Just include the A-League NPL sides already
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It would be funny if an aleague NPL side were to win their respective state NPL and then play in the second division.
Anyone know if that NSD thing is happening anytime soon?
October after the NPL season.
8 of the bought license teams and then rest are qualified through the NPL.
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Presumably the announcement of the second division.
Sadly not enough guts or self depreciation to call it the B-League
So the winners of the grand final are the champions but they didnât win the championship.
So theyâve finally launched the Australian Championship and Iâm not sure why they bothered. 16 teams to play in a round robin group stage comp between October and December this year. No promotion/relegation which I thought initially was the whole point??
Zero chance of pro/rel for a decade or more surely.
I always assumed it was just the same old names wanting to get some more of the sponsorship moneys
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So whatâs the point of this? Being played during the A-League season as well.
Assume the point is to shut up the NSL bitters.
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Agreed. And even then thing i think it would have to be geographically limited rather than a true pro/rel
With the current AL ladder you wouldnât want to lose Brisbane and Perth to be replaced by more Sydney and Melbourne teams.
I would assume so at least the framework is in place for the future
Iâm sure itâs been done to death in this thread but I just donât ever see pro/rel being viable here.
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O-LYM-PIC!
It wonât be. Thatâs what everyone has been saying for ages. At most, they can have two spots in the league for NSD teams. The current ALM teams can play off against the two winners of the NSD to see if they get to stay up. But apart from, you have current licensing issues where the license is for ALM, not second division. The licenses donât all expire at the same time, plus you have the issue where, the license will be devalued and go for cheaper if thereâs a risk of relegation.
If you go my way, then it opens up the potential where NSD can âtry before they buyâ and then potentially stay as proper full fledged ALM teams.
It is a step towards solving the problem that the state-leagues are too diluted. A second-tier split across 8 leagues, ~100 teams, ~2,000 players is simply not fit-for-purpose.
Spreading quality too thin makes the standard too low. Spreading attention too thin makes it impossible to generate revenue.
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Not sure how much interest this is going to get going up against the A-League. The mainstream media barely reports on the A-League, I canât see them having any interest in this comp. Apart from the fans of the NPL clubs involved, how many other people are going to care? Just feels like a half assed attempt to appease the NPL clubs without offering the pro/rel that theyâre really after.