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Very well written and said, Antonis. Captures much of why the clubs formed AAFC almost 7 years ago - seeking a voice and access to aspiration, which had been denied to them by a combination of misguided football development ideas ignorance and, it must be said and acknowledged, racism. By its nature, sport is a competitive pursuit, rewarding merit. It is also a pastime, a diversion from ordinary life and as such, a vehicle for cultural expression. Football, by its sheer attractiveness as a world sporting pursuit, has been pushed, pulled, prodded appropriated, commodified, distorted, bought and sold, during its recent and brief life in this ancient land in aid of myriad competing interests. It is by the sheer force of people's connection to and love for the clubs they made (much less so the ones arranged for them) that this new national competition is possible today. No clubs equals no competition. It is not a coincidence that the foundation clubs of the new National Second Tier and those which have knocked and continue to knock on the door for inclusion are backed by strong cultures and communities from which they emerged and into which they are embedded. It's how it works when it truly works. AAFC banged on the door until its member clubs were 'allowed' back in and they banged the door to rid us of the National Club Identity Policy. Yes, everyone, say that aloud and imagine our world into which it was introduced. One in which our Prime Minister then, John Howard, felt comfortable saying that we were a "tolerant" country and that he tolerated people of the 'other' cultures. How so very magnanimous...and misguided. Monocultural, not monoethnic, clubs were a natural function of the time in which they were founded and monoculturalism is a natural initial phase of many organisations. Indeed, it is often a necessity and the reason for the birth of such an organisation. It just wasn't noticed when the monoculture was British. I lived through a time, not entirely past, when as a lawyer, a law firm named Jones, Smith and White was natural in the way Galatas, Giannopoulos and Aspros wasn't. As they grow and become part of the community, such clubs become, naturally and organically, multicultural. We saw a reversion recently to insularity and monoculturalism of some of these clubs - a natural response to being shrunk by decree. People need not fear the NST clubs will revert to moniculturalism. Allowed to aspire and rise again, they will find their natural place within our football and wider community. The opportunity to play a part in preserving our cultural traditions and enabling them to again thrive, through growing football by increasing the number of our thriving clubs, has been my primary motivation in volunteering in pursuit of this new competition. That it will also grow football and offer opportunities for players, coaches, referees, administrators, fans and so many others makes even more worthwhile.

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