Okay, can't believe I'm going to do this, but let's try it one step at a time.
If NZ didn't have a team in the A League (costing I guess a couple of million dollars a year) and instead half that outlay was sunk into the domestic national league each season, half as subsidy to make it a more level playing field and half as prizemoney for achievement on the field - would NZ football overall be better off in the long run?
Alright. Point one. Delete the Nix, and replace with better funded ASB Premiership.
My questions:
1. What gives you confidence that the money the WelNix currently invest into the Wellington Phoenix would be redirected into the ASBP?
2. Where do you get your numbers from? I believe the Nix lost a moderate six figure sum of money last season. Do you know something I don't? Don't forget the A League has revenues as well as costs.
3. Setting aside question 2, what gives you confidence that two million dollars spread around 8 franchises would make a big difference? That's $12.5k per player in a squad of 20 assuming overheads are covered by other revenues. Not heaps is it?
Answer to those, and we can move on to the next cluster of factual randomness.