Former Socceroo Craig Foster has added to the calls for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Football Australia to construct a long-term plan to improve the sport’s facilities and opportunities in the country.
on Wednesday there has been widespread support for a major injection of funding for the game.
“That’s not with the 20 per cent uplift that is forecast after this World Cup which is another 400,000 kids,” he told AM Agenda host Laura Jayes. “That means get out your phone and join an A-League women’s and men’s they’re the same clubs, join those clubs become a member and come with us into the stadium let’s get 40, 50, 60, 70,000 people into the stadium for our local games.”
“We need in primary schools all across the country the opportunity for every child to be able to dream to be Sam Kerr and that’s girls and boys. In the 2023-24 financial year the Australian Sports Commission has earmarked $5.3 million compared to $8 million for basketball, $6.7 million for hockey, $10 million for cycling and $11 million for rowing.
“The best way you could support the team? Increase funding for the sport, make it easier, cheaper for families to register their kids in the future so the next generation of Kerrs, Fowlers, Gorry’s all can play,” another person wrote.Opposition Leader Peter Duttonto “deliver long-term benefits by boosting female participation in sport and supporting grassroots sport in our country”.
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