NSW Football - To Re Model ---Maybe

[midfielder]

It has taken a while but hopefully the following will happen..

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/another-victory-for-lowy-as-australias-rogue-state-begins-the-process-of-assimilation-20110424-1dsx2.html

 

[style_cafe]

The review is most welcomed & I hope more successful than the last few....which always bowed to the pressure of the Premier leaugue clubs.

As you can see with the A-league this country doesn`t have the population to maintain huge crowd figures for every team.

FNSW have to look at their top divisions & regionalise the teams to align with the Associations.

There are 31 Associations under the banner of FNSW.

If each Association had it`s own team a decent competition could be formed.

Maybe a north & south conference with the top 4 in each conference playing off for the champions cup.

Conversly if Nth NSW also came on board NSW could be divided into 4 zones with the top two from each zone entering the Cup competition.

This, in time (20yrs at least),would give access to players in NSW to reach the top levels of football.

I realise that distance & financial constraints could hinder the competitions but under a regionalised plan sponsors could be found & FNSW would have a product that could be viable for TV.

Many country associations already enjoy some exposure on regional TV.

FNSW really needs to put a plan into action.
We don`t even have our own licenced club to generate revenue.

Under the above scheme each Association would be encouraged to develop it`s own stadium with licenced premises attached.
This would, in turn help to reduce the cost to grass roots players.

The other huge financial drain to Football is insurance.
Vast sums of money have been spent providing insurance that does nothing for the majority of players.
FNSW should look at setting up it`s own insurance scheme to cover players who have major accidents & injuries. That way the money stays within the football family.

To sum up,if Football is to prosper in this State we NEED major reforms.
The present system does not work effectively & with some planning we could be a great Footballing Nation.

 

[giggsy]

This is just one part of the whole problem with the running of the game....the establishment of the FFA to run football in this country was part of the so called NEW DAWN for the game. Admittedly much progress has been made and Frank Lowy, above all, should be thanked for this, however, progress seems to have stalled and assistance from other areas is needed. (ie; the Government inquiry)....see other thread... maybe we should combine them. Either way lets all get involved, not just with our wants and hopes for THE MARINERS but for the game in general.