The rule could set the president for Team Karori entering the central league: I'm sure they would love to have the ability to offer a CL player spot for any local clubs Premier sides to cover injury and strengthen player base up to and as at 30th June.
( I do understand The Wgtn Phoenix were declined an entry as not a club. Hence Wgtn United)
The funding claim is poor as NCR, PN Marist and Wairapa can get pub charity funding as clubs from a region and not a "Rep Team"
Word (memory) a few year back was Wanganui City qualified but declined the option to go to Central League on finance and player depth. (later rumors of feilding an ineligible player during the season never went anywhere)
Rules governing eligibility of Representative Teams in the CL.
1. Representative Teams will be accepted into the CL on a case by
case basis. Such entries will only be accepted by the CL Committee
whereby a Representative Team enables an area within the Capital
Football or Central Football Federations to participate in the CL, and
it could not participate if only club teams were eligible.
2. Although such admissions will be granted with a long-term view
they will only be granted for one year at a time. The most likely
causes for the CL Committee refusing to extend a Representative
Team’s admission will be that team having achieved results so
outstanding that it clearly has an unfair advantage over nonRepresentative
Teams, or that team abusing the privilege of a
representative entry into the CL.
The following rules will apply to all representative teams allowed to
participate in the CL.
3. Players must be registered to a local club within the region they are
representing.
4. Players will play for the representative team for the duration of the
season but can play local football if not required by the CL team for
that weekend.
5. Players can play either in CL or local league in any one weekend
but not both.
6. Squad lists will be limited to 24 at any point in time and will be given
to The Manager as per regulation 3.
7. All changes to the squad list must be made via the local
administrator to The Manager and must comply with the time frame
prescribed in Regulation 2.1.
8. No changes to the squad list will be accepted after 30 June each
year.
9. Suspensions arising from red cards or the accumulation of yellow
cards shall be served in accordance with NZF Regulation 7.
10. All other rules in regulation 3 apply in regards to player eligibility