There have been reviews by a number of bodies after every disaster and they don't fix a thing. The problem is that it is a grossly underfunded (or negligently funded) body for the size of sport they are expected to run and are often run by people with out any feel for the game or with a feel for their own tiny little world.
All another report would so is recommend a set of changes that would re-arrange the deckchairs on the Titanic because the circumstances in New Zealand bear absolutely no resemblance to the situation in Australia when Crawford was done.
That's a good nay excellent point ... Crawford recommended government funding as the NSL was also broke and cash poor and had a $ 50.00 surcharge I think on all players to fund them...
The government coughed up 13 million and thats what kick started the FFA...
I don't know whats in this budget but NZ Football didn't qualify for government funding in the past, despite it being the largest participation sport in NZ. It's mainly funded on subs, sponsorship, and TV money from the intercontinental world cup play off every four years.
There obviously isn't as much money in NZ as in Australia, does Frank Lowry fund football as a philantropic gesture at all?
The Govt funding thing is a separate issue, related to the ridiculousness of all 'high performance' sport in NZ getting funding related to chances of a medal at Olympics, or winning their World Championships if that is their premier event. As NZ are NEVER going to win the Olympics or the World Cup that's pretty much the ending of the discussion around funding from SPARC, which is just a joke. In the meantime Rugby will now manage to double dip as they consider them favourites to win their World Cup & the Olympics with 7s in now.
Edit: Other sports screwed by this include Basketball, Triathlon (now) & Swimming (now), not helped by the fact the "big" Olympic sports get more funding, and then better results meaning more funding again (Cycling & Rowing being the big 2)