What is the point of having a Wellington W-League side if they're going to based in Australia? Having said that you could argue the same for the men at the moment. :)
So that best Kiwi players in NZ can play in a professional, higher level, competition than they would otherwise in NZ?
not sure this sentence makes sense..
Playing NWL in NZ or W-League in Aussie - which one gets our players better quality opposition and game time on a regular basis?
living in Oz is likely not an option for some of NZ's best NZ domiciled players
Why not? I mean, if you want to be a professional footballer, you go where the gigs are, you don't expect them to come to you.
ok so either you are referring to those that want to be pro, or assuming all decent NZ women footballers want to be.
I'm not assuming anything. Those who have aspirations to play professionally and are good enough get a chance to do that rather than wasting away domestically in NZ. Those who don't are irrelevant for the purposes of this discussion no matter how good/talented they are.
It is relevant when there will be players who are not interested pulling up stumps in NZ for six months to live in Oz on an oily rag. That's what the Oz based team is - a different proposition to an NZ based W -League team (not that that was even a prospect but it was the original question). They aren't going to come back and be able to retire with their windfall. Is it merely an option for some players - maybe more of an option for those currently doing the pro thing
Uhm, but that's not what you were saying. You said that not all best players are interested in becoming pro - if that's true, then where the team is based is irrelevant, and they're not the target for the club at any rate in that case.
If you want to be a professional footballer, there are sacrifices that come with that. Some are prepared to make them, some aren't. And those who aren't are of not interest to a professional club, regardless of where the club is based.