I know he thinks the National league should be "better" - coaches/players and thus more aspirational; but that not really Nix's issue is it? His line of argument seems to be that the Nix are somehow distracting football's attention, when surely his argument should be aimed fairly and squarely at NZF. I would love a NZ National League that was of higher quality too, but that's NZF's problem.
That's the venerable argument of the ACFC Knitting Circle. I thought those guys had given up, but clearly rust never sleeps.