Players, fans, and media have overwhelmingly criticised the decision to centralise the A-Leagues' grand finals, which separated it from rival codes like the AFL and NRL.
The decision has all but halted the positive momentum generated by the Socceroos' exciting World Cup run, and re-opened old wounds between Australian football's decision-makers and its primary stakeholders: the fans.
However, the APL's decision brings the leagues in line with rival codes like the AFL and NRL, which have traditionally played their own grand finals in the same city every season. "The magnitude of it, I must say, was probably more than we expected. We'd hate fans to walk out of their clubs. This is a league decision, our clubs were complicit in that decision, but ultimately it was all designed to drive the game forward.
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