The 8 locked in clubs for the NSD (3 VIC & 5 NSW) will likely be disappointed the NSD is going to start as a watered down comp, tacted onto the end of their NPL seasons.
They may well be interested in a OFC comp that runs most of the year/season, if it's full professional, well funded, allowing them to have fully professional squads etc. There is strong FIFA backing for this OFC professional league, with the aim to raise football standards across OFC. The Aust Govt also wants to strengthen ties across the Pacific region (read China push back) with a bid of 'football diplomacy'.
The OFC comp is mooted to start in 2026. So still time to work out what any comp model may look like. The article is a bit vague, because as yet OFC themselves won't really know the finer details. Like the meeting in Brissy is an EOI gathering. Maybe no NPL clubs will turn up. Maybe 20 will.
They may well be interested in a OFC comp that runs most of the year/season, if it's full professional, well funded, allowing them to have fully professional squads etc. There is strong FIFA backing for this OFC professional league, with the aim to raise football standards across OFC. The Aust Govt also wants to strengthen ties across the Pacific region (read China push back) with a bid of 'football diplomacy'.
The OFC comp is mooted to start in 2026. So still time to work out what any comp model may look like. The article is a bit vague, because as yet OFC themselves won't really know the finer details. Like the meeting in Brissy is an EOI gathering. Maybe no NPL clubs will turn up. Maybe 20 will.