The PFA can send a woman if they get included on the Review Committee if they like but they have a narrow role as a stakeholder.  They don't speak for the women's game.

The "women's thing" came up well before this all started firing up here.  FIFA's principles that I referred to were promulgated in 2014 and developed out of a quadrennial FIFA women's symposium that commenced in 1995.  Its not new at all, its just that FIFA has been giving it more emphasis recently and requiring more action from the MA's.  As far as the current dispute about congress numbers it was the PFA that brought in a women's rep when they wanted a rep for each gender and in discussions they were prepared to allow the rep for the women's game to be separate.

The congress numbers the FFA and the APFCA argued for were nonsense.  Neither satisfy FIFA's principle of representative democracy.  Each was arguing for a split that advanced them.

Its no so much they are doing something right, even though they probably are. They are just representing a large group of stakeholders and those stakeholders I believe would be happy with the job they are doing. As soon as they aren't they would be voted out or not longer represent those stakeholders. A concept that is totally lost on the FFA. 

@ bigpoppa

“I am extremely curious as to why AAFC are being shown the same equality as all the current stakeholders” .... it’s not who they are but who they represent that’s doing it - they represent players and clubs.

The new order that’s being born out of all this that the FFA don’t like is:

- AAPFC and PFA to represent the professional game
- AAFC and an as yet to be constituted players group to represent the semi-professional game
- State Federations to represent grassroots football

Add in a few SIGS and that is your new Congress.

An FFA Administration body can then be appointed including elected board and hired administrators to do what they want. That’s called the FFA.

At least this is more interesting than the A-League

You'd have to rip the clubs IP from the FFAs cold dead hands.

Havent seen any mention of the womens group yet 



"It's understood state member federations, A-League clubs, the PFA and representatives of @AAFClubs agreed that FIFA should put in place an independent chairman of the Congress Review Working Group, ensuring that role be held by someone with no affiliation to the FFA."

FFA chairman Steven Lowy further isolated from stakeholders after FIFA visit