This sucks. Short sighted as usual. So much for the collaboration in getting the World Cup. Not a great way to grow interest in the game in the lead up to the World Cup either.
And as someone above pointed out the Nix have already done a power of good for Aussie Football with numerous emerging or returning players given pathways they otherwise wouldn't have had. Our roster at the moment is well stocked with young developing Aussie payers. The same thing would have happened with the Nix Women's team. So the result is one less reliably viable team in the W-League; fewer development pathways for Aussie players; plus a large market for activating greater sponsor interest lost.