I also understand that Australian A League sides can call on any of their NYL players if need be effectively giving them a squad of 39 to choose from but the Phoenix are only allowed to call reserve players into the main team if they're already in the original 23 player squad.
Crikey, how many more arbitrary restrictions does FFA put on the Nix? It simply isn't a level playing field.
Can you imagine if the English Premier League imposed these rules on Swansea. Sure you can win the EPL boyo but you can't be in the European Champions League or even the Europa League.