COUNTRY football leagues prepared to be run from central administration hubs would have access to triple the amount of funds they receive from the sport's governing body.
The Victorian Country Football League today hit back at the Warrnambool and District Football Netball League president Justin Balmer that the VCFL was stripping about $100,000 in crucial funding from smaller competitions.
VCFL chief executive officer Steven Reaper confirmed it had decided to end paying leagues a player registration rebate. The VCFL paid out about $160,000 a year under the rebate but it was offering to put up $500,000 a year to help offset the cost of central administration hubs where a paid administrator would look after the daily operations of several competitions.
The VCFL has proposed the Warrnambool and District, Hampden and Mininera and District competitions form a central administration hub but the WDFNL is strongly opposed to such an arrangement.
Reaper said the VCFL believed hubs created significant financial benefits for leagues. Instead of individual leagues paying rent for separate offices, the associated utility bills and the cost of computers, they would all share the cost of just one central hub.
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