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+10 years for Nix !

Rowdy

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Ten more years for Phoenix:
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Football Federation Australia and Wellington Phoenix have agreed upon a provisional 10-year Hyundai A-League licence, with an original extension of 4 years, followed by two further extensions of 3 years pending conditions.

The secondary and tertiary extensions depend on a number of factors, especially improved broadcast rights from New Zealand.

Before it is all finalises however, the immediate extension requires the authorisation of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the Asian Football Federation (AFC), Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and New Zealand Football (NZF).

FFA Chairman, Steven Lowy AM, was pleased that the Phoenix would remain a key component of the A-League and had responded to the governing body's concerns so promptly.

“Garnering greater nation-wide support was seen as critical, as were the benchmarks on crowds and payments to the A-League,” he said.

“The Welnix Group has always had the good of the game at the forefront of its ambition and that is recognised in this renewed commitment to the A-League.”

FFA CEO David Gallop was pleased with the extension and the security it brings for club and fans.

“The agreement with the Welnix Group for an extension of the Wellington Phoenix licence offers long-term security for the club as well as a critical lift in value for the Hyundai A League," Gallop said.

“The Welnix Group has been a stable supporter of the club in Wellington but now we join each other in a new phase to grow Wellington Phoenix and work together to ensure the long-term security works hand-in-hand with increases in key performance indicators (average crowds) and revenue streams (including TV rights fees) for the club and the league as a whole.

“We expect to see a renewed push to garner interest across all of New Zealand but acknowledge the support Wellington Phoenix has received from its fans, Wellington City Council, corporate partners and relevant stakeholders has been very important and it is a continuation of this support that is central to the long-term success of the club.

Gallop added: “It is important to note that due to the unique situation of Wellington playing in a national competition outside their country and confederation, the licence extensions will require the authorisation of FIFA, AFC, OFC and New Zealand Football.”

Wellington Phoenix Chairman Rob Morrison said the outcome provided a great platform for the club to build into the future.

“The deal gives the Club the tenure which will enable greater investment and confidence from key partners and of course gives heart to the fans that have been waiting patiently for this,” Morrison said.

“There is still plenty of work to be done to secure the extensions contained in the 10 year deal, particularly building crowd and viewership numbers but if we didn't believe it was possible to grow the club we would not have wanted the extension deal

“While we acknowledge that for fans the process has been frustrating it was important to find middle ground and do a deal that was a right for both parties.

“The deal enables the WPFC to continue our plans to expand the Wellington Phoenix Academy program along with the establishment of a High Performance Unit and to invest in the on field performance of the team.”

Morrison also acknowledged the performance of the Save the Nix campaign and it's role in the licence extension.

“On behalf of the Club I would like to acknowledge the support of the other A-League Clubs and their fans who came out in the support of the Phoenix during the Save the Nix campaign. The Save the Nix campaign was an important part of the process and we are very grateful for all the support we received,” Morrison said.

“The club would also like to thank our key partners, especially Huawei our major partner who publicly stood behind the Club, the Wellington City Council who have been extremely positive and encouraging and the Welnix partnership.

“We now look forward to being part of the ongoing growth and success of the Hyundai A-League.”

Read more at http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/ten-more-years-phoenix#la02ebPFkeGCOKMf.99
 

Rowdy

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They're handed a cheque for $2.65 million (currently) per season which covers all the players wages, bar marquees- for what is essentially an overseas club and outside of our Federation.

Just hope if the Mariners face any financial difficulties in years to come we're afforded similar benevolence.
 

FFC Mariner

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Wasted opportunity by the FFA to support the game here.

Wollongong club would have been a much better idea
 

dibo

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And if there aren't bidders from Wollongong (and there aren't) or Tassie (and there aren't)?

And even if there were, wouldn't we aim to *add* to the competition rather than simply moving clubs?
 

Rowdy

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Western Sydney Wanderers were built from scratch by the FFA, they didn't wait for any bidder's.

Invested in the area, created something that was ultimately sold on to the 'Primo' bloke & at a decent price. Now look at them go.
 

VicMariner

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I'm glad the Nix
They're handed a cheque for $2.65 million (currently) per season which covers all the players wages, bar marquees- for what is essentially an overseas club and outside of our Federation.

Just hope if the Mariners face any financial difficulties in years to come we're afforded similar benevolence.
Every team gets that money. Nix are getting nothing extra.
From my memory they have never needed life support from the FFA like a couple of other teams have.
Owners aren't muppets like some of the others and the fans are decent too.
Wellington are good value to the league imo. Glad they have some certainty for the future.
 

Rowdy

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Every team gets that money. Nix are getting nothing extra.

Yeah, 'every team gets that money' from The Australian Football Federation of Australia.

NOT
from New Zealand Football. In fact not a cent.

NZFootball actually make money by sub-letting the lease of the licence (provided to them by the FFA) to the Wellnix Group.

You say they are 'getting nothing extra'
I'd say they are 'getting money for nothing'.

Cue- Dire Straits guitar riff.

Imagine what 8 seasons of Wellington Phoenix's salary cap could of done if it were spent on Australian Youth Development IF only NZFootball had to pick up the tab instead.

If NZFootball was stumping up the $2.65million per season - I could live with that, as then they'd be contributing to something that they're clearly gaining from (with their National Team players getting to play at this level/HAL & GETTING PAID by us).

As well as gaining by us promoting Football at an International level in their own backyard at our expense.

The FFA fund 8 Australian teams to the tune of $21.2 million approx. per season

I don't think it would be unfair to ask the kiwi's to put their hand in their pocket to fund the Nix's $2.65 million salary cap needs.

Australian teams have:
- increased cost's flying there.
- increased stress on player's fatigue playing there with longer turnarounds and less rest.
- the FFA have already stated that they make no money from the tv deal.

I think they're really really lucky to be still in the HAL whilst the FFA pick up the tab, something which I'm sure the FFA will be 'k.p.i'ing' an eye on. ;)
 

dibo

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Given the lack of potential owners of Aussie clubs willing to wear losses, I'm pretty glad Wellington are there to keep a 5th game in the system, making everyone money by boosting the value of the Fox deal. Beats having a bye.

If there were an alternative Australian club that did more for the league, they'd be in already.
 

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