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lol like father like sonCome my son and see what I leave you ....
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Rowdy
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FFA confirm Frank Lowy’s son Steven is preferred candidate to take over as chairman
THE installation of Steven Lowy to take over from his father at the head of Australian Football appears to be complete, after he was confirmed in writing as the preferred candidate to become chairman of Football Federation Australia in November.
In a remarkable letter sent to the state bodies who will vote for the new board next month, an investment banker and an executive at Commonwealth Bank were also named as the other candidates to replace Frank Lowy and his two closest allies on the board when all three have to step down later this year.
In the letter, Steven Lowy’s credentials as a football lover are listed at length, but no mention is made of the other two having any connection with football.
The letter also claims that no other candidates have been put forward because to do so would be to risk a return “to the ‘old days’ of football if politics was allowed to intrude on an independent, professional process of selection of the best available people for the job”.
The letter’s author, FFA deputy chairman Brian Schwartz, makes no mention of the fact that Steven is Frank Lowy’s son, but says that 70 potential candidates for the FFA board were identified and 50 contacted. From those eight names were considered, two of whom have already joined the board as appointed members.
The letter makes clear that, though nominations for candidates do not close until the end of the month, Steven Lowy, Crispin Murray and Kelly Bayer Rosmarin will be the names put forward.
Murray is head of equities strategies for BIT Investment Management, the company heavily involved in last year’s restructure of the Lowy’s Westfield shopping malls empire, while Rosmarin is group executive for institutional banking and markets at the Commonwealth Bank.
Her Twitter profile says she “loves reading, movies, travel, dining out and big ideas”.
News Corp asked CommBank to confirm whether she has attended any football matches in Australia but no response had been received at the time of going to press.
FFA will see a changing of the guard at November’s AGM, with founding directors Lowy, Schwartz and Philip Wolanski all required to step down under the game’s constitution.
Eight of the votes go to the various states and territories and a ninth to the A-League clubs together. Discussions have ensued in the past fortnight between the state bodies about mounting a candidate in the wake of mounting anger at the lack of alternative candidates, especially those with a history in football.
But nominations are due to close on September 30, with little sign that anyone will be put forward with the stomach to challenge the existing process.
At least one possible candidate, who it’s believed had been canvassed to stand, has privately ruled themselves out.
The letter also details “a particular focus (for the new directors) will be our growing integration with world football bodies, especially FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation, which require even greater attention and strategic engagement than ever if we are to realise our ambitions on the international stage.”
An FFA spokesman declined to comment on the letter or the process for choosing directors.
THE installation of Steven Lowy to take over from his father at the head of Australian Football appears to be complete, after he was confirmed in writing as the preferred candidate to become chairman of Football Federation Australia in November.
In a remarkable letter sent to the state bodies who will vote for the new board next month, an investment banker and an executive at Commonwealth Bank were also named as the other candidates to replace Frank Lowy and his two closest allies on the board when all three have to step down later this year.
In the letter, Steven Lowy’s credentials as a football lover are listed at length, but no mention is made of the other two having any connection with football.
The letter also claims that no other candidates have been put forward because to do so would be to risk a return “to the ‘old days’ of football if politics was allowed to intrude on an independent, professional process of selection of the best available people for the job”.
The letter’s author, FFA deputy chairman Brian Schwartz, makes no mention of the fact that Steven is Frank Lowy’s son, but says that 70 potential candidates for the FFA board were identified and 50 contacted. From those eight names were considered, two of whom have already joined the board as appointed members.
The letter makes clear that, though nominations for candidates do not close until the end of the month, Steven Lowy, Crispin Murray and Kelly Bayer Rosmarin will be the names put forward.
Murray is head of equities strategies for BIT Investment Management, the company heavily involved in last year’s restructure of the Lowy’s Westfield shopping malls empire, while Rosmarin is group executive for institutional banking and markets at the Commonwealth Bank.
Her Twitter profile says she “loves reading, movies, travel, dining out and big ideas”.
