Down here we don't have the numbers for one club to do this. Even
in the days of the old National League ChCh Utd were an
amalgamation of 4 clubs. Any club side from here that has tried to
go it alone has struggled. Cant Utd as a joint entity franchise
model has been working well until recently when the board have for
some reasondecided that they are not representative of all clubs in
the region but an entity in their own right (re the saga of English
Park). The franchise model works well down heere and I acknowledge
Central/AC are setting the standard but be aware that other areas
are striving to achieve that same standard or better. I don't see
the need to "copy" the Auckland set up, although this is what NZ
football intended by setting up the franchise system in the first
place. that is precisely the nature of a franchise, so if anything
we would be copying the NZF model, not Auckland. There will always
be room for differences in a competitive environment and this is
where each identity needs to work a bit harder to promote the game
in their own area.
What's sight without sound? Love without peace? Copulation without conception?
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