Basically Dome said the income from those 3 player sales (Surman, Old & AP) was really only helping to plug the gap from the APL disbursement falling to a paltry $530K/year.
Noting that pre Covid in the heady days of the Foxtel TV rights deals, prior to unbundling from Football Australia, the annual club distribution was close to $3.6M! So it's been a massive drop in revenue fore the clubs over the last 6-7 years.
Still I think all 3 player sales had add ons?? So the player transfer income will keep coming from those 3 sales for awhile yet.
The current Paramount deal, expires end of next season. Dome seemed optimstic the APL will have negotiated a much better deal (so higher disbursements for the clubs) by then. Read somewhere all the viewing metrics for the A League are up, and the 2026 WC will have people talking about the value of football, around then.
Noting that pre Covid in the heady days of the Foxtel TV rights deals, prior to unbundling from Football Australia, the annual club distribution was close to $3.6M! So it's been a massive drop in revenue fore the clubs over the last 6-7 years.
Still I think all 3 player sales had add ons?? So the player transfer income will keep coming from those 3 sales for awhile yet.
The current Paramount deal, expires end of next season. Dome seemed optimstic the APL will have negotiated a much better deal (so higher disbursements for the clubs) by then. Read somewhere all the viewing metrics for the A League are up, and the 2026 WC will have people talking about the value of football, around then.