Post by freaken on Dec 8, 2010 13:03:48 GMT 10
This is a discussion paper leaked from the FFA concerning the future of our club. It most probably will be discussed on Thursdays (9/12/10) FFA board meeting.
This is extremely serious and comes off the back of awarding Sydney Olympic National Curriculum accreditation and stopping FNSW moving the NSWPL to the Summer.
Basically, they want to move forward and award SOFC 2nd Tier status if the club gets rid of its name and colours. By giving us National Accreditation, they are setting us up to destroy our history.
If we don't do it, they want to turn us into an amateur club.
They want our clubs infrastructure and junior reach (as they don't want to pay for it themselves), without all the past "baggage" and ethnic history.
This has to be stopped AT ALL COSTS.
I don't think the SOFC board is strong enough to resist this. It needs you guys, the new generation, to man up and resist the destruction of the club by voicing your concerns to the SOFC board, FNSW and even FIFA.
FNSW is our only protection. There is a new FNSW election coming up and FFA want to put in their puppet CEO to make this all happen.
Act now! The history and future of SOFC is at stake. This is, by far, THE MOST SERIOUS THING I HAVE SEEN by FFA since the destruction of the NSL.
DO NOT PASS THIS ON TO ANY MAINSTREAM FORUM like 442. I will know you have done it.
Pass it on to our friends at Syd Utd, Marconi, et al, whose future is also at stake.
Put aside your agendas, A United Front is required NOW!
Discussion paper is below:
This is extremely serious and comes off the back of awarding Sydney Olympic National Curriculum accreditation and stopping FNSW moving the NSWPL to the Summer.
Basically, they want to move forward and award SOFC 2nd Tier status if the club gets rid of its name and colours. By giving us National Accreditation, they are setting us up to destroy our history.
If we don't do it, they want to turn us into an amateur club.
They want our clubs infrastructure and junior reach (as they don't want to pay for it themselves), without all the past "baggage" and ethnic history.
This has to be stopped AT ALL COSTS.
I don't think the SOFC board is strong enough to resist this. It needs you guys, the new generation, to man up and resist the destruction of the club by voicing your concerns to the SOFC board, FNSW and even FIFA.
FNSW is our only protection. There is a new FNSW election coming up and FFA want to put in their puppet CEO to make this all happen.
Act now! The history and future of SOFC is at stake. This is, by far, THE MOST SERIOUS THING I HAVE SEEN by FFA since the destruction of the NSL.
DO NOT PASS THIS ON TO ANY MAINSTREAM FORUM like 442. I will know you have done it.
Pass it on to our friends at Syd Utd, Marconi, et al, whose future is also at stake.Put aside your agendas, A United Front is required NOW!
Discussion paper is below:
1 Discussion Paper
2nd Tier Football
The Gap between Gay Leagueand Community Clubs
The Issue:
With the establishment of the successful Gay Leaguestructure, the gap between the existing community club structure and the A-League/W-League has become too wide. Furthermore current community club structures are fee paying structures, with the clubs that are “perceived” to be at the top (highest level men’s leagues) able to charge the most, some in excess of $1,000 per season for talented junior players. The cost to play for talented players in this environment is a barrier to ensuring the best talented players are given the opportunity to excel.
With the strong interest in semi professional teams by a range of stakeholders, a restructure of the semi professional men’s competition, driven by FFA policy, and delivered by Member Federations can create a structure to fill this the gap between Gay Leagueand Community clubs, whilst providing the right coaching environment for the development of talented players that is delivered at no costs to the participants.
Objectives: to provide a second tiered competition platform in Australia that is consistent across member federations and can provide, if necessary, a future means for promotion and relegation to the A-League;
to provide an Australia wide consistent platform for talented young men (focus 18 to 23 yrs) to progress their careers towards a professional career in the sport to provide National Curriculum accredited clubs that increase access to football for aspiring talented participants (men, women and youth) in metropolitan and regional Australia, with a focus on the development of players, coaches, referees and volunteers to provide clearer pathways for players from junior/community club level to the Hyundai A-League/National Youth League for men, and to the W-League for women;
to remove the cost barrier and provide cost free development for Australia’s talented players from the age of 9;
to ensure FFA/Member Federation approved and accredited coaches have access to progress as a coach through talented player pathways up to senior men and women;
to provide family-friendly access to state football for a wider market of Australian football supporters and to encourage grassroots participation as a result of that engagement;
to create a vehicle upon which to take football into the media spotlight at a state level and that can attract new and long term corporate media partners to football at all levels across Australia;
to provide more and to improve existing regional/national standard facilities across Australia to the entire football community but particularly the talented players and all relevant stakeholders of the competition;
and to connect community men’s and women’s football clubs with the professional/semi professional systems in Australia by the introduction of knock out state cup system that leads to national Cup finals
2 Model for the future:
Gay Leaguemodel:
Use a License model similar to the Gay Leaguelicense and require Member Federation to replicate at their level. The non-negotiable terms of the license are:
Regionalise Clubs:
Member Federation to divide their state/territory into areas (zones) where each club is given an exclusive area to promote, develop and recruit players.
