Thanks. I thought there was something new.

Tick Tock I guess.

It's also 2 weeks old

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Interesting article from Ray Gatt.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/football/capital-football-reject-lowys-lackey-tag-in-congress-battle/news-story/cf7d8420929c5f7e140fa4d1be5a5991
I wonder how much of what the Capital Football chairman says is true, and how much is political BS? 

Maybe the mood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRd6rmnKUxg
Breathe Deep The Gathering Gloom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRd6rmnKUxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRd6rmnKUxg

At that stage there would be near 100% disapproval rating of the FFA for letting the game get to that point

plus there is no Court to take it to

Agree, it will be more along the lines of this:
- Current FFA votes down the proposed changes
- FIFA says they will install a full normalisation committee
- FFA says you can't do that because of X,Y & Z Australian Laws
- FIFA suspends Australia
- Everyone Loses

There will be no court. Why would FIFA waste their time and resources in court over this. FIFA are not effected if Australia doesn't want to play be their rules.

Only if they are stupid.

I can't see any situation where there would ever be any "Court Action"

Would FIFA consider Court action to be government interference?

Indonesia got Suspended for Government Interference

and the indonesian experience is different because their issue surrounded a break away league didnt it?  we might have to look elsewhere for comparison

the independent soccer review committe specifically called for voter representation for women, futsal, referees and players/coaches. And now they are slamming the CRWG which proposes direct voter representation for women which the FFA didn't ever implement. They're not 2 years behind FIFA's demands to broaden representation, they're 15 years behind their own country.

I've read that type of comment regularly on here but what parts of the Crawford Report did the FFA not implement?  Separate A-League and different membership structure I know about.

Frank sort of, you know, had a blank canvass to work with and didn't come close to forming FFA in line with the Crawford Report recommendations. So if he were to cry that the new congress doesn't do so, he could perhaps get fucked?

I have no idea why the PFA keeps 3 members on the Women's Council once its more fully developed in fact I don't know why they have 3 in the first place.

Why they don't have a Women's Committee in each State Fed and each of the Chairs of that Committee be on the Council along with Professional club's and Professional player's reps plus SIG reps I don't know.

Maybe another visit to Zurich with some extra carry-on

So it sounds like there's low chance of FFA successfully appealing the recommended changes, correct? 

This Report just hands the game over to the Professional game.
The Crawford Report had a better congress proposal.
Don't understand why the PFA has such a large say in the game.
Don't agree with the way Women get a say in the Congress, because they really won't get a say the way its structured.

Very disappointing.

Don't be ridiculous.

The FFA's books are audited.

There would be internal control measures in place that would make it highly unlikely that anything of the nature mentioned could happen without complicity.

And if the proposal doesn't comply with FIFA "rules" what do you expect FIFA will do?

They've already been taken into account.  CRWG have created a solution that fits FIFA's franchise rules.  

If anyone on the FFA board don't like FIFA's rules they need to change FIFA's rules or walk away

The irony when the FFA enforce their rules on the Franchises is delicious.

Brilliant

some of the points made are pretty reasonable and should be taken into account.

but i seriously doubt lowy's intentions. 

This is my theory. I reckon there are some pretty dark and scary skeletons tucked away, most likely having to do with the WC 2010 bid team. Perhaps some real evidence proving that Lowy senior acted unlawfully with Government funds. And I rekcon Lowy junior has made sure that FIFA is aware of this, hence the semi secret trips to Zurich to meet with Infantino. And as FIFA would like to avoid further scrutiny surrounding the past and the wc bidding fiasco, has probably given the lowys as much time as needed before they can get rid of any remaining evidence (I think legally they have to keep certain doc on file for a certain number of years). Thus FIFA is taking the slowest possible approach in the hope that FFA end up getting their way to avoid having to act, or chewing up as much time as possible until the Lowys are in the clear.

You are spot on who would have believed someone who says they love the game so much could take it to the brink  and maybe to suspension.

Its totally unbelievable that Lowy has taken it this far ... 

Exactly

Too many chicken littles

Whatever brings on P&R doesn't matter how much chaos. Look back and laugh

It's a bit like 'how does Bexit work'. Nobody knows, because nobody thought they would be so fucking stupid to actually do it.