The majority of Hyundai A-League club chairmen are refusing to attend a social function for a visiting delegation from FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), The Australian reports.
The chairmen have decided not to attend the function to make a point to the FFA, as the already rocking relationship between the two parties is set to take another blow.
โThere's no way they (the club chairmen) are going to walk into that,โ one source told The Australianย on Thursday. โThey don't want to give FFA the satisfaction, plus there are some state federation presidents the owners-chairmen simply want nothing to do with.โ
FFA chairman Steve Lowy was originally meant to host the function at his house, but Lowy reportedly cannot attend anymore because of other commitments.
In a statement to The Australian, the FFA confirmed Lowy would not be present at the dinner, but denied the non-attendance by chairmen is a protest against FFA.
โA number of A-League representatives have accepted the invitation to an informal dinner involving some stakeholders participating in the statute review process,โ a spokesman said.
โIt should be noted that it was always the case that several A-League club and member federation representatives would not be attending the dinner, and in some cases the meetings. There has been no indication that their non-attendance is a protest against FFA.โ
