magnet wrote:Is this still something that is under consideration for the 2015 season?

We recently asked the question of FFSA and the answer that came back was no. I suspect it will be introduced in 2016 as part of the new 3-year NPL participation agreement.

can anyone involved with the juniors confirm the rule from the FFSA regarding high score thrashings???? i was made aware that any win by high score will have a maximum of an 8 goal win. for example if a team won 20 nil the result will show 8-0 thanks Obviously no such rule as evidenced by the 18-0 ...

Living in Flagstaff Hill, Sturt Lions would be your best option. Keep an eye on these forums and the club website (http://www.sturtlions.com.au) for information on preseason. Will be up shortly.

No promotion and relegation for CHILDREN to worry and stress about, and no coaches and parents to go crazy about Which comes to another question, why don't u18s and reserves have promotion and relegation and no one has ever questioned this seeing its so important ? PS ... Wasn't I retired from this...

for those that can read- What the competition operating guidelines say: 12.2 It is the responsibility of the club to ensure that all registered players have been issued a Player Registration Card. What the competition operating guidelines say: 1. All players must have a Player Registration Card to ...

So 7th plays 3rd in a dead last match of the season, but still wants a card check. What is the motivation there? That's a very good question. You will find that this is the same club that requested a card check today with their U15 team. Last game of the year their team sitting bottom or 2nd bottom...

1) SL clubs with smaller volunteer base is a long day for the ones who do volunteer (but I guess this is the whole point of SL clubs need to do more, to raise more, to compete more, right?) True but keep in mind that if all teams play home the one weekend, then all teams will be away the next, givi...

Let's do it the other way. Raiders have started good junior development. Croydon I think might be on the right path. Metros, Campbelltown, Comets on their way... The rest, I don't know? Is their development so spectacularly better that they deserve to be singled out over State league clubs? If this...

So if there is A,B,C with relegation/promotion, travelling time is ok then ? I think it may be a good idea to have a look at the current divisions and see how little these travel extremes currently occur. Check it out. The new proposal makes every single SL junior team travel massively and the PL t...

Željko Jurin wrote:I think people are looking TOO deep .... I feel FFSA just want to elimanate promotion/relegation at junior level, thats it, and the 'win at all cost' mentality that goes with it

Agreed 100% (and I belong to a SL club)

Club boundaries or recruiting zones will not work in Adelaide because of the poor geographical spread of the clubs. For instance, Raiders, AC, Metro, ABE and Campbelltown are all within a 10km radius of each other, as are Pirates, Croydon, Strikers, Toros, Olympic & White City.

We also have and need JSL teams Now... this is an interesting topic! When JSL was introduced, I, like many expected player movement such that the more talented players spread themselves evenly amongst the 30 mens clubs in order to play at the highest level, JPL. I'm sure this was the FFSA plan as w...

redfred wrote:Tell the clubs at the end of the 2013 season that it will be implemented at the start of 2015.

Why? What difference is 12 months going to make?

The not mentioned 'elephant in the room' is that it will be a 30 round comp for the juniors if they follow the senior setup. This will present some challenges.....

Sturt plan to field an U17 team in 2014

Some very good points made by Johnnydep here. While not necessarily being a supporter of the move to U18/U20 I do understand the rationale behind it. In only going half-baked, the FFSA with U18 & Res will create some real problems for many kids who will be lost to the sport or forced to Amateurs...

Stereotyping to the max here .... that 'all' junior clubs fees go to senior wages ..... a bit like all Muslims are terrorists ?? (Which they're not of course !!) I know where our junior fees go .... Can anyone else tell me of a club that owns its own complex of 4 full size pitches ? Hence do you kn...

Let me put it in perspective: Fulham fees range from $250 to $475 for under 6 to under 17 with as many junior boys teams as any other FFSA Club. FFSA fees are the same as any other ie team fees, rego fees etc Clubs like City I know charge $875 for under 11 and other Super League Clubs are the same ...

What apparell do the Fulham boys get? This is one of the problems that increase the fees, I thought clubs were teaching how to play the game not a fashion parade. Kids don't need Track suits and new kits every season to play the game. That might be the case Steve#4, but some clubs like the juniors ...

So now it's all about winning? I'd rather have players promoted to seniors... Several clubs are only using 17 as a team to allow players who did not make the elite groups of 16 an 18 a game. Thank if you look at most clubs 90% plus of 18 would be able to play 17 and even 16. I thought this would be...

Make coaching courses free, put them on regularly (weeknights, Saturdays, Sundays) and enforce compliance with a rule that all coaches must be accredited. Hard to argue against getting your creds if it's free. Once eveyone's on the same level education wise then 'splits' in approach should be minima...

There is only one question here, are there more than 4 players moving each week from one team to another and if so this is a breach of the league rules. 7. Movement of Players 7.3 Where a club has more than one team in any JPL age group, the club may move a maximum of four (4) players between each ...

There is only one question here, are there more than 4 players moving each week from one team to another and if so this is a breach of the league rules. 7. Movement of Players 7.3 Where a club has more than one team in any JPL age group, the club may move a maximum of four (4) players between each ...

ive heard lack of players, its interesting because some teams like my son's have beaten them 7,8,9 nil but some teams havnt played them and will get a 3-0 instead. hehe unlucky In my opinion if a team drops out during the season then all their results should be annulled, making it a retrospective B...

Noticed that this year the players card doesn't actually have a picture of the player on them, just the name and registration number. Anyone understand the reasoning behind this? In the cup this season, an opposition coach questioned the age of one of my players. He's of age, and we have his regist...

No draft has been issued yet, only draft div structures across the age groups.

They work! Since moving from PC to Mac life has been much simpler.

Sponsorship is the main reason for shirt changes. Unless a club can stitch up a 3year deal with all sponsors they need to be re-done nearly every year. Some kids grow, some kids leave, then you have the clubs with names on the shirt, these can't be handed down to the next age group. The bottom line...

If U17s is more community than elite at many clubs and/or it's not possible to use this year's U17/U16 results as a guide, then why not just split the Divs along geographical lines and save kids & parents some long trips from one end of town to the other?

Sturt = Yes