Clubs must select players from this exclusive area for junior age groups. This requirement would be less restricted at the senior level.
Governance structure:
Regional club governance structure must be community based – no single ownership models.
Directors can’t be involved with a community club.
Separation from community football:
Clubs cannot enter senior or junior teams in community winter football competitions.
New name and colours:
Clubs must have new identity that is not associated with existing club. If an existing club applies for, and is accepted, to receive a license, it must change name and colours and cease participating in winter community football competitions.
Men’s squad:
Must have certain squad requirements regarding youth development:
o Quotas on overage players (over 23)
o Minimum quotas for the level of local talent in squad, and
o No international visa players allowed (exception may be partnerships that FFA has with approved AFC national authorities)
Salary cap for men’s squad:
Use a points system, where discounts are made for local talented players recruited from the club’s exclusive recruitment area.
Link payment schedules to National Youth League payments for players under 21, maintain amateur status for U21 players.
Women’s squad:
Must include an amateur women’s team as part of the club structure with minimum quotas for local talent License fee:
Member Federation to set license fee, primarily for the promotion and marketing of the league to ensure it is presented at a higher level than current community winter leagues.
Clubs fees:
Clubs excluded from charging the talented junior participants a fee to be involved in program. Must offer programs free of charge Junior talented player:
Clubs must commit to talented player development. Must have junior team structure that are selected representative teams made up of talented players selected from the community (winter) clubs within the exclusive area. Age brackets to include:
o Skill Development Squad: 9-12 yrs boys and girls
o Boys: U13, U14, U15, U17
o Girls: U13, U15, U17
Season:
Senior men and women’s teams to mirror National Youth League season;
Alternatively;
Senior men and women’s teams only to play during winter months. This allows the best talent from the regional clubs to participate in NYL and W-League.
Season for talented junior players:
Representative teams selected from community junior clubs.
Summer: Play and train with regional club
Winter: Train as rep squad in winter, players play for their local community club (provides the connection to local community). This provides year round development.
3 National Curriculum accreditation:
Must be a National Curriculum accredited club. Maybe this can be exclusive to the regional clubs?
Coach appointment:
Regional Clubs to appoint and appropriately remunerate all coaches for all their teams. FFA to set minimum requirements, Member Federation Technical Directors to have power of veto over appointments for talented junior team coaches Coach reporting.
Coaches’ contracts to stipulate a formal reporting process to Member Federation Technical
Director and FFA Skill development coaches Facilities:
Clubs to provide a minimum standard stadia for men’s and women’s game, must include training/playing facilities for junior teams. Base the junior training/playing facility requirements on English FA Academy/Centre of Excellence requirements.
Community engagement:
Must provide plan and budget for community engagement with local clubs, councils and communities linked to delivery outcomes of National Development plan and MF development plan. – “Audited and monitored” by Member Federation game development unit on yearly bases.
Process for issuing licences:
Open tender must meet all set standards set in licence document. If existing club submits and is successful for license – must relinquish winter football position and have no ties to winter.
Must adopt new name and colours for new league. Panel of FFA/Member Federation to determine license
Connection with winter football:
All winter/community club competitions to be amateur
FA CUP (Dockerty Cup in Victoria) – to be introduced across Australia with National final process to proceed after state finals are finalised.
2nd Tier Football
The Gap between Gay Leagueand Community Clubs
The Issue:
With the establishment of the successful Gay Leaguestructure, the gap between the existing community club structure and the A-League/W-League has become too wide. Furthermore current community club structures are fee paying structures, with the clubs that are “perceived” to be at the top (highest level men’s leagues) able to charge the most, some in excess of $1,000 per season for talented junior players. The cost to play for talented players in this environment is a barrier to ensuring the best talented players are given the opportunity to excel.
With the strong interest in semi professional teams by a range of stakeholders, a restructure of the semi professional men’s competition, driven by FFA policy, and delivered by Member Federations can create a structure to fill this the gap between Gay Leagueand Community clubs, whilst providing the right coaching environment for the development of talented players that is delivered at no costs to the participants.
