Quite right Doloras.
Perhaps those that know can clarify...under the existing FFA contracts with each club (confined within the salary cap) are payments made to cover player wages for instance? I also presume airline flights are at least subsidised by A League sponsor Qantas?
Perhaps those that know can clarify...under the existing FFA contracts with each club (confined within the salary cap) are payments made to cover player wages for instance? I also presume airline flights are at least subsidised by A League sponsor Qantas?
I'm not really "in the know" but I can answer that to some extent. Player wages are in normal circumstances in no way paid by the FFA. Clubs do receive funding from the FFA from TV rights etc but what they do with is their own choice. The junior reserve teams and womans teams are funded by the australian government and FFA and I suspect salaries are covered. There may also be some exceptions. Harry Kewell was apparently going to be subsidised to some extent which sounds crazy to me and am glad it didn't happen. I suspect that Qantas covers all the flights entirely, not sure about accomodation but I suspect the FFA covers that as well.