we get a lot of heat from afc allowing them to compete in our league because afc fears fifa will try and make afc and ofc merge into one confederation which would elevate already ridiculous costs and logisticsParraEelsNRL wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:13 pmSoccer unlike RL could survive on transfer fees just about alone in NZ from the couple of guys they get each year or so with a pro team playing in aus letting the production line tick along. Too much money in soccer.
if the nix were pulling their weight i would be all for them but they keep making promises that they will improve and they just keep going backwards
the transfer fees they get for players is alright but they need to work on their tv deal. there is also a market in auckland for that team but its even smaller than wellington and we already tried there and failed
wollongong/canberra/tassie would be way better places to start up new teams than nz. gallop is just obsessed with big city metrics...he also wants a 3rd and 4th team in sydney, and a 3rd team in melbourne...hes gonna over-saturate the place