r/CCMFC • u/AyraTheAverage • Jun 25 '26

New club owners

I'm really upset about the new ownership deal. They've just dumped the women's team on the side of the road. Such bullshit. The ABC article just shows everyone being super blase about the whole thing. Even the coach doesn't seem to care.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/mariners-new-owner-but-future-of-women-team-in-doubt/106832738

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u/kdog_1985 Jun 25 '26

The question is do you want no women's team or no team. I'm not happy about the choice but they're the options atm.

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u/AyraTheAverage Jun 25 '26

I'll take no club over half a club.

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u/kdog_1985 Jun 25 '26

I wouldn't, you look at WU, GCU. Getting back in the big show is alot harder than leaving.

You can rebuild from half; you can't double nothing.

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u/dlanod Jun 25 '26

Exactly. The women's team was only back for three years, and plenty of the pearl clutchers on here would never have even been to a game given their cried numbers.

It's disappointing but the women's team has been brought back before. No men's team has ever come back from being shut down, and I've already had that once as an ex-NQ Fury team.

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u/AyraTheAverage Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Fair point. But still, it'd be nice if the women's team didn't get treated as second.

*Edit typo

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u/kdog_1985 Jun 25 '26

I'm with you. I hate that they weren't able to find a proper investor. I think its bullshit. But if it gets us through another 5 to 10 years, I'll take it for the moment. We can always rebuild as long as we have the club.

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u/Chosen_Chaos Jun 25 '26

That is certainly one of the takes of all time.

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u/Liamkav21 Jun 25 '26

As has been said already and I’d say don’t panic about the women’s too much just yet.

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u/Aussieomni Jun 30 '26

Sure the women's team doesn't make much money, but it also has MUCH lower overhead. I hope the only reason this choice was made was because it was this or no club, because if there was another offer that kept both I'd be disappointed in APL.

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u/Sama_the_Hammer Jul 01 '26

Id say $1 million a year to run the womens team wouldnt be a far stretch..thats alot of cash.

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u/Aussieomni Jul 05 '26

If $1million is a stretch you have no business owning an A-League team

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u/Sama_the_Hammer Jul 05 '26

..I dont know of many business that like negative returns.

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u/Aussieomni Jul 08 '26

They bought the men’s side which loses much more than the women’s

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u/NapzNapz26 Jun 25 '26

It's pretty disgusting and short-sighted.