Sam isn't a journalist.
Voerman should interview him.
Why is it that a man with his background thinks a professional team is bad for NZ? 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.
Agreed. By extension of the article logic, it also is EPL that is bad for NZ football as it distracts the attention of mainstream media and consequently the attention of the public. To coin a bad example, EPL would be an equivalent of a lovely yet remote (exotic?) girl on the internet as opposed to the homely yet very real girlfriend at home (or something along this creepy line).