Some of the Socceroos' greatest-ever names reunite in the name of fostering change, with The Golden Generation group out to revitalise the A-League and Australian football.
Some of the most successful Socceroos ever have reunited to push for structural change in Australian football, amid growing concern for the direction of the game and a stagnating A-League product.The Golden Generation group includes former players like Craig Moore, Mark Viduka, Lucas Neill, Vince Grella and Luke WilkshereIt plans to work alongside the FFA's newly-formed Starting XI group
The players are hoping to leverage the reputation they had on the field to draw attention to a number of issues off it, including what they say is a fundamental need to move the A-League to winter."I think [moving to winter] makes a lot of sense," said Moore. Given the main transfer window in Europe is in July and August, the group also believes such a move would ensure clubs are more adequately compensated when talent is recruited overseas."When those European clubs come knocking to invest and buy our players, again the money is coming back into this country.
Given its current partnership with the NRL, it seems unlikely that the game's current broadcast partner would be overly supportive of shifting the timing of the A-League. "We would love to be able to see in the future that the game has got some stake or some ownership of its content, of its game, of its television rights," Moore said.In late April, the FFA announced it would create a panel called the Starting XI to provide input to discuss and debate the growth and development of the game in Australia.Other members include Viduka, Skoko, Ron Smith, Mark Bosnich, Paul Okon, Frank Farina, Clare Polkinghorne, Vicki Linton, Joey Peters and Connie Selby.
Garriock hopes the Starting XI can come up with a way to improve the production line of players in Australia, for both the men's and women's game.
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