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Posted July 08, 2020 10:10 · last edited July 08, 2020 10:22

C-Diddy wrote:

The issue seems to be with the escape route of the three teams. The borders between NSW and VIC are now closed so the FFA has been attempting to get the teams via air into Canberra. The authorities in the ACT has said yep thats all sweet but you'll have to isolate for 14 days like everyone else.


The NSW government have said they will do everything within their powers to get the teams across the border. Also, the lockdown in Victoria was moved forward by 24hrs which caught out the FFA so i'm not sure their incompetence is entirely to blame here.

The escape route is not the issue. The attempt was made yesterday to go to ACT, stay a couple of days there, and then move to NSW in the hope of avoiding the quarantine requirement (since they'd be arriving from ACT rather than Vic). That got scuppered when ACT said nah, if you want to come here you'll have to quarantine for 14 days. So that led to the second aborted attempt.

Now the focus is back on getting an exemption from NSW authorities to enter the state and skip the quarantine requirements. I don't think they'll have any issues getting the exemption to enter the state, but the quarantine and whether they'd be able to train during it will be the sticking points.

Also, this has nothing to do with the Victorian lockdown, but NSW border closure with Vic. The border closure, when announced, stated that the border would be closed to travel from 'hotspots' from that midnight and the rest of Victoria the following midnight. It may be that the FFA may have misinterpreted 'hotspots' as postal codes in Melbourne in lockdown at the time, when NSW actually meant the entire city of Melbourne. Regardless, you had to be a blind imbecile not to see this coming - Queensland closed their border to Vic this time last week and it should have been obvious then that the closure of border with NSW was a distinct possibility and the FFA should have told the three teams to move to NSW then and none of this would have been an issue. As Ballane said, all the other sporting codes in Victoria read the situation correctly and got out of state smartly, only the A-league clubs sat on their arse until the border closure practically smacked them in the face.

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Unknown editor edited July 08, 2020 10:22
C-Diddy wrote:

The issue seems to be with the escape route of the three teams. The borders between NSW and VIC are now closed so the FFA has been attempting to get the teams via air into Canberra. The authorities in the ACT has said yep thats all sweet but you'll have to isolate for 14 days like everyone else.


The NSW government have said they will do everything within their powers to get the teams across the border. Also, the lockdown in Victoria was moved forward by 24hrs which caught out the FFA so i'm not sure their incompetence is entirely to blame here.

The escape route is not the issue. The attempt was made yesterday to go to ACT, stay a couple of days there, and then move to NSW in the hope of avoiding the quarantine requirement (since they'd be arriving from ACT rather than Vic). That got scuppered when ACT said nah, if you want to come here you'll have to quarantine for 14 days. So that led to the second aborted attempt.

Now the focus is back on getting an exemption from NSW authorities to enter the state and skip the quarantine requirements. I don't think they'll have any issues getting the exemption to enter the state, but the quarantine and whether they'd be able to train during it will be the sticking points.

Also, this has nothing to do with the Victorian lockdown, but NSW border closure with Vic. The border closure, when announced, stated that the border would be closed to travel from 'hotspots' from that midnight and the rest of Victoria the following midnight. It may be that the FFA may have misinterpreted 'hotspots' as postal codes in Melbourne in lockdown at the time, when NSW actually meant the entire city of Melbourne. Regardless, you had to be a blind imbecile not to see this coming - Queensland closed their border to Vic this time last week and it should have been obvious then that the closure of border with NSW was a distinct possibility and the FFA should have told the three teams to move to NSW then and none of this would have been an issue. As Ballane said, all the other sporting codes in Victoria read the situation correctly and got out of state smartly, only the A-league clubs Sat on their arse until the border closure practically smacked them in the face.

Unknown editor edited July 08, 2020 10:21
C-Diddy wrote:

The issue seems to be with the escape route of the three teams. The borders between NSW and VIC are now closed so the FFA has been attempting to get the teams via air into Canberra. The authorities in the ACT has said yep thats all sweet but you'll have to isolate for 14 days like everyone else.


The NSW government have said they will do everything within their powers to get the teams across the border. Also, the lockdown in Victoria was moved forward by 24hrs which caught out the FFA so i'm not sure their incompetence is entirely to blame here.

