It does. It alienates new supporters and brings back the image of the bad old days. We changed to the a league to rid the racial crap and segregation.The FFA need to worry about things that matter like getting expansion of the A-league right, introducing a national 2nd division, having a proper youth league, organising friendlies for the Socceroos, instead they fritter away their time on making a big issue out of nothing.
If a club wants to Italian or Greek or Russian or Brazilian or Kalifumbiwhunkonaian why stop them? Does it really matter? Get a proper league structure together, have every body in it and if an ethnic club is successful and is in the A-league then so be it. If not they can stay in the 3rd or 4th or 5 tier and IT JUST DOES NOT MATTER.
FFA need to sort out the big picture and not worry about a club having a tiny symbol of Italy on there shirt.
The media already hate football and this crap would just help them with their propaganda
I'm 58 and second generation having been born down there.
Other second generation "ethnics" have children and some even grand children by now so that would be already 3rd / 4th generation if I'm not mistaken.
What are you taking about, "racial crap and segregation" ?
These people are Australians not even bloody "new Australians" any more.
If anything the FFA is perpetuating / creating racism and segregation by excluding these people based on their cultural and ethnic backgrounds.