News Corp asked CommBank to confirm whether she has attended any football matches in Australia but no response had been received at the time of going to press.
FFA will see a changing of the guard at November’s AGM, with founding directors Lowy, Schwartz and Philip Wolanski all required to step down under the game’s constitution.
Eight of the votes go to the various states and territories and a ninth to the A-League clubs together. Discussions have ensued in the past fortnight between the state bodies about mounting a candidate in the wake of mounting anger at the lack of alternative candidates, especially those with a history in football.
But nominations are due to close on September 30, with little sign that anyone will be put forward with the stomach to challenge the existing process.
At least one possible candidate, who it’s believed had been canvassed to stand, has privately ruled themselves out.
The letter also details “a particular focus (for the new directors) will be our growing integration with world football bodies, especially FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation, which require even greater attention and strategic engagement than ever if we are to realise our ambitions on the international stage.”
An FFA spokesman declined to comment on the letter or the process for choosing directors.
Rowdy
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Lowy legacy losing its lustre:
By: Philip Micallef
TWG: 7 Sep 2015
Frank Lowy will go down as the man who played a key role in saving Australian football when it was at its knees, yet the outgoing FFA chairman is risking being remembered for his "my way or the highway" approach that is undoing all the good work he has done for the game.
As he prepares to relinquish his 12-year hold on power and contentiously pave the way for his son Steven to take the reins of the game, football's faithful fans must be wondering if they will get more of the same or a fresh administration that is willing to listen carefully to the stakeholders.
I have always felt genuine gratitude towards Lowy for enabling the game to earn the respect it deserves in a country that treated it as a joke.
And I know from my experience as a News Limitedjournalist in my other life how hard it was for the old soccer to be taken seriously.
Things are different now yet Lowy's modus operandi is beginning to grate many people at all levels of football. Some would say that the clouds of dissatisfaction and discontent have been hovering above the game for a long time.
At first Lowy's iron-fist approach was seen as timely and necessary as he sought to rid the game of its old attitudes and bad habits that had prevented it from reaching its true potential.
The end justified the means, in a way.
____________________________________________
However, many believe that Lowy and his lieutenants have now gone too far.
______________________________________
Matters came to a head when Australia coach Ange Postecoglou was forced to back track on his fair views on the CBA dispute that is causing the game much collateral damage.
Clearly, being neutral as Postecoglou was in this case is not good enough for FFA - mainly due to Lowy's old-fashioned adage that "you are either with us or against us", which has permeated right through the game at club, player and media level.
These days you either toe the line or you are ostracised, as some high-profile officials would so gladly testify.
This is what Australian football - the game of the people - has come to.
Stakeholders with guts to speak out against FFA are very few because the majority of those with anything to lose would think twice before taking the administration to task for fear of rebuke or even retribution.
How on earth could FFA stoop so low as to publicly humiliate Postecoglou after what he's done for the game in this country at club and national team level?
Postecoglou had every right to voice his concern at the chain of unsavoury events that was causing an unnecessary distraction to the Socceroos, as they prepared for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Tajikistan.
His position as national coach is on the line, remember, and it is in his and the Socceroos' interests to protect it.
What would happen if Postecoglou were to lose his job after a set of poor performances caused by off-field pay wars?
Would the commercial partners he was ordered to protect by his infamous retraction come to his rescue? I don't think so.
Would FFA have been so publicly draconian if former coach Guus Hiddink, for example, had made a similar statement of neutrality on the basis that it could have upset the game's sponsors? I don't think so.
Football fans in their hundreds of thousands today are just happy to be able to enjoy a decent league competition for seven months of the year and savour a few successes on the foreign front at national and club level.
____________________________________________
Many, however, are also growing increasingly disenchanted by and tired of FFA's autocratic rule in a country that staunchly stands for proper dialogue, accountability and a fair go.
______________________________________
One hopes that the new administration, come November, will see the light, recognise the football family is getting restless and adopt a more transparent and user-friendly approach when running the game we all love.
