And I must repeat, over and over again, that the use of pokie money to fund National League clubs is based on the fiction that it's going to "amateur" sport. Yakcall's most recent post seems to argue that the clubs and the NL are "amateur" while their first teams are almost certainly entirely professional by that FIFA definition, which I find insane.
The league and clubs are amateur, just because we think we know they pay some players and clubs pretend they don't, doesn't change the fact that it is. Wellington Phoenix is the only professional team in NZ, there is no way (not even Auckland City) any other team is professional and paying all their players a professional living wage.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they are amateur in that they aren't getting some payment, I'm just saying the clubs and the league as a whole is amateur by FIFA definition in that the major majority of players aren't living off what they are getting paid.