sydmariner
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Clarkey is the new Socceroos strength & conditioning coach.
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sydmariner
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Thank f**k moss didn't join him.
Moss has taken a job with NAB I think, what ever it is it isn’t a football job.
sydmariner
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Good now he can explain to the royal commision about his time at ccm
Rowdy
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Moss's 'Product Disclosure Statement' said he was a 'Coach'
.... so yeah ... definitely some 'Financial Fraud' everytime he took his pay cheq.
Rowdy
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A-LEAGUE THE 'WORST OF BOTH WORLDS:
The A-League is getting less competitive and richer clubs are running away with the silverware, according to the new annual report from the players union.
In the last four years, the big teams from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have dominated the A-League finals with only cameo appearances from their rivals.
And Sydney FC twice ran away with the Premiership with 44 more points than the bottom-placed club.
In the their new annual report, Professional Footballers Australia says the root cause is the big teams' increasing ability to spend more on wages – and smaller clubs unable to keep up any more.
"Any way you cut it, the A-League has become less competitively balanced during the period with the current ten clubs," says the PFA Annual Report.
"Across seasons, within seasons and within matches, the same teams are winning more consistently and by bigger margins.
"The points spread between the top and bottom of the ladder has grown. Within individual matches, the share of matches decided by three or more goals has (also) generally grown.
"And fewer clubs are sharing in the success. The variety of teams finishing in the top positions has narrowed.
SEE THE FULL REPORT HERE
The five teams from the biggest markets have reached the finals 17 out of a possible 20 times in the past four seasons, while the other five clubs only made 7 out of a possible 20 finals berths."
The PFA warns that the big-spending clubs can afford to stretch their salary cap and marquee signings to create more entertaining and successful clubs.
But the clubs from areas of a smaller population and tighter budgets can't compete because the FFA grant doesn't allow them to be competitive.
As a result, says the PFA, the salary cap no longer levels the playing field as originally intended and just allows rich clubs to prosper.
"Because the size of the annual club grant has not kept pace with the ambitions of the well-capitalised clubs, the smaller clubs have been left well off the pace," says the PFA.
"Newcastle Jets’ Cinderella story this season was all the more compelling because it bucked this trend.
"But even so, their rise up the ladder was fuelled in part by significantly increased investment in their playing squad from the previous season.
"Growing the club grant depends on the league’s administrators maximising the commercial potential of the league and investing a fair share of that revenue back into clubs.
"Arguably, neither of these has happened.
The PFA adds: "What we have now is a league that is no more or less competitively balanced than the average European league, but one in which players and clubs suffer the unwanted side effects of a labour market model which has a primary purpose of promoting competitive balance.
"It is the worst of both worlds."
The A-League is getting less competitive and richer clubs are running away with the silverware, according to the new annual report from the players union.
In the last four years, the big teams from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have dominated the A-League finals with only cameo appearances from their rivals.
And Sydney FC twice ran away with the Premiership with 44 more points than the bottom-placed club.
In the their new annual report, Professional Footballers Australia says the root cause is the big teams' increasing ability to spend more on wages – and smaller clubs unable to keep up any more.
"Any way you cut it, the A-League has become less competitively balanced during the period with the current ten clubs," says the PFA Annual Report.
"Across seasons, within seasons and within matches, the same teams are winning more consistently and by bigger margins.
"The points spread between the top and bottom of the ladder has grown. Within individual matches, the share of matches decided by three or more goals has (also) generally grown.
"And fewer clubs are sharing in the success. The variety of teams finishing in the top positions has narrowed.
SEE THE FULL REPORT HERE
The five teams from the biggest markets have reached the finals 17 out of a possible 20 times in the past four seasons, while the other five clubs only made 7 out of a possible 20 finals berths."
The PFA warns that the big-spending clubs can afford to stretch their salary cap and marquee signings to create more entertaining and successful clubs.
But the clubs from areas of a smaller population and tighter budgets can't compete because the FFA grant doesn't allow them to be competitive.
As a result, says the PFA, the salary cap no longer levels the playing field as originally intended and just allows rich clubs to prosper.
"Because the size of the annual club grant has not kept pace with the ambitions of the well-capitalised clubs, the smaller clubs have been left well off the pace," says the PFA.
"Newcastle Jets’ Cinderella story this season was all the more compelling because it bucked this trend.
"But even so, their rise up the ladder was fuelled in part by significantly increased investment in their playing squad from the previous season.
