Hal 10 & the Nix

Hal 10 will be a landmark year.

Interesting to see what the posters on YF believe will be the direction the Nix’s will head i.e. become a Wellington based side or a more national side, crowds, NZ ratings etc..

Lots of eyes on Football in Hal 10, it will start after the World Cup, be the first year the National Premier League will be operating and the first year for the Australia Cup, and I assume will stop and re start during the Asian Cup.

David Gallop and FFA are indicating the next media deal will be 100 million plus. Also there will be 12 teams, all teams aside from Nix have had their licences expended until 2034. The Nix license subject I guess to the AFC and maybe FIFA.

The four Key Performances Indicators used by media buyers are, ratings, net hits, crowds, media space [i.e. how much the local media give a team or sport].

Just in closing, I assume after the Asian Cup in Australia, ACL matches will receive better coverage and acceptance.

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Today 27 rds * 5 games + finals is 140 games.

With 12 teams

33 rds * 6 games + finals is 203 games

Plus Australia Cup 32 games

Plus ACL 24 [min] matches

Say 260 games …. Plus National matches plus W-League.

The 100 million + media deal assumes continual growth in all KPI’s. So would enjoy reading YF thoughts on were and how the growth will come in NZ.

Why do I always read an undertone that you're hinting we shouldn't be in the league whenever I read your posts? (Which are always pretty much just the same post with different wording)

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Interesting comments ... so there is nothing the Nix's can do it all in the hands of the Gods and lets hope the Gods are merciful ..  

For me an ideal world going forward for the A-League would be 14 teams where everyone plays each other twice and you have a 26 game season. On the weekend we are going to have our fourth Big Blue of the season - I feel that is too many. Playing each other only twice helps to ensure that rivalries stay fresh. In saying that I don't think the A-League can expand into 4 different markets right now. It's more of a long term goal.

I don't see ACL matches ever gaining a huge following. The FFA's Asian promotionis typical and probably neccesary but I think everyone will still look to Europe. I can't see the regular competition matches being out attended/rated by the ACL.

Its ben10 not Hal10. And yeah I suppose playing it on the big screen will get more kids along? At least I think that's what you're trying to say?

So far I have not seen or heard any serious signs that new franchises would pop up anywhere in Australia. In fact it is pretty sobering that the one that makes most noises is the once-defunct NQ Fury.  So for the time being it is still 10 teams as we speak for the next season.

With 12 teams we would get a reduction in the number of times teams have to play each other. However, we should not aim at much longer season anyway, as we (HAL) are effectively competing for good playing surface with other codes.

With Populations (Including current team locations):

Sydney - 4,667,283 (SFC & WSW)

Melbourne - 4,246,345 (MVC & MCFC)

Brisbane - 2,189,878 (Roar)

Perth - 1,897,548 (Glory)

(NZ) Auckland - 1,418.000

Adelaide - 1,277,174 (AU)

Gold Coast - 590,889*

Newcastle - 418,958 (Jets)

Canberra - 411,609

(NZ) Wellington - 397,900 (WPX)

(NZ) Christchurch - 379,100

Central Coast - 321,500* (CCM)

Sunshine Coast - 285,169

Wollongong - 282,099

Hobart - 216,959

(NZ) Hamilton - 212,000

Geelong - 179,042

Townsville - 171,971

Cairns - 142,528

Darwin - 131,678

(NZ) Napier/Hastings - 125,300

(NZ) Tauranga - 123,500

(NZ) Dunedin - 119,100

Toowoomba - 110,472

So three biggest would be Auckland, Gold Coast, Canberra (Numbers are from Wiki, so not sure on trustworthiness), I did just use "City lists" so some areas that have more surrounding parts might be smaller than expected (EG. Townsville/N.Queensland)

Canberra, 'gong & Auckland are the best options for expansion. Its hard to find a 4th, maybe a second Brisbane team but that is very far off.

How popular is football in Darwin? That'd be a decent trip.

I'd pick the following [in no particular order] for expansion:

Auckland, Gold Coast/Northern NSW, Canberra, Woolongong and down the track even 3rd teams in Melbourne and Sydney areas

Canberra and Wollongong for me. Both have good football catchment areas and are very sports focussed cities

Wollongong makes sense. Sydney FC and Western Sydney games would draw decent crowds and they would get some away support for Newcastle and Central Coast games. St George Illawarra also only play 4 games down there each year so they don't really have a team to cheer for outside of basketball. Canberra seems like the other obvious option.

Woolongong are very keen and were on the verge of application until their financial backer recently went down the gurgler.

Equally the owners arent football people, they are business men. If the another season of poor results and poor atendances happens the buisiness case gets considerably worse.

All I can say is that if the Nix ever do get the boot I am going to catch a flight to Aussie so I can find Midfielder and kick him in the nuts.

Sorry Midfielder, I know it would be spiteful and immature to blame you personally but I can't deny my feelings.

We're doomed! Jesus wept! Mods take control!