"Football Federation Australia (FFA) and The Walt Disney Company Australia join forces"

:Dlast time I saw a player as excited as that he was reciting the defender pledge post match with garby in the defender round

I mean when even the players are laughing at it 

We can shut down that topic about clubs most embarrassing promotions now I guess,  this wins. 

Tell you what though,  if Lowy and Gallop had the guts to do a walk out to the middle of the ground in the Sydney darby fully dressed up as the emperor and Vader with that evil empire music playing...  It would almost redeem it. 

There's fascist references all over the place.

I would imagine participating in marketing and helping partners of the club would be fairly standard in a contract.  They don't have to necessarily say "You must dress as a pirate once a season".  The Mariners tend to do something for our lifesavers which is nowhere near as cringey as this but would be in the same boat.

Also the standard contract in Australia lists your role requirements to include the arbitrary "Any other task the employer deems reasonable to perform"

It’s almost like the FFA is trying to cause a meltdown in their fan base.

This is the greatest thing to ever happen in my life. Two of my loves are together at last. Now there just needs to be naked women and it'd mean I've died and gone to heaven.

FFA are encroaching on soccer australia levels of incompetence.

I think we know what you think about the salary cap by now. To have any relevance to this thread is an incredibly long bow. 

Can't be unseen

The J League had a monkey on a chain present the match ball to the referee recently. So maybe we haven’t stooped all that low yet lol. The stadium was half-full and the the monkey looked thoroughly unimpressed.

This.

Boycott round?

Surely this would do more damage than good...

Rofl that's gold.

-PB

Its clear for all to see that this is targeted at the kids or hardcore Star Wars fans.

What a circus. 

This one is gold.

My son remember the Rogic as the Boy Wonder one I just used in a different thread. This next one though could just take the cake.

No thats the other movie franchise

TBF he has trekked his way across the A-League

This shit is so fucking gay it voted yes.

I'm one for the timing of this.

I don't care that we have a Star Wars round. Try anything to generate interest.

But since I have just been reading about the Marrone outcome (not trying to bring that discussion in here), wondering yet again how Simon's violent behaviour towards another player in the same incident was not an immediate red card, disliking the handball VAR fiasco, loathing the increase in uncarded professional fouls, and really disliking the way the world and our sport are heading - I find that a Star Wars round just highlights how much the focus of our governing body is off.

Feels like selling fairy floss at a funeral.