"Growing the club grant depends on the league’s administrators maximising the commercial potential of the league and investing a fair share of that revenue back into clubs.
"Arguably, neither of these has happened.
The PFA adds: "What we have now is a league that is no more or less competitively balanced than the average European league, but one in which players and clubs suffer the unwanted side effects of a labour market model which has a primary purpose of promoting competitive balance.
"It is the worst of both worlds."
Rowdy
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PFA, yet again barking about wanting more $$'s for players, thinly disguised in amongst how the salary cap is 'unfair' / makes the comp lopsided - for the little clubs like us at CCM .... restriction of trade etc etc.
When the salary cap is scrapped, there will STILL only be the same amount of TV money (whatever that is going forward) to be evenly distributed amongst all teams in the HAL ..... so effectively it makes no difference for 'povo' owners like Charlesworth
- he'll STILL pay the same wages accordingly to players that he sees fit.
NOTHING CHANGES for players wages in the scenarios of clubs like ours.
It's only the successful clubs (that win regularly) who will have extra dollars
- through bigger sponsorship deals, that will have higher paid players.
Larger squad sizes (⬆26) only increases the divisible factor of each clubs 'allotted' TV cash, thus lowering the avg wage across the whole team .... again.
& Additionally .... what do you think is going to happen when the 2nd Division Pro/Rel is instituted ??
- the B-League isnt going to generate the same 'TV Deal ca$h' as the A-League, nor might it even have the same amount of teams ??
Wage disparity will still exist, as it will now be dispersed across the x2 Leagues.
& I'm thinking the possible minimum wage in the B-League to be considerably less/(even perhaps) on par with what the A-League min wage was in HAL V1.0 (2005-06)
Oh ..... & there will still be the 'unfair'/lopsided competition of Big Clubs v little clubs in that B-League as well.
Scrapping the Cap wont change anything but make it easier for the Melb's & Syd's.
When the salary cap is scrapped, there will STILL only be the same amount of TV money (whatever that is going forward) to be evenly distributed amongst all teams in the HAL ..... so effectively it makes no difference for 'povo' owners like Charlesworth
- he'll STILL pay the same wages accordingly to players that he sees fit.
NOTHING CHANGES for players wages in the scenarios of clubs like ours.
It's only the successful clubs (that win regularly) who will have extra dollars
- through bigger sponsorship deals, that will have higher paid players.
Larger squad sizes (⬆26) only increases the divisible factor of each clubs 'allotted' TV cash, thus lowering the avg wage across the whole team .... again.
& Additionally .... what do you think is going to happen when the 2nd Division Pro/Rel is instituted ??
- the B-League isnt going to generate the same 'TV Deal ca$h' as the A-League, nor might it even have the same amount of teams ??
Wage disparity will still exist, as it will now be dispersed across the x2 Leagues.
& I'm thinking the possible minimum wage in the B-League to be considerably less/(even perhaps) on par with what the A-League min wage was in HAL V1.0 (2005-06)
Oh ..... & there will still be the 'unfair'/lopsided competition of Big Clubs v little clubs in that B-League as well.
Scrapping the Cap wont change anything but make it easier for the Melb's & Syd's.
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Insertnamehere
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PFA = Professional Footballers Association .... So likely none?
FFC Mariner
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Professional = gets money to play so I'd suggest most of them in NPL1
Insertnamehere
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So you believe most can derive an income to support them and as such do not have to work a job as well? And that they train equally or more than HAL clubs.
Rowdy
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Having to work a normal job as well as getting 'paid' still = Professional.
- it's just ........
Stephen Lowy not going for re-election to FFA board in November
50-year dynasty ends: Lowy calls time on FFA reign
https://www.foxsports.com.au/footba...n/news-story/3e926ee16e5ba93d78a17fd98324b080
50-year dynasty ends: Lowy calls time on FFA reign
https://www.foxsports.com.au/footba...n/news-story/3e926ee16e5ba93d78a17fd98324b080
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Insertnamehere
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Good riddance. Completely delusional if he thinks he game is in a good state. HAL flounderingand completely non equalised, roos overpaid during WC, kids being charged thousands to play NPL junior grades. Utterly garbage state of affairs
Insertnamehere
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Bonny mersiades on ABC News giving FFA and Steven Lowy a flogging !!! Excellent!!
Bonny for president !
VicMariner
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I'd be very happy with Bonita Mersiades being FFA president/chairman.
Insertnamehere
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Unfortunately I think she's above our game now but at least she's interested in it.
sydmariner
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