{"id":931917,"date":"2026-10-17T22:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T22:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931917\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T22:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T22:17:17","slug":"football-queensland-backflips-on-2027-fee-changes-after-pushback-from-member-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931917\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Queensland backflips on 2027 fee changes after pushback from member clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Football Queensland has backflipped on proposed changes to its 2027 fee structure after pushback from member clubs across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">More than 100 clubs wrote to the governing body earlier this month in solidarity against what they called an unreasonably dramatic fee hike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The clubs said the increased fees would likely make the sport unaffordable for families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Initially, FQ disputed the clubs&#8217; claims and added that Queensland has the lowest fees in the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-10-07\/football-queensland-player-registration-fee-backlash\/107240208\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football Queensland 2027 fees disagreement<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A spokesperson for Football Queensland rejects claims fees are going up and notes that the state has the lowest fees nationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Today, the governing body has gone back on its proposed changes, saying it has listened to its clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The statement does not include any concession that the proposed 2027 fees had resulted in a price rise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Instead of the 2027 fees changing to a new Competition Access Fee (CAF), FQ has confirmed it will retain the existing structure for the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It added there will be &#8220;modest adjustments to reflect inflation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement, FQ said it still remained confident in the initially proposed CAF model, but accepted it &#8220;represented a significant change for clubs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Having carefully considered the feedback and the practical challenges of implementation, the Board believes retaining the existing structure for 2027 is the most sensible way forward,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">For 2027, player enrolment fees will now be $60 for MiniRoos, $80 for junior players, and for seniors, $150.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Explaining the 2027 fees, FQ said they will include two adjustments \u2014 transaction and technology costs, and a &#8220;modest adjustment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;After more than seven years without an increase to player enrolment fees, a modest adjustment will help maintain the delivery of statewide football services and programs while continuing to keep football affordable,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football Queensland has backflipped on proposed changes to its 2027 fee structure after pushback from member clubs across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,23816,498798,29365,596,44067,376207,292773,701,85],"class_list":["post-931917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-clubs","tag-fee-hike","tag-fees","tag-football","tag-football-australia","tag-football-queensland","tag-fq","tag-queensland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}