More On The FFA National Competition Review

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Here is another piece of information from the FFA which adds a little more detial tot he previous post on this subject. The Review will reach all the way down to the U12 competitions in each Member Federation (MF). Should prove to be a fascinating piece of analysis and a good one to do. February 2011 seems to be the fisrt critical deadline for reporting purposes. Wonder who is doing the talking / liaison for Capital Football? The NPL will stay on this one.

FFA announces National Competition ReviewTuesday, 23 November 2010


Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced a major initiative aimed at aligning all levels of competition within the game for the first time.
A National Competition Review (NCR) has been launched to look at all aspects of the competitions conducted by FFA, the Member Federations and State League Clubs around Australia.
FFA Chief Executive Officer Ben Buckley said the NCR would be a forum to push greater co-operation among all stakeholders for the betterment of competitive football and football development.
“This is a great opportunity to get the entire competitive football community working together for the best outcome for all,” Buckley said.
“We have a huge number of participants in so many fantastic competitions and the challenge for us is to get them structured so that there are defined pathways for junior and senior footballers of all levels.
“Football will only reach its full potential when all of the stakeholders in the game are pushing in the same direction.
“Once we get it right we will be able to better underpin the Hyundai A-League, lay the foundation for a National Cup Competition and potentially for a future second tier competition framework below the Hyundai A-League.”
The NCR will be conducted at the same time as the A-League strategic review and will involve representatives of the Member Federations, State League Clubs and the FFA football development and Hyundai A-League departments.
The terms of reference includes reviewing:
- the current Member Federation (MF) competition structures from the top State League competition to the Under 12 level,
- proposals of preferred models from MFs covering competition, development, financial aspects, to seek the best option for a second tier national competition (underpinning the Hyundai A-League) and include criteria for leagues to adopt
- Financial Analysis of models

The NCR will report on the current structure, produce a discussion paper and recommendations by late February, 2011.