The escape route is not the issue. The attempt was made yesterday to go to ACT, stay a couple of days there, and then move to NSW in the hope of avoiding the quarantine requirement (since they'd be arriving from ACT rather than Vic). That got scuppered when ACT said nah, if you want to come here you'll have to quarantine for 14 days. So that led to the second aborted attempt.

Now the focus is back on getting an exemption from NSW authorities to enter the state and skip the quarantine requirements. I don't think they'll have any issues getting the exemption to enter the state, but the quarantine and whether they'd be able to train during it will be the sticking points.

Also, this has nothing to do with the Victorian lockdown, but NSW border closure with Vic. The border closure, when announced, stated that the border would be closed to travel from 'hotspots' from that midnight and the rest of Victoria the following midnight. It may be that the FFA may have misinterpreted 'hotspots' as postal codes in Melbourne in lockdown at the time, when NSW actually meant the entire city of Melbourne. Regardless, you had to be a blind imbecile not to see this coming - Queensland closed their border to Vic this time last week and it should have been obvious then that the closure of border with NSW was a distinct possibility and should have told the three teams to move to NSW then and none of this would have been an issue. As Ballane said, all the other sporting codes in Victoria read the situation correctly and got out of state smartly, only the A-league clubs Sat on their arse until the border closure practically smacked them in the face.

Unknown editor edited July 08, 2020 10:21
C-Diddy wrote:

The issue seems to be with the escape route of the three teams. The borders between NSW and VIC are now closed so the FFA has been attempting to get the teams via air into Canberra. The authorities in the ACT has said yep thats all sweet but you'll have to isolate for 14 days like everyone else.


The NSW government have said they will do everything within their powers to get the teams across the border. Also, the lockdown in Victoria was moved forward by 24hrs which caught out the FFA so i'm not sure their incompetence is entirely to blame here.

The escape route is not the issue. The attempt was made yesterday to go to ACT, stay a couple of days there, and then move to NSW in the hope of avoiding the quarantine requirement (since they'd be arriving from ACT rather than Vic). That got scuppered when ACT said nah, if you want to come here you'll have to quarantine for 14 days. So that led to the second aborted attempt.

Now the focus is back on getting an exemption from NSW authorities to enter the state and skip the quarantine requirements. I don't think they'll have any issues getting the exemption to enter the state, but the quarantine and whether they'd be able to train during it will be the sticking points.

Also, this has nothing to do with the Victorian lockdown, but NSW border closure with Vic. The border closure, when announced, stated that the border would be closed to travel from 'hotspots' from that midnight and the rest of Victoria the following midnight. It may be that the FFA may have misinterpreted 'hotspots' as postal codes in Melbourne in lockdown at the time, when NSW actually meant the entire city of Melbourne. Regardless, you had be a blind imbecile not to see this coming - Queensland closed their border to Vic this time last week and it should have been obvious then that the closure of border with NSW was a distinct possibility and should have told the three teams to move to NSW then and none of this would have been an issue. As Ballane said, all the other sporting codes in Victoria read the situation correctly and got out of state smartly, only the A-league clubs Sat on their arse until the border closure practically smacked them in the face.

Unknown editor edited July 08, 2020 10:19
C-Diddy wrote:

The issue seems to be with the escape route of the three teams. The borders between NSW and VIC are now closed so the FFA has been attempting to get the teams via air into Canberra. The authorities in the ACT has said yep thats all sweet but you'll have to isolate for 14 days like everyone else.


The NSW government have said they will do everything within their powers to get the teams across the border. Also, the lockdown in Victoria was moved forward by 24hrs which caught out the FFA so i'm not sure their incompetence is entirely to blame here.

The escape route is not the issue. The attempt was made yesterday to go to ACT, stay a couple of days there, and then move to NSW in the hope of avoiding the quarantine requirement (since they'd be arriving from ACT rather than Vic). That got scuppered when ACT said nah, if you want to come here you'll have to quarantine for 14 days. So that led to the second aborted attempt.

Now the focus is back on getting an exemption from NSW authorities to enter the state and skip the quarantine requirements. I don't think they'll have any issues getting the exemption to enter the state, but the quarantine and whether they'd be able to train during it will be the sticking points.