Had a local team for two seasons and then the FFA fuck us over. 
We had tons of support but it wasn't good enough, could just saved us the suspense and axed bloody 6 months ago when the saga began. Gone back to having no local club again.
We had tons of support but it wasn't good enough, could just saved us the suspense and axed bloody 6 months ago when the saga began. Gone back to having no local club again.
Fury out of the 2011/12 Hyundai A-League
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Football Federation Australia
announced today that North Queensland Fury will not be participating in
the 2011/12 Hyundai A-League. The decision was determined after
considering the financial position of the club for season 2011/12 as too
big of a financial risk for FFA to undertake.Unfortunately, a sufficient amount of capital could not be raised to minimize the financial exposure to FFA.In
making the announcement FFA CEO Ben Buckley acknowledged the work of
the Fury CEO Rabieh Krayem and members of the Advisory Board.“Despite
the hard work put in, the target of $1.5m of capital from the Retain
the Fury campaign was not met, with less than $300,000 being pledged,”
said Mr Buckley.‘Whilst the Club and the advisory board had
attracted some very encouraging sponsorship commitments, the projected
loss to run the Club next season is still in our assessment in excess of
$2m.“FFA had been looking for capital from the campaign to set
the foundations for a move to local ownership and a long term future for
the Club.“However with the capital-raising falling well short of
the target, FFA has had to make the hard decision that it cannot
continue to own and finance the Club in these circumstances.”Mr
Buckley said the FFA had a responsibility to all clubs in the Hyundai
A-League and funding Fury in excess of $2m reduced the capacity to
invest in the A-League as a whole.“We need to concentrate our
resources on the growth, promotion and stability of the entire Hyundai
A-League competition and this level of investment would prevent us from
undertaking programs to achieve the above,” Mr Buckley said.“Many
leagues around the world have adjusted the composition of clubs in
early years and we feel this move will strengthen the Hyundai A-League
just as it did for Major League Soccer in the United States and the
J-League in Japan.“We acknowledge the region is an important
development area for football and there are some fantastic supporters
and FFA remains committed with Football Queensland to nurturing football
in North Queensland.“I would like to thank everybody who
supported the Fury including the fans, staff, players sponsors and the
Fury Advisory Board.”
wrote:Doesn't matter cos your a glory hunter anyway...
Fucking ridiculous.
