Noah4thenix wrote:
I've heard through the grapevine that Royals have informed NZF that they're pulling their Womens team out of the NL this year because they don't believe their squad is competitive enough, so Otago Uni will be taking their place. If this is true then it's certainly an interesting decision to say the least... Will you stay out of next years national league too? And even if you don't think they're competitive enough, robbing them of the chance to play the best in the country doesn't seem like the best call, but to each their own.
StolenThought wrote:Noah4thenix wrote:I'm not too sure Otago Uni can participate, as they may not hold a National League License due to the fact of " Article 22: Sporting Criteria " aka Youth Teams, TDP, Skill hubs, etc. Unless they hold a MOU with a local club that deals with it, kind of like with Coastal and Ferrymead with Ōtākaro.
I've heard through the grapevine that Royals have informed NZF that they're pulling their Womens team out of the NL this year because they don't believe their squad is competitive enough, so Otago Uni will be taking their place. If this is true then it's certainly an interesting decision to say the least... Will you stay out of next years national league too? And even if you don't think they're competitive enough, robbing them of the chance to play the best in the country doesn't seem like the best call, but to each their own.
What I believe is that that is why the Men's team was pulled from the 2022 Southern League due to not meeting that requirement, unless it was them unable to provide a Qualified Head Coach, like Uni of Canterbury this year.
So I think we may see a Southern United back?
StolenThought wrote:Noah4thenix wrote:I'm not too sure Otago Uni can participate, as they may not hold a National League License due to the fact of " Article 22: Sporting Criteria " aka Youth Teams, TDP, Skill hubs, etc. Unless they hold a MOU with a local club that deals with it, kind of like with Coastal and Ferrymead with Ōtākaro.
I've heard through the grapevine that Royals have informed NZF that they're pulling their Womens team out of the NL this year because they don't believe their squad is competitive enough, so Otago Uni will be taking their place. If this is true then it's certainly an interesting decision to say the least... Will you stay out of next years national league too? And even if you don't think they're competitive enough, robbing them of the chance to play the best in the country doesn't seem like the best call, but to each their own.
What I believe is that that is why the Men's team was pulled from the 2022 Southern League due to not meeting that requirement, unless it was them unable to provide a Qualified Head Coach, like Uni of Canterbury this year.
So I think we may see a Southern United back?
Noah4thenix wrote:
I've heard through the grapevine that Royals have informed NZF that they're pulling their Womens team out of the NL this year because they don't believe their squad is competitive enough, so Otago Uni will be taking their place. If this is true then it's certainly an interesting decision to say the least... Will you stay out of next years national league too? And even if you don't think they're competitive enough, robbing them of the chance to play the best in the country doesn't seem like the best call, but to each their own.
Feverish wrote:
How can there be confusion about this? Which is it?
12.3 Subject to regulations 12.2, 12.3.1 and 12.4, there shall be a total of ten (10) Participants in the Competition season and each Participant shall enter one team in the Competition (each a “Participant”). The Participants shall be as follows:
12.3.1 Top four (4) placed Clubs (each being a Participant) from the NRFL;
12.3.2 Wellington Phoenix FC;
12.3.3 Central Football Federation;
12.3.4 Capital Football Federation Team One;
12.3.5 Capital Football Federation Team Two;
12.3.6 Mainland Football Federation; and
12.3.7 Southern Football Federation
12.4 In the event of any Participant not continuing in the Competition for whatever reason, including failing to meet the NZF criteria, resulting in their removal from the Competition, then the filling of the consequential vacancy shall be determined by NZF, which may in its sole discretion choose not to fill the vacancy.
reubee wrote:Feverish wrote:Confusion is arising because publicly available regulations say one thing, section 12.3 of https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=bff86a2b-0008-4d25-9d0c-37f7cfe2495f ...
How can there be confusion about this? Which is it?12.3 Subject to regulations 12.2, 12.3.1 and 12.4, there shall be a total of ten (10) Participants in the Competition season and each Participant shall enter one team in the Competition (each a “Participant”). The Participants shall be as follows:
12.3.1 Top four (4) placed Clubs (each being a Participant) from the NRFL;
12.3.2 Wellington Phoenix FC;
12.3.3 Central Football Federation;
12.3.4 Capital Football Federation Team One;
12.3.5 Capital Football Federation Team Two;
12.3.6 Mainland Football Federation; and
12.3.7 Southern Football Federation
12.4 In the event of any Participant not continuing in the Competition for whatever reason, including failing to meet the NZF criteria, resulting in their removal from the Competition, then the filling of the consequential vacancy shall be determined by NZF, which may in its sole discretion choose not to fill the vacancy.
... and reality are proving to be different.
Perhaps Mainland and Southern followed Centrals league and pulled out, and NZF allocated the spots to CT and DCR respectively and in turn now to OU. Whatever occurred, I don't see any announcements, posts etc.
Delta wrote:reubee wrote:The OU facebook post begs the question, can Auckland and Wellington teams transfer in players from outside of their squads??Feverish wrote:Confusion is arising because publicly available regulations say one thing, section 12.3 of https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=bff86a2b-0008-4d25-9d0c-37f7cfe2495f ...
How can there be confusion about this? Which is it?12.3 Subject to regulations 12.2, 12.3.1 and 12.4, there shall be a total of ten (10) Participants in the Competition season and each Participant shall enter one team in the Competition (each a “Participant”). The Participants shall be as follows:
12.3.1 Top four (4) placed Clubs (each being a Participant) from the NRFL;
12.3.2 Wellington Phoenix FC;
12.3.3 Central Football Federation;
12.3.4 Capital Football Federation Team One;
12.3.5 Capital Football Federation Team Two;
12.3.6 Mainland Football Federation; and
12.3.7 Southern Football Federation
12.4 In the event of any Participant not continuing in the Competition for whatever reason, including failing to meet the NZF criteria, resulting in their removal from the Competition, then the filling of the consequential vacancy shall be determined by NZF, which may in its sole discretion choose not to fill the vacancy.
... and reality are proving to be different.
Perhaps Mainland and Southern followed Centrals league and pulled out, and NZF allocated the spots to CT and DCR respectively and in turn now to OU. Whatever occurred, I don't see any announcements, posts etc.
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Delta wrote:reubee wrote:The OU facebook post begs the question, can Auckland and Wellington teams transfer in players from outside of their squads??Feverish wrote:Confusion is arising because publicly available regulations say one thing, section 12.3 of https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=bff86a2b-0008-4d25-9d0c-37f7cfe2495f ...
How can there be confusion about this? Which is it?12.3 Subject to regulations 12.2, 12.3.1 and 12.4, there shall be a total of ten (10) Participants in the Competition season and each Participant shall enter one team in the Competition (each a “Participant”). The Participants shall be as follows:
12.3.1 Top four (4) placed Clubs (each being a Participant) from the NRFL;
12.3.2 Wellington Phoenix FC;
12.3.3 Central Football Federation;
12.3.4 Capital Football Federation Team One;
12.3.5 Capital Football Federation Team Two;
12.3.6 Mainland Football Federation; and
12.3.7 Southern Football Federation
12.4 In the event of any Participant not continuing in the Competition for whatever reason, including failing to meet the NZF criteria, resulting in their removal from the Competition, then the filling of the consequential vacancy shall be determined by NZF, which may in its sole discretion choose not to fill the vacancy.
... and reality are proving to be different.
Perhaps Mainland and Southern followed Centrals league and pulled out, and NZF allocated the spots to CT and DCR respectively and in turn now to OU. Whatever occurred, I don't see any announcements, posts etc.
