Australian football is broke, divided and invisible, and Robbie Slater has had enough.
No Peacock this week. It’s just Robbie, on his own, with a plan. He says the FA, APL, PFA and the states all need to own their mistakes, get around one table and commit to a Japan-style 15-year plan. And he knows who should be leading it: Tim Cahill.
Then there’s the idea that hit him watching the A-League and the Australian Championship on the same weekend. Australia already has a second division sitting right in front of it. Robbie’s road to promotion and relegation goes through promotion-only years first, then an 18-team league with room for Tasmania, Canberra and clubs like South Melbourne. Along the way he takes on A-League licence fees, PFA wages and the Paramount paywall that’s kept football out of pubs and clubs.
Plus a SCOOP: Richard Peil, the Anytime Fitness boss who turned the Mariners from wooden spooners into champions, has told Robbie he’ll come back and run the game for two years. For free.
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TIMECODES:
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - The promotion & relegation debate
00:54 - Why we need a Japan-style 15-year plan
01:19 - “We all stuffed up” – time to unify
02:49 - Get Tim Cahill back
04:59 - Bring the legends to the table
06:25 - What hit Robbie last weekend
07:12 - How first & second division would work
08:15 - What about A-League licence fees?
09:45 - Promotion only: the road to 18 teams
11:36 - PFA needs to face reality
13:03 - Broadcast: football is invisible behind a paywall
15:07 - SCOOP: Richard Peil’s offer to run the game for free
19:06 - Your thoughts & one word… Oceania
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