A-League clubs are facing financial turmoil, with the Australia Professional League (APL) to fund barely a quarter of their salary caps for next season.
While most major sporting leagues, like the AFL and NRL, fund the entirety of their teams’ salary caps the A-League teams will receive just $530,000 from the APL.
This means they will need to cover the shortfall which will be a mammoth task given the league’s unenviable financial position. Wealthy clubs like Melbourne City are likely to be fine but smaller clubs are in serious strife.
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In 2018 clubs received nearly $3.6 million. The current salary cap limit is $2.6 million with the minimum spending floor at $2.25 million.
The APL has made savage funding cuts this year, with up to 50 per cent of…
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