Thread to discuss the Rob Sherman ASBP review and the future of the competition.
First question, should the competition remain a summer league? You do have the benefit of better pitches and weather, and with players playing on a Saturday theoretically have more people in Summer to come and watch. I but I also wonder whether there's just more to do in Summer which means you lose people. On a nice day in Wellington there is a million other things to do rather than go and watch ASBP football.
Second question, club or franchise?
Personally I'm going away from the franchise league because while I think it has helped to raise standards I don't think it has really met many of the other aims of the league (increase crowds, improve organisation, secure funding, get more media coverage, be more financially viable). The issue I have is that the 4 best franchises Wellington, Napier, ACFC and Waitak are basically just winter clubs in summer guise. Canterbury are a combi team which they've always had right back to the old Summer league/ Southern league days so they've probably done best to combine the clubs down there.