Great thread this.... have enjoyed reading the emotion & passion of YF fans....
If I could [attempt] to summarise the thread feeling in a couple of words it would be "owners & management".
If I am right then the thread has IMO nailed the core & central issue ie "owners & management"...... as an aside your support in Australia is falling ... football folk who previously supported you now are also questioning whether or not you add enough value to the league ...
No use going over old ground ... but its fair to say you have lost the support of the Australian Football media on the whole... as well as many Football fans that previously supported your inclusion....
I hope your management can turn it around .... I have no idea how as I am not there but many suggestions in the thread seem to make common sense so maybe thats a reasonable starting point...
Dome and Co aren't listening, and they have no knowledge of the REAL Australian Soccer Powerbroker structure, which is half their problem.
The Nix can survive if they talk to the REAL powerbrokers of Aussie Soccer (i.e the Euro-Aussies working at NPL level, who have no interesting in the Anglicized, Gentrified manner in which the FFA now do things). If the Nix formed alliances, proper alliances with the likes of South Melbourne, Sydney United and the like, they will get the real goss.
Another option is for the club office to be based and registered in Sydney Australia, then sell 10 homes games a year to Westpac Stadium, Wellington.
Not an intelligent response, NPL clubs hold the Junior Fees, where Sydney/Melbourne clubs charge $2000 per year for kids to play. That's why the State Feds didn't give up their vote at FFA Congress.
Why do you think pay the wages at NPL clubs?
Back to topic, as others are saying, Dome and Co seem "out of touch" with both the NZ and Aussie Soccer Landscape. That is the essence of your problem.