FIFA World Cup decision - much ado about nothing

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FIFA World Cup decision - much ado about nothing

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Saturday, December 11 2010 @ 05:58 pm ACDT

Interesting that the Sydney Rovers, the planned western Sydney soccer side for the A League, have been cancelled, which means the GWS Giants don't have them as off field competition in their first season. Good news for the Giants.

And the North Queensland A League team remains in limbo, struggling to raise funds to prove they are viable to continue. Soccer commentators are starting to admit the FFA are a joke. Yet we have the Government seemingly blindly committed to supporting the game, regardless of how badly it is faring. Interesting politics there. I wonder if behind the scenes the support might start to drop off.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

FIFA World Cup decision - much ado about nothing

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Monday, December 13 2010 @ 04:57 pm ACDT

The FFA and A-League right now remind me of the NBL when I was a kid in the late 80s and early 90s. Back then, everyone said Basketball was going to take over as game of choice, and the VFL/AFL was doomed. Now the NBL battle to get anyone to games and have all but disappeared from the sports media.

Basketball and soccer both have huge participation numbers, but so far haven't been able to create a profitable, lasting league in Australia. The fans seem to just play at a local level, but follow the NBA or the Premier League rather than the relevant Australian pro leagues.

I've heard someone say that in no market has soccer ever taken over from a previously entrenched football code as number 1 sport of choice. Rugby Union in NZ, Wales, Oceania and South Africa (at least in the white community), Gaelic football in Ireland, American/Canadian Football in the US/Canada, Australian rules and/or Rugby League in Australia...

I haven't seen any official statistics, but maybe there's some truth in that.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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