Objectives: to provide a second tiered competition platform in Australia that is consistent across member federations and can provide, if necessary, a future means for promotion and relegation to the A-League;
to provide an Australia wide consistent platform for talented young men (focus 18 to 23 yrs) to progress their careers towards a professional career in the sport to provide National Curriculum accredited clubs that increase access to football for aspiring talented participants (men, women and youth) in metropolitan and regional Australia, with a focus on the development of players, coaches, referees and volunteers to provide clearer pathways for players from junior/community club level to the Hyundai A-League/National Youth League for men, and to the W-League for women;
to remove the cost barrier and provide cost free development for Australia’s talented players from the age of 9;
to ensure FFA/Member Federation approved and accredited coaches have access to progress as a coach through talented player pathways up to senior men and women;
to provide family-friendly access to state football for a wider market of Australian football supporters and to encourage grassroots participation as a result of that engagement;
to create a vehicle upon which to take football into the media spotlight at a state level and that can attract new and long term corporate media partners to football at all levels across Australia;
to provide more and to improve existing regional/national standard facilities across Australia to the entire football community but particularly the talented players and all relevant stakeholders of the competition;
and to connect community men’s and women’s football clubs with the professional/semi professional systems in Australia by the introduction of knock out state cup system that leads to national Cup finals
2 Model for the future:
Gay Leaguemodel:
Use a License model similar to the Gay Leaguelicense and require Member Federation to replicate at their level. The non-negotiable terms of the license are:
Regionalise Clubs:
Member Federation to divide their state/territory into areas (zones) where each club is given an exclusive area to promote, develop and recruit players.
Clubs must select players from this exclusive area for junior age groups. This requirement would be less restricted at the senior level.
Governance structure:
Regional club governance structure must be community based – no single ownership models.
Directors can’t be involved with a community club.
Separation from community football:
Clubs cannot enter senior or junior teams in community winter football competitions.
New name and colours:
Clubs must have new identity that is not associated with existing club. If an existing club applies for, and is accepted, to receive a license, it must change name and colours and cease participating in winter community football competitions.
Men’s squad:
Must have certain squad requirements regarding youth development:
o Quotas on overage players (over 23)
o Minimum quotas for the level of local talent in squad, and
o No international visa players allowed (exception may be partnerships that FFA has with approved AFC national authorities)
Salary cap for men’s squad:
Use a points system, where discounts are made for local talented players recruited from the club’s exclusive recruitment area.
Link payment schedules to National Youth League payments for players under 21, maintain amateur status for U21 players.
Women’s squad:
Must include an amateur women’s team as part of the club structure with minimum quotas for local talent License fee:
Member Federation to set license fee, primarily for the promotion and marketing of the league to ensure it is presented at a higher level than current community winter leagues.
Clubs fees:
Clubs excluded from charging the talented junior participants a fee to be involved in program. Must offer programs free of charge Junior talented player:
Clubs must commit to talented player development. Must have junior team structure that are selected representative teams made up of talented players selected from the community (winter) clubs within the exclusive area. Age brackets to include:
o Skill Development Squad: 9-12 yrs boys and girls
o Boys: U13, U14, U15, U17
o Girls: U13, U15, U17
Season:
Senior men and women’s teams to mirror National Youth League season;
Alternatively;
Senior men and women’s teams only to play during winter months. This allows the best talent from the regional clubs to participate in NYL and W-League.
Season for talented junior players:
Representative teams selected from community junior clubs.
Summer: Play and train with regional club
Winter: Train as rep squad in winter, players play for their local community club (provides the connection to local community). This provides year round development.
3 National Curriculum accreditation:
Must be a National Curriculum accredited club. Maybe this can be exclusive to the regional clubs?
Coach appointment:
Regional Clubs to appoint and appropriately remunerate all coaches for all their teams. FFA to set minimum requirements, Member Federation Technical Directors to have power of veto over appointments for talented junior team coaches Coach reporting.
Coaches’ contracts to stipulate a formal reporting process to Member Federation Technical
Director and FFA Skill development coaches Facilities:
Clubs to provide a minimum standard stadia for men’s and women’s game, must include training/playing facilities for junior teams. Base the junior training/playing facility requirements on English FA Academy/Centre of Excellence requirements.
Community engagement:
Must provide plan and budget for community engagement with local clubs, councils and communities linked to delivery outcomes of National Development plan and MF development plan. – “Audited and monitored” by Member Federation game development unit on yearly bases.
Process for issuing licences:
Open tender must meet all set standards set in licence document. If existing club submits and is successful for license – must relinquish winter football position and have no ties to winter.
Must adopt new name and colours for new league. Panel of FFA/Member Federation to determine license
Connection with winter football:
All winter/community club competitions to be amateur
FA CUP (Dockerty Cup in Victoria) – to be introduced across Australia with National final process to proceed after state finals are finalised.
