Without a major sponsor (ideally an airline or motel chain), I imagine a season long National League would become a big financial black hole for NZF. Don't forget that there would also then be an expectation to fund a full season long Womens National League. The unsustainable costs for the teams in the old Handa Prem, basically lead to it's demise.
The current models would just be hundreds of thousands of dollars cheaper. And don't really see the extra cost being worth the return.
Of course this could all change if the AWs qualify for the 2026 WC (as they should) and NZF gets a $USD10M windfall or whatever it will be. Then you'd think Albany can look at some serious domestic development & competitions.
Also whatever happend to Mr Handa who generously sponsored the old summer NL?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/87338174/new-zealand-football-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-japanese-billionaire
The current models would just be hundreds of thousands of dollars cheaper. And don't really see the extra cost being worth the return.
Of course this could all change if the AWs qualify for the 2026 WC (as they should) and NZF gets a $USD10M windfall or whatever it will be. Then you'd think Albany can look at some serious domestic development & competitions.
Also whatever happend to Mr Handa who generously sponsored the old summer NL?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/87338174/new-zealand-football-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-japanese-billionaire