By Decentric - 21 Feb 2014 11:32 AM
Some of the posters on here have relatives who play at the various NTC/state tournaments around Australia. One 442 member even contacted me about one held in Hobart, because there was no info available through FFA.
I struggled to find out about it. A journo mate of mine was pretty vexed about the lack of info from FFA.
I can see the arguments from both sides.
The football media claim they should be able to view tournaments and write about them. They consider the public has a right to be informed. Sounds plausible enough at face value.
FFA tacitly considers very little of the media understand football well enough to have the requisite critical level to appraise tournaments. Now the onus is on style of play, not results.
The media often evaluate according to results, and I agree, apart from the former pro players and coaches who work in the TV media, and the likes of Kate Cohen and Walter Pless, there is dearth of analytical ability in the current print football media. Or, their media bosses don't want analysis.
Hence, FFA tend to keep NTC/state tournaments a fairly secretive affair.
Edited by Decentric: 21/2/2014 11:37:34 AM
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By krones3 - 4 Mar 2014 6:24 PM
Just as a footnote the Qas in queensland has become completely errelivant. To the point that this season the senior NPL team is the roar youth team.
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