Victorian clubs opposed to Football Federation of Victoria’s (FFV) new state football competition have designed their own model to rival the federation’s.
While court proceedings started this week to stop the implementation of the FFV’s preferred model, 50 state clubs opposing the model met last Monday to create their own.
The group hopes to implement a new NPLV model beginning in 2014, that places less financial strain on clubs with more wiggle room to keep junior teams intact.
The proposed model will have a three-year transition process from 2014 to help clubs mature into the NPL while including two regional/country teams.
The changes include:
– Rebranding the top two tiers (VPL and State 1) to NPL and NPL 1 (28 clubs in total)
– Two country/regional teams will be included in the NPL and NPL 1 (14 clubs in each tier)
– All clubs can be advanced up from the leagues to enter NPL1 then NPL
– Clubs will be allowed a reasonable transition to improve the qualifications of their coaches and or appoint a technical director when they can afford to do so (over a 3 year transition)
– Clubs keep their juniors/ sub juniors but have an A-team in all age categories
– Clubs will be given 3 years to build up to every age category – U12,13 14 15 16 18 20
– No player fee cap for the first 3 years.
Now the group will be briefing councils and the Victorian Government on the model.
The FFV and the clubs agreed last Monday to go into mediation, away from the courts, to find a solution to the initial proposed model but will return to the Magistrates Court for the final decision.
