Neither of you is wrong here, which is why this is going round in circles a bit.
There is a fair point that FOX would like to get more subscribers, as they are probably pissing themselves about EPL loss to Optus.
So getting more viewers and more money fuels this "short-term-gain" scenario playing out right now with FFA, probably with FOX playing much bigger role in this than it appears (but if you listen to Robbie Slater and his like, you already get the idea).
But of course we all know that if this was to make sense, they would have finally invited Canberra to the A-League. That would give them a new, even if smallish, batch of subscribers and also new bums on seats at the Belconnen Oval. However, their (Canberra) business model was apparently seen as close but marginal, last time FFA checked, which is why FFA turned it down. We are in contrast more stable, apparently, under WelNix, than Canberra, and definitely more stable than many other teams in existence now.
So here is the shtick: FFA finds a better / possibly more stable / business model with the South Sydney group, decides this new boy on the block may be more likely to survive than Canberra or NQ Fury, but then FFA forgets about Sydney FC already claiming that patch of town. Next minute Scott Barlow and Graeme Arnold are screaming murder, and Frank Lowy is turning his water hose on them.
And as for the other complication, the current FOX deal is for 10 teams. Not sure when it expires, but FOX does not want to renegotiate a new deal now to be for 11 or 12 teams, as they do not want to spend more money right now, they want to earn more money especially with the loss of EPL. So they might have just put the hard word on FFA to get rid of us as the stumbling block, "squatting" on their "spare seat" among ten clubs, in return for low payout from SKY TV.
So as someone else (Valeo? Conan? I can't remember) correctly pointed out, it actually has very little to do with football. It has a lot to do with everything else than football, chiefly with money, and little to do with the team performance, croud behaviour or the AFC/OFC saga.
My guess is that the problem would possibly disappear if the new broadcast deal was through a provider with joint presence in both Australia and New Zealand, say Netflix or similar, and suddenly we may see FFA making overtures to Auckland, as it is the only remaining 1 million plus city "desperately aching for an A-League franchise", and who knows, maybe even to Christchurch. And we already have a rectangular stadium down here, and excellent local craft beer, with caviar optional (:-D