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Steadfast Johnson stares down obstacles on resurrection mission – The World Game
It’s been a testing and turbulent first seven months in the job for FFA chief executive James Johnson, and the nature of the game in Australia ensures it’s not likely to get any easier.
The former Australian youth international turned international football executive has had to juggle the ongoing fallout from COVID-19, the mass desertion of sponsors and enforced renegotiation of the Fox Sports TV deal.
Hes navigated stormy waters with a measured and calculated approach which has won admirers as he seeks to unite the sports factions whose often competing interests have proved a long-standing roadblock to progress.
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