Interesting that Miron Bleiberg (okay can be a nutter), made a statement that A League should look to expand by 6 teams now.
And that league should be happy if these teams are only averaging crowds of 5,000-10,000 as long as they are financially stable.
In order to be financially stable, that would mean those clubs being funded by TV money which would need to increase significantly, so this is not credible
Might be with an Independent A League, and more equitable revenue sharing model for the clubs.
Don't FFA currently take about 60% of A League's revenue? In comparison English FA only get 10% of the EPL revenues?
May have those percentages wrong, but certainly is room for clubs to have higher share of revenue. Plus in an expanded A League, more games, so more 'product', so increased TV revenue you would expect.
Not saying Bleiberg's views are right - just don't think they can be dismissed out of hand. And if some people in Australia are thinking like that, then is a bit of nonsense to kick Nix out of the league just because they fail to average crowds of 10K.
Current A-League clubs don't want expansion