But the thing is BM, you have not answered the question put to you time and time again. Tegal has just asked it ONCE again.
If you want to have an open and frank discussion, you have to debate all points. Most have merit but sell us this 'fact' that the Phoenix take resources from NZF that should be for the ASBP. If you can't, then you understand why the point gets endorsed. Its been put to you a few times, just answer it and we can all move along.
What I've kept saying, and I'll do so again, is it's all about "focus". NZF's focus is on the AWs and Phoenix. For example, Andy Martin has recently been talking about how they'll fit a Phoenix reserve team in the ASBP, just like they slotted in the Wanderers last season. He hasn't been talking about investing directly in and promoting the ASBP in its own right but merely using it to get game time for the reserve Phoenix players as if that's all it's worth. That's what I'm talking about, it's not me taking pot shots at the Nix of AWs as you claim. The Phoenix is an Australian registered club with wealthy backers, they can look after themselves.The ASBP is our domestic national league but NZF don't see the ASBP/O League as a primary investment focus - instead they actually take funds out of them for their own ends, as has been explained it you read the posts. Yet it seems their only interest in the ASBP is to get game time for the Under 20 team and now the Phoenix reserves. NZF lets the ASBP finance itself and then uses it for their own ends when it suits them. They don't treat the national league as an entity worth promoting in its own right. It's not me who's not answering the question. Try to get a handle on what's being debated. There is no NZF investment in the ASBP - fact! They have invested in the Wanderers (read AWs) - fact! They have invested in the Phoenix in the past - fact! Their main "focus" for next season is to get the Phoenix reserves in the ASBP - fact! This is the reality.