It’s enlightening to read Australian football fans on Australian football forums refer to their own Hyundai A League as a sham and/or “The FFA Welfare League”. Let’s examine this proposition in greater detail. Here’s a list of clubs that the FFA has propped up, has offered to prop up or is currently propping up:
Perth Glory: FFA owned Perth Glory for a year;
Sydney FC: FFA chairman Lowy’s money bailed out Sydney FC when the club was about to go “belly up” after only a season or two;
Adelaide United: Currently 100% owned by the FFA;
North Queensland Fury: Currently 100% owned by the FFA;
Brisbane Roar: FFA offered to prop up cash strapped “Queensland Roar” at the start of the 2008-2009 season and was about to take control of the club at the end of that season;
Gold Coast United: FFA propped up Gold Coast United last season;
Newcastle Jets: FFA recently bailed out the Newcastle Jets.
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