where was that reported? not on Stuff, they say $20m NZD.
$12m has been the figure I've seen in all discussions but I couldn't verify the source. If it was out by almost 50% then I'd have expected the APL to clear it up.
I maybe to blame for the $12M figure, as I used it as an example of an easily divisible amount with the 12 clubs and the media quoting a 8 figure sum.
But rather than $1M per club for the 3 years, looking at more like $1.5M.
A tidy sum. Nix would likely need a home semi, plus final to match that as a wild guess.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/300765599/aleague-set-for-tense-owners-meeting-over-controversial-grand-final-plan
It comes as the competition faces up to a brutal financial reality brought on since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Clubs as a collective are believed to have lost approximately A$120 million (NZ$127.6 million) in that time.
While private equity firm Silver Lake last year provided the APL with a A$140 million (NZ$149 million) cash injection, that money has been ring-fenced for investment in infrastructure and not for bailing clubs out of a financial black hole.