This isn't over, those in power won't relinquish it that easily.

Coming up for 14 years and still only 10 teams, stale and boring, says it all really.

Continuing down the same path would get us no where, it had to happen for better or worse like you said.

Fox Article

WITH a ‘heavy heart’ FFA boss Steven Lowy has decided not to seek re-election, opting instead to remove himself from an equation he feels has become increasingly personal

Lowy’s three-year term as chairman of the FFA ends in November, but there remains the very real possibility that the FFA board could be sacked by FIFA and replaced with a normalisation committee before then

The decision ends a 50-year involvement in the sport for the Lowy family.

The congress review working group (CRWG), tasked with resolving the game’s governance issues, has submitted its recommendations to FIFA and if their proposals are not adopted at an FFA special general meeting on September 7, the world’s governing body could install a normalisation committee to run the sport.

Lowy has been accused of clinging onto power during the long-running governance saga, but he says he has only ever been motivated by his love for the game.“I do this with a heavy heart,” Lowy told Fox Sports’ Daniel Garb

“It’s not my preference, but I want to show leadership. I think I’ve always shown a statesmanlike approach to the role and I’ve always done the role for the right reasons. I love the game — I played it for 40 years — I’ve lived it as a family together with my father and brothers and I lived it in my adult life next to my father and seeing what he went through.

“I don’t think there could be any greater stand from me not looking to hold onto power. I’ve never done this job to cling onto power, I’ve done it simply because I love football and I love this nation.

“I believe so much of the debate has been personal, it’s been clouded, and I really want to take myself out of the equation.”

Despite the ugly dispute that has marred much of Lowy’s tenure since he took over from his father, Sir Frank Lowy, he is proud of what the FFA has achieved and believes he leaves the game in exciting position.

But he has warned that any disproportionate allocation of resources will cause the game to suffer in the long run.

“The game’s not broken, far from it, the game is in a very exciting position,” he said.

But I did say when I took on the chairmanship that I felt the game was in a very fragile position.
The foundations were built, they were built by the previous board, but they’re not strong enough.
The game is either going to prosper or fumble and I feel we’re really in a position now that unless this congress review process ends up where the game is in better shape than it is today and it evolves in a proper and sustainable manner, I fear the game will struggle deeply.”

WITH a ‘heavy heart’ FFA boss Steven Lowy has decided not to seek re-election.

Awww poor Stevey :laugh:

So naive. Pro/rel is completely unfeasible at this point. Even without the current FFA board, the A-league clubs and owners will kill it dead. It ain't happening for at least a decade and probably much longer. 

When has he ever mentioned that he has trouble getting the board to do what Frank says ?

The Board are all his mates

Not sure he'll be happy to try and sell stuff he previously said wouldn't work.

Still, you never know. 

I'm surprised he and O'Rourke manage to keep a straight face as it is.

if it wasnt for him, you wouldnt have a club / franchise ;)

That's a bingo

Who's gonna front $15m to a sinking ship with no captain.

Yep

Now we have a chance of a Board that'll actually apply FIFA's P&R statute

CRWG report already working

Amazing what a transparency can do.

Weren't you banging on that Lowy's parting gift should be mandating P&R because the "clubs" would never implement it if they had control??

my favourite quote from lowy's interview

"the recommendations of the CRWG... ultimately deliver too much power to too few people"

the irony

Fuck WSW as well ;)

:laugh:

I said it could have been a big "Fuck You" to Griffin as he rode off into the sunset after he got his inheritance.

Looks like Frank has outlived FIFA and let Stevie off the hook, (or they've finished shredding)

As for the franchises, they still don't actually have full control, and an Independent league doesn't mean they will either.

And even those who are purely $$$ minded will realise eventually that the 80% of Football that don't give a shit about the closed HAL is a missed 'opportunity'

Independent Closed HAL won't have anyone to blame anymore, their model won't fix it either.

https://www.insidesport.com.au/news/fans-react-to-lowys-exit-500386

Who is everyone going to blame when we don't get the following in the first 25 minutes of a new "regime;

• 20 team A League
• P&R
• New teams with "boutique" micro-stadiums seating 48 people, atmosphere and a souvla
• World Cup Qualification
• Asian Cup Success
• Flares
• Real "Soccer" people running the game

 I worry for the health of some of the forumites

I worry about your health if you really think people expect it to happen in 25 minutes. 

Thanks for your concern.

Some of the commentary/expectations have been utterly unhinged.  I hope it's a step forward for Aus football and not a lurch back to handing too much power to the clubs.

Be careful what you wish for.

As long as Griffen and his cronies don’t get control it could be all good

what might they do ?

Holy shit.  A post that isn't a snide remark, a meme, a gif, a pithy aside and contains more than 1 sentence..

Mark this day down in your diary. 

what's the bet that frank puts his hand up to be the new chairman? - after his son couldn't control the situation..

Likewise, his old man also put your club on the Aussie map with his dream to create the NSL 4 decades ago :)

I've been sitting here for 40 minutes trying to work out how I dimension hopped sitting at my desk

One of our coffees was clearly spiked and now I know I'm not the only one who saw his answer I'm guessing it was Gaz's

Fuck me dead, anybody watch the live presser, can't stand the prick. 

Wouldn't want to ruin my mood by watching tbh
I just plain don't like him