Football Federation Victoria (FFV) released its competition structure for 2014 last week with seemingly no change to the status quo, fuelling speculation there will no National Premier League Victoria (NPLV) next year.
The Weekly Review reported last week that a group of co-signatory clubs and Football Federation Australia (FFA) had both expressed a desire to implement an NPLV in time for next season.
FFV was attempting to roll out a model of major reform to the state’s top soccer division, but representatives of the co-signatory group took out a court injunction preventing it.
The co-signatory group had taken issue with a number of aspects of the FFV’s reform model, including (but not limited to) the definition and role of NPLV clubs and non-NPLV ‘community’ clubs, junior structure, intellectual property and commercial rights and the structure of womens and girls’ leagues.
The deadline for announcing an NPLV has passed, with the FFV having made a statement last month indicating as much.
But a statement since by the FFA suggested the deadline had been extended to an indefinite date, and talks to find common ground on an NPLV model would continue.
The Weekly Review None of the FFV, FFA or co-signatory parties has made a statement as to the outcome of any further talks.
