Football Federation Australia Agrees 'In Principal' To Governance Changes

Football Federation Australia has agreed to “in-principle” changes that will see it "enlarge its voting structure to allow the sport’s stakeholders to have more representation," according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. The changes, however, are "unlikely to placate some A-League clubs as they stop short of giving them a representative on the FFA board." The clubs have been "agitating for a greater say in the running of the national competition and had pushed their case to a delegation from world governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation over the past two days." FFA will now look at a “road map” to implement the recommended changes to include other stakeholders, such as the players’ union, referees and amateurs (THE AUSTRALIAN, 9/23).