From stuff today. Maybe time to stop the BS about 7 million.
Director of football Terry McFlynn told Stuff last week they were spending “nowhere near twice as much” as the figure of AU$3m (NZ$3.2m) that Australian Professional Leagues wants to institute as hard salary cap from the 2026-27 season, with a lone exception for one marquee player.
Director of football Terry McFlynn told Stuff last week they were spending “nowhere near twice as much” as the figure of AU$3m (NZ$3.2m) that Australian Professional Leagues wants to institute as hard salary cap from the 2026-27 season, with a lone exception for one marquee player.
“I think there are clubs that are spending double the salary cap and more, but I think we’re about fourth or fifth across the league, from what we can understand.”
PFA just representing their members.
Basically they may in negotiations accept a different cap, but if the starting point in the negotiations is everybody has to take a pay cut, then they can’t concede that as a starting position.
Plus there’s austerity survival. 5k attendances and no costs. Or there’s Auckland City. 7 million squad and more in back office probably and an average of 18,000 punters.
I think we should pause, if the future of the league is being decided by MacArthur and Western.
Sakai, Costa, Mata et al bring something to the league, imo.
As Zawada did. And Uli and Hemed before him.
If we want to budget a league assuming no fans, it might be a self fulfilling prophecy.
Basically they may in negotiations accept a different cap, but if the starting point in the negotiations is everybody has to take a pay cut, then they can’t concede that as a starting position.
Plus there’s austerity survival. 5k attendances and no costs. Or there’s Auckland City. 7 million squad and more in back office probably and an average of 18,000 punters.
I think we should pause, if the future of the league is being decided by MacArthur and Western.
Sakai, Costa, Mata et al bring something to the league, imo.
As Zawada did. And Uli and Hemed before him.
If we want to budget a league assuming no fans, it might be a self fulfilling prophecy.