The revisionism over how the FFA ran the A-Leagues this past few days has been something.
The TV rights that the APL inherited from the FFA was a reduction from previous one, despite huge gains in AFL and NRL TV deals. Even with being able to bundle Socceroos/Matildas rights with the A-Leagues, a post covid TV deal would have been even lower. They probably wouldn't have gambled on jumping to Paramount tho.
And then you had Gallop who tried to kill off active support, the one difference we had as a product for the casual fans.
For all the wasted money and stupid decisions of the APL, the A-Leagues would still be in a perilous position if the FFA were still in charge. They wouldn't have had the cash reserves the APL did (Thank you Silver Lake) to get thru covid without probably sacrificing the Jets & us.
The TV rights that the APL inherited from the FFA was a reduction from previous one, despite huge gains in AFL and NRL TV deals. Even with being able to bundle Socceroos/Matildas rights with the A-Leagues, a post covid TV deal would have been even lower. They probably wouldn't have gambled on jumping to Paramount tho.
And then you had Gallop who tried to kill off active support, the one difference we had as a product for the casual fans.
For all the wasted money and stupid decisions of the APL, the A-Leagues would still be in a perilous position if the FFA were still in charge. They wouldn't have had the cash reserves the APL did (Thank you Silver Lake) to get thru covid without probably sacrificing the Jets & us.