Canberra United FC

But concert promoters will also tell you that even in summer, they like to have the guarantee against rain because it takes out the risk.

Canberra United's new A-League owners, who are planning to launch a men's team in twenty twenty-eight, were also supportive of the city's, city's stadium proposal, which will also be boosted by the new convention and entertainment precinct.

Anything that helps develop more facilities for sports, entertainment, and culture to be hosted, I think, is a great thing, United Chief Executive Theo Foderpullo said.

They have long-term benefit.

we identified Canberra as one of those priority markets.

So I think it's terrific we've resolved that recently, not just with a change in ownership of Canberra United and securing the future of a really strong club there and the women's licence, but the optionality for a men's team in Canberra within a couple of years in this right cycle.

So that's our focus at the moment, betting down not just our current clubs in their markets, and we think we're in the right markets at this point in time, but also the possible entry and hopeful entry of Canberra in a few years' time.

We'll then take a look off the page and look more forward.

Melbourne City, Rebecca Stott and Devin Jackson, both re-signing, but Stott was already under contract.

Canberra United have re-signed Liz Anton and signed Kelly Brown, so they've got two.

Perth Glory have Maggie Jenkins, and then we've got a couple goalkeepers, Claudia Jenkins at Adelaide, Brianna Edwards at Western Sydney, probably both backup goalkeepers where they are, but quite a few of these.

And then even in the men's one, Liam Gillian's been having a good old time with Western Sydney Wanderers.

As far as we know, recording this episode, there has been no CBA agreed.

And so we're still in a position where the players themselves are having to negotiate contracts individually with their own clubs.

It means that they're not protected by particular collectively bargained standards, minimum standards like we just mentioned.

But it does give the players the opportunity to go on strike if they want to, because they are going to be protected by sort of a wider enterprise agreement, not one that they've collectively bargained, but a sort of larger industry one.

No.

And we talk about the salary cap getting increased.

Honestly, I think players would probably prefer a salary floor rather than a cap because a lot of clubs don't fully meet the cap.

So, yeah, it's...

Maybe the last one you could do of that is Canberra.

If you wanted a Canberra United team in the A-League men's, and that's a distinct possibility now that they've got investors looking after the women's side and they want to bring in a men's side in a couple of years' time.

But, yeah, I'm with you.

Stop just... making stuff up, go with clubs that are actually in existence right now because there are many of them.