairman Frank Lowy is looking to introduce a relegation-promotion system to the A-League to strengthen Australias ranking in Asia and enhance its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
The system wouldnt come in for at least another five years but Lowy believed it was the only way for the A-League to be respected abroad.
The billionaire said it was likely the eight-team A-League would grow to only 10 teams for 2009-10 season, rather than the 12 that was mooted by FFA chief executive Ben Buckley.
New Gold Coast and Townsville franchises are set to be introduced next year while second teams for Sydney and Melbourne will likely have to wait until 2010-11.
I think the first (expansion) will be 10 because with Sydney and Melbourne we need the clubs to agree to it because they have a five-year moratorium, Lowy said today.
I think to absorb four teams at the one time may just be a little hard and there will be some risks. We dont want to take those risks.
Lowy also suggested 12 teams was only a stepping stone.
Why stop at 12? The sky is blue, the future is great, he said.
The Asian Football Confederation this week kept Australias representation to two spots in next seasons Asian Champions League, while handing Iran four and India one in the new 32-team format.
It rated Australia seventh of the 46 AFC member associations, according to criteria including governance, marketing, media and stadiums.
China, likely to compete with Australia for the right to be the AFCs preferred option for the 2018 World Cup, rated third.
Lowy believed the reason for the low rating was the absence of a relegation-promotion system in the A-League.
Promotion and relegation is the lifeblood of the game, so we cant ignore it and we wont ignore it, he said.
By the time the (2018) World Cup comes there will be promotion and relegation, we will probably have a lot more teams and I believe we are going to move forward in big steps, as we are now.
Lowy did not specify the minimum amount of teams he would need in the league for a relegation-promotion system to function well, saying the most important thing was to create a strong second-tier league and that would take time.
Looking ahead to next weeks FIFA congress in Sydney, Lowy said it was extremely important to prove Australia can be great hosts in the long lead-up to 2018.
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