It is a golden opportunity for the new administration to mend Lowy's monocratic methods after he made such a bright start to his tenure: getting Australia into Asia, starting the A-League and providing a platform for the Socceroos to play in three straight World Cups, with the promise of more to come.
Football no doubt is in a better place than it was 12 years ago.
The challenge and responsibility of the incoming administration is to keep up the momentum by showing the game's stakeholders a bit more respect and not treating them like customers in a shopping centre.
It is not hard to listen to people ... they might even surprise you with what they have to offer.
By: Philip Micallef
TWG: 7 Sep 2015
Frank Lowy will go down as the man who played a key role in saving Australian football when it was at its knees, yet the outgoing FFA chairman is risking being remembered for his "my way or the highway" approach that is undoing all the good work he has done for the game.
As he prepares to relinquish his 12-year hold on power and contentiously pave the way for his son Steven to take the reins of the game, football's faithful fans must be wondering if they will get more of the same or a fresh administration that is willing to listen carefully to the stakeholders.
I have always felt genuine gratitude towards Lowy for enabling the game to earn the respect it deserves in a country that treated it as a joke.
And I know from my experience as a News Limitedjournalist in my other life how hard it was for the old soccer to be taken seriously.
Things are different now yet Lowy's modus operandi is beginning to grate many people at all levels of football. Some would say that the clouds of dissatisfaction and discontent have been hovering above the game for a long time.
At first Lowy's iron-fist approach was seen as timely and necessary as he sought to rid the game of its old attitudes and bad habits that had prevented it from reaching its true potential.
The end justified the means, in a way.
____________________________________________
However, many believe that Lowy and his lieutenants have now gone too far.
______________________________________
Matters came to a head when Australia coach Ange Postecoglou was forced to back track on his fair views on the CBA dispute that is causing the game much collateral damage.
Clearly, being neutral as Postecoglou was in this case is not good enough for FFA - mainly due to Lowy's old-fashioned adage that "you are either with us or against us", which has permeated right through the game at club, player and media level.
These days you either toe the line or you are ostracised, as some high-profile officials would so gladly testify.
This is what Australian football - the game of the people - has come to.
Stakeholders with guts to speak out against FFA are very few because the majority of those with anything to lose would think twice before taking the administration to task for fear of rebuke or even retribution.
How on earth could FFA stoop so low as to publicly humiliate Postecoglou after what he's done for the game in this country at club and national team level?
Postecoglou had every right to voice his concern at the chain of unsavoury events that was causing an unnecessary distraction to the Socceroos, as they prepared for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Tajikistan.
His position as national coach is on the line, remember, and it is in his and the Socceroos' interests to protect it.
What would happen if Postecoglou were to lose his job after a set of poor performances caused by off-field pay wars?
Would the commercial partners he was ordered to protect by his infamous retraction come to his rescue? I don't think so.
Would FFA have been so publicly draconian if former coach Guus Hiddink, for example, had made a similar statement of neutrality on the basis that it could have upset the game's sponsors? I don't think so.
Football fans in their hundreds of thousands today are just happy to be able to enjoy a decent league competition for seven months of the year and savour a few successes on the foreign front at national and club level.
____________________________________________
Many, however, are also growing increasingly disenchanted by and tired of FFA's autocratic rule in a country that staunchly stands for proper dialogue, accountability and a fair go.
______________________________________
One hopes that the new administration, come November, will see the light, recognise the football family is getting restless and adopt a more transparent and user-friendly approach when running the game we all love.
It is a golden opportunity for the new administration to mend Lowy's monocratic methods after he made such a bright start to his tenure: getting Australia into Asia, starting the A-League and providing a platform for the Socceroos to play in three straight World Cups, with the promise of more to come.
Football no doubt is in a better place than it was 12 years ago.
The challenge and responsibility of the incoming administration is to keep up the momentum by showing the game's stakeholders a bit more respect and not treating them like customers in a shopping centre.
It is not hard to listen to people ... they might even surprise you with what they have to offer.
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