using capitals and writing Fact at the end don't give your rantings make any more sense AJ. What is your point exactly? Are you in favour of the decision to alter the league to accommodate NW?
I'm saying if even your precious Karori side finished 8th, capital football would've made the same call. "Hey Karori are now relegated due to a result they had no control over, let's make it 11 teams next season". And of course your club would say Yes, would they not?
Isn't the no control bit the issue though. In a league situation you have no control over the other results anyway. If Brooklyn had beaten Mirimar on the day there would be no issue.
And the risk was always on Mirimar for playing that player, when I am sure there would have been other players in the club who could have played in that fixture. It is pretty clear that Cap Football have previous with making decisions which have been overruled by NZF. If this had happened in the middle of the season, would the same decision have been made?
With no evidence that NW protested, it seems a bit bizarre.