15 Year Plan: GET CAHILL BACK! & the Businessman Who Wants To SAVE Aussie Football | Straight Yellow

Australian football is broke, divided and invisible, and Robbie Slater has had enough.

No Peacock this week. It’s just Robbie, on his own, with a plan. He says the FA, APL, PFA and the states all need to own their mistakes, get around one table and commit to a Japan-style 15-year plan. And he knows who should be leading it: Tim Cahill.

Then there’s the idea that hit him watching the A-League and the Australian Championship on the same weekend. Australia already has a second division sitting right in front of it. Robbie’s road to promotion and relegation goes through promotion-only years first, then an 18-team league with room for Tasmania, Canberra and clubs like South Melbourne. Along the way he takes on A-League licence fees, PFA wages and the Paramount paywall that’s kept football out of pubs and clubs.