Just a couple of points which I think belong in this thread.
442 & the Roar in separate articles the 442 one is headed as such and the Roar thread comments included in a FFA thread.
What is being said is the two new teams will have a licence fee of 10 million and need to go 4 years without sharing any TV revenue. By my cals that's an entry price of over 23 million. More so it would indicate that there is no way FFA would allow any team at this stage to switch owners.
Second, and maybe obvious but needs to be said as he puts on his helmet. Whether you stay or leave the A-League is entirely in your hands... the cards you have been dealt, have given you a difficult hand, of this there is no argument. However if you met the metrics then you are in, it's that simple.