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Posted December 14, 2022 00:17 · last edited December 14, 2022 00:21

theprof
all I can hope is that the protest/walk out or whatever is done smartly.
I'd support it wholeheartedly if it didnt kick sand in our own owners face. I dont see that theya re the ones to blame here. 
the question I have then, if the APL get removed, replaced by someone else - who is/are these people that are goinna do it better? I'd rather have a league on borrowed time than no league at all.
The APL board should've been independent in the first place. High profile directorships of a national sports league will likely be filled with high quality applicants, if remunerated appropriately, and they'd actually be independent unlike the existing board which is exactly what has got us into this mess. I'm not saying we fold the structure as it currently exists, I'm saying the governance of the organisation needs an overhaul.

Its not kicking sand in the owners faces, we're still buying tickets and its no skin off their nose if we stay for 90 minutes or not. If we were boycotting, you might have a point.

I don't know why you think I don't want a professional league. I've been very clear that I do want that and that I think, if we don't stop this decision, that we won't have it for very long at all. We've got the same motivation, we just see the threat coming from a different location - I think they'll keep selling the soul of football out from under us and that that will turn fans away - it certainly seems to be the outcome of this decision.

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Unknown editor edited December 14, 2022 00:21
theprof
all I can hope is that the protest/walk out or whatever is done smartly.
I'd support it wholeheartedly if it didnt kick sand in our own owners face. I dont see that theya re the ones to blame here. 
the question I have then, if the APL get removed, replaced by someone else - who is/are these people that are goinna do it better? I'd rather have a league on borrowed time than no league at all.
The APL board should've been independent in the first place. High profile directorships of a national sports league will likely be filled with high quality applicants, if remunerated appropriately, and they'd actually be independent unlike the existing board which is exactly what has got us into this mess. I'm not saying we fold the structure as it currently exists, I'm saying the governance of the organisation needs an overhaul.

Its not kicking sand in the owners faces, we're still buying tickets and its no skin off their nose if we stay for 90 minutes or not. If we were boycotting, you might have a point.

I don't know why you think I don't want a professional league. I've been very clear that I do want that and that I think, if we don't stop this decision, that we won't have it very shortly. We've got the same motivation, we just see the threat coming from a different location.
Unknown editor edited December 14, 2022 00:20
theprof
all I can hope is that the protest/walk out or whatever is done smartly.
I'd support it wholeheartedly if it didnt kick sand in our own owners face. I dont see that theya re the ones to blame here. 
the question I have then, if the APL get removed, replaced by someone else - who is/are these people that are goinna do it better? I'd rather have a league on borrowed time than no league at all.
The APL board should've been independent in the first place. High profile directorships of a national sports league will likely be filled with high quality applicants, if remunerated appropriately, and they'd actually be independent unlike the existing board which is exactly what has got us into this mess.

Its not kicking sand in the owners faces, we're still buying tickets and its no skin off their nose if we stay for 90 minutes or not. If we were boycotting, you might have a point.
Unknown editor edited December 14, 2022 00:18
theprof
all I can hope is that the protest/walk out or whatever is done smartly.
I'd support it wholeheartedly if it didnt kick sand in our own owners face. I dont see that theya re the ones to blame here. 
the question I have then, if the APL get removed, replaced by someone else - who is/are these people that are goinna do it better? I'd rather have a league on borrowed time than no league at all.
The APL board should've been independent in the first place. High profile directorships of a national sports league  will be filled with high quality applicants, and they'd actually be independent unlike the existing board.

Its not kicking sand in the owners faces, we're still buying tickets and its no skin off their nose if we stay for 90 minutes or not. If we were boycotting, you might have a point.