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Double trouble for A-League as even Bangladesh forges ahead in pay league – The World Game
The A-League is facing a double whammy as it enters an era of intense financial rigour, with potential imports eyeing off alternative Asian markets and local talent targeting previously untapped destinations – with outposts like Bangladesh now even on the rad…
The little known Bangladesh Premier League, and equally unchartered Philippines Football League, now threaten to out-muscle the austerity-hit Australian market, as clubs tighten their belts in the face of fallout from the Fox Sports cutbacks.
With the salary cap poised to plummet to as little as $1.6 million after Foxtels annual investment in the game drops from $57 million to barely $30 million in the final year of its renegotiated rights deal, the landscape is looking barren.
Add to that a l…
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