The "National League", "NZFC" or "ASBP" has been on the slide ever since I moved to this country which, oddly, was long before the Wellington Phoenix came into existence. I can't remember who got the blame for it being such a disaster before the Nix came along, but I'm sure someone did.
I can't pretend to know how to solve the numerous problems of making the ASBP a viable proposition, but blaming the Nix for all it's failings is ludicrous. Suggesting that Welnix throw money into the sinkhole that is the ASBP is nonsense. Welnix aren't putting money into the Phoenix which they would have put into the ASBP if the Nix didn't exist I'm sure that their money would be going nowhere near the ASBP. Why would it? The fact is that they 'might' make a return on their investment in the Phoenix, the chances of any return from pumping money into the ASBP is less than zero.