Oct 7, 2026 · 10 min · 5 segments
70 Queensland grassroots soccer clubs have united over Football Queensland’s proposed 2027 Competition Access Fee model, with Adam Peacock discussing the growing tensions, the storm brewing across the…
Adam PeacockHost
In fact, there's a monumental blow up brewing with the news that overnight over a hundred clubs have banded together to push back against proposed registration changes.
or enrolment changes for players and the costs that will flow on to the players in the state.
Now, I've talked to both sides and I don't want to call it the argument, both sides of the argument, but both sides of the equation right here because there is the governing body, Football Queensland, and also the clubs who have to have a relationship, have to get on.
an autocratic system where the governing body says this goes no matter what and clubs have no say.
And conversely, you can't have weak leadership where the clubs overrule everything that the governing body is trying to do.
And that's what happens in Australian football a lot of the time is that people don't stay in their lane, which they need to, and then everything gets... conflicted turns into conflict actually and that's the problem that people can't get on the page but back to this issue at hand over 100 clubs and led to believe there are more signing up to this pushback against proposed changes now What the proposed change is, is that the flat playing fee for a player in Queensland to register to play football in Queensland, there's a national registration fee and then there's a state-based registration fee, which happens all around Australia.
The state-based registration fee, Football Queensland are changing the way that that is designed and they're turning it into a competition access fee.
Now, the clubs allege that now that the competition access fee is going to be delivered by team, not per player, is then that averages out per team to about $90 per player in an under-7s team.
Football Queensland are saying in the last 24 hours that they've had no clubs ring them to say there's a massive issue with this way of doing things.
Instead, they've just gone public with this and have gone down this path without having consultation with them.
The ones that Football Queensland actually have consulted with in the last week or so have had it detailed to them.
And once they understand it, Football Queensland are saying that they're actually okay with it.
With their modelling on players, which was in a memo sent to all clubs last week, both junior and senior players, their new way of registering, there will be an ever so slight decrease in overall fees paid.
In fact, there's a monumental blow up brewing with the news that overnight over a hundred clubs have banded together to push back against proposed registration changes.
or enrolment changes for players and the costs that will flow on to the players in the state.
Now, I've talked to both sides and I don't want to call it the argument, both sides of the argument, but both sides of the equation right here because there is the governing body, Football Queensland, and also the clubs who have to have a relationship, have to get on.
an autocratic system where the governing body says this goes no matter what and clubs have no say.
And conversely, you can't have weak leadership where the clubs overrule everything that the governing body is trying to do.
And that's what happens in Australian football a lot of the time is that people don't stay in their lane, which they need to, and then everything gets... conflicted turns into conflict actually and that's the problem that people can't get on the page but back to this issue at hand over 100 clubs and led to believe there are more signing up to this pushback against proposed changes now What the proposed change is, is that the flat playing fee for a player in Queensland to register to play football in Queensland, there's a national registration fee and then there's a state-based registration fee, which happens all around Australia.
The state-based registration fee, Football Queensland are changing the way that that is designed and they're turning it into a competition access fee.
Now, the clubs allege that now that the competition access fee is going to be delivered by team, not per player, is then that averages out per team to about $90 per player in an under-7s team.
Football Queensland are saying in the last 24 hours that they've had no clubs ring them to say there's a massive issue with this way of doing things.
Instead, they've just gone public with this and have gone down this path without having consultation with them.
The ones that Football Queensland actually have consulted with in the last week or so have had it detailed to them.
And once they understand it, Football Queensland are saying that they're actually okay with it.
With their modelling on players, which was in a memo sent to all clubs last week, both junior and senior players, their new way of registering, there will be an ever so slight decrease in overall fees paid.
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