ALW will be down to 11 teams now. So bye weekends.
Should have let Auckland in. Made some kind of deal with Foley to part pay for travel.
Too late now I guess.
Should have let Auckland in. Made some kind of deal with Foley to part pay for travel.
Too late now I guess.
Maybe he said no? We don’t know. Maybe they might now. We don’t know.
ALW is in a dire situation and the public only know half of it.
WU are folding, Canberra are on life support propped up by rate payers for apparently the last time and several other clubs are cutting budgets and support staff. The next much anticipated broadcast deal will be worse than the last one.
Meanwhile the Phoenix double their budget in a one off bid to win something, anything. Galant but sad.
Who dies with the most toys wins.
Re the broadcast deal, that something you know for sure?
The last deal with Paramount was signed up in 2021, in the dark desperate days of Covid. And then reduced further when the A League didn't hit all the metrics after the first season of that deal.
I'd be genuinely very surprised if it wasn't a stronger broadcast deal next time (2026). Since the last deal yes WU maybe gone, but Auckland are now in and all their metrics are far superior.