Given Rob Morrison voted for this I feel it’s imperative that a significant protest is made. I for one have already sent an email to the club expressing my disappointment, and telling them my membership is now up for review and I will not be attending the game in boycott. Missing a game is hard especially after the last 2 seasons but we need to speak loudly and be heard on this and also show we stand in solidarity with the other fans across the league.
Not sure if it matters to you, but this from the CCM owners shows there wasn't much of a choice. Basically the vote was whether to enter a legal shark fight to try get out of it. So you'd expect there to be some significant cost in there in terms of lawyers and compensation for breaking the contract. Seems the only way to get out of it is if DNSW doesn't want the negative press anymore.
Not sure if it matters to you, but this from the CCM owners shows there wasn't much of a choice. Basically the vote was whether to enter a legal shark fight to try get out of it. So you'd expect there to be some significant cost in there in terms of lawyers and compensation for breaking the contract. Seems the only way to get out of it is if DNSW doesn't want the negative press anymore.
Expect the fallout we will see now is from the clubs putting pressure back on the APL leadership team and board on just how they got us into this mess, how poor the consultation process was and the complete destruction of trust.
A choice with that kind of consequence is not really a choice at all. Those that voted against/resigned thought the risk was worth it. Rob clearly didnt and we along with it albeit unhappily.
A choice with that kind of consequence is not really a choice at all. Those that voted against/resigned thought the risk was worth it. Rob clearly didnt and we along with it albeit unhappily.
Yea this.
The cost of trying to break the contract would have been massive.
It's seems like the options were have this shark sandwich you didn't agree to, or leave that shark sandwich for a bigger one.
A choice with that kind of consequence is not really a choice at all. Those that voted against/resigned thought the risk was worth it. Rob clearly didnt and we along with it albeit unhappily.
Yea this.
The cost of trying to break the contract would have been massive.
It's seems like the options were have this shark sandwich you didn't agree to, or leave that shark sandwich for a bigger one.
Yup totally agree. That post also says 10/11 clubs voted for it, so that differs from what others have said.
Reading this it makes it clear the APL seem to think they are a dictatorship and all the directors and CEO of this organisation should me resigning, important as fans we continue to put pressure on to make this happen!!
Yellow Fever stand united with fan groups and players across the league in offering the strongest possible criticism of the decision announced this week to sell the pinnacle event of the season to Sydney.
We understand the financial pressures placed on the league and the clubs involved, but removing the ultimate incentive for all teams of earning the right to a Grand Final hosted in their own stadium is not an acceptable trade-off to make. It undermines and devalues the league, and hurts not only the fans but the players themselves - a view the player base has widely expressed on social media and through the PFA statement released on Wednesday night.
No one wants to see the game robbed of the colour and noise active fans bring, but we feel taking no action would be unacceptable.
As a result, Yellow Fever will this weekend show unity with other fan groups in clear terms. We have consulted the travelling Adelaide supporters and decided on the following action - at the 20th minute we will leave our usual home in the Fever Zone and relocate to sit with the travelling members of the Red Army in Aisle 13, away from the cameras. We plan to remain there for the following women’s game. This will leave the usual home and away bays devoid of the fans the APL are looking to exclude with its decision.
We are football fans first and foremost, so we will watch the remainder of the double header, but will do so seated alongside our whānau from Adelaide. We will be united in our disappointment that once again we see football bureaucracy in Australia and New Zealand forgetting what makes it unique and undervaluing the biggest asset it has for future growth.
To all supporters attending the Phoenix double-header this weekend: we invite you to join us, no matter how long you have been a fan, or where your usual seat might be. We also understand not all of you will feel as strongly as us and nor do we expect you to, so please do not feel bad if you do not wish to move from your usual seat to join us in Aisle 13.
We are also advocating for Chairman Morrison to talk directly with fans regarding his involvement in this decision-making process, and for the club to push for governance reform to ensure clubs, players and fans are taken into consideration when making decisions for the future of the game in New Zealand and Australia.
The whole thing pisses me off. I'll stay at home. This is first home game I missed when I could have attended, since Burns trashed Victory 5:1, maybe a good omen?
We will be moving to Aisle 13/14, because Aisle 10 will be closed. A piss up in 12 Pubs across Wellington we can manage, but organising a protest is beyond us.
We all know where there TV cameras are for our game coverage right?? So at the appropriate time, we all exist the stands but instead of walking out, we all reassemble over in Aisles 5-18 where there's naf all coverage.
The stadium will "look empty in support" but our team/s will certainly get our support they desperately need.
Same goes for the Ladies game. Everyone gets a win win except the TV cameras and those whom came up with the hairbrained idea to keep everything in Sydney.
I hope to be there for this double header and stay for both games. The ladies really need our support.
Decent idea. Might want to mention that to the camera guys; kinda defeats the purpose if they follow you round there
We all know where there TV cameras are for our game coverage right?? So at the appropriate time, we all exist the stands but instead of walking out, we all reassemble over in Aisles 5-18 where there's naf all coverage.
The stadium will "look empty in support" but our team/s will certainly get our support they desperately need.
Same goes for the Ladies game. Everyone gets a win win except the TV cameras and those whom came up with the hairbrained idea to keep everything in Sydney.
I hope to be there for this double header and stay for both games. The ladies really need our support.
Decent idea. Might want to mention that to the camera guys; kinda defeats the purpose if they follow you round there
There's no cameras on the harbour side of the stadium as they look towards the sun, not hat there will be any.
There is always hand held fan impressions camera, the guy just walks over with his a long cable. Or maybe they respect us and show empty seats after each if our 5 goals?LG
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I have a solution that is like smoke and mirrors.
We all know where there TV cameras are for our game coverage right?? So at the appropriate time, we all exist the stands but instead of walking out, we all reassemble over in Aisles 5-18 where there's naf all coverage.
The stadium will "look empty in support" but our team/s will certainly get our support they desperately need.
Same goes for the Ladies game. Everyone gets a win win except the TV cameras and those whom came up with the hairbrained idea to keep everything in Sydney.
I hope to be there for this double header and stay for both games. The ladies really need our support.
Decent idea. Might want to mention that to the camera guys; kinda defeats the purpose if they follow you round there
There's no cameras on the harbour side of the stadium as they look towards the sun, not hat there will be any.
couple of great goals, including Goodwin's free kick! walk out looked good, funnily enough the volume of the chanting from where the YF ended up sounded better than normal.
Pity that noone else joined in, including the remainder of aisle 23.
