@ AJF That's a flippant statement that misses a point that needs addressing. But every HAL team has its own broadcast ready stadium, it's not about owning it it's about having access to one, and one quickly (within 3-6 months) So let's say Strikers get promoted where will they play? Not Suncorp because there is no room, so where? And what if the side promoted is from Ipswich or Toowoomba is promoted where would they play? Brisbane? What if 4 Victorian sides get promoted - are they all going to try and play out of AAMI park. That would be fucking madness. Imagine a side from Ballarat playing there lol It's a valid question and the HAL teams are not relevant to the discussion - they were all selected/created based on where the stadiums were but p/r doesn't work that way - and the NPL sides have the basic infrastructure they just need a plan and funding to develop that. There's a place called Dolphin park in Brisbane's north, it's a great little stadium built for a lower tier RL team - why can't every second division team have a stadium like that then this question goes away??Or we can just bitch about HAL sides?

Reading those tweets provides great insight on not only a prospective licensee's views of P&R, but most probably on the current ten licensees.

They have collectively lost over $200 million over the past 12 years.

Do not expect them to do anything which impinges on them making up even a tiny bit of that shortfall.

That means, without doubt, do not expect them to willingly share revenues with tinpot clubs.

@ AJF

You made it about the HAL not me?

I was talking about the need to upgrade small stadiums so teams could play there, you brought up the HAL?

And yes, Suncorp is fully utilised in summer by one A League team, the Global Tens and the expansion as a concert venue. Even Roar can't get a full fixture list in there and regularly move home games away.

And expansion will extend the A league season increasing the period football overlaps with Union and league

@ AJF No one had said they had to own their own grounds so introducing the HAL clubs kinda deflected the discussion unnecessarily. They just havd to be up to a certain (minimum) standard. And expansion does increase the number of rounds - we're never playing much less than 27 rounds as it's already too short (the AFC also have guidelines on this plus fewer games round reduce the TV contract value) 12 teams = 33 rounds14 teams = 26 16 teams = 30 18 teams = 34 I hope we can get to 16 teams with p/r