SANFL's 10th Team

[on the rails]

Seriously Dogger - why do you bother! If anything is to go it is YOU!

[Wedgie]

CALM DOWN CHARLIE BROWN!

They should put Adelaide United in the SANFL so Port have another team to beat.

[Dog_ger]

Seriously Dogger - why do you bother! If anything is to go it is YOU!

Whats up Charlie Brown...

How much longer do you think the SANFL is going to last in the current format, my friend...?

When channel 2 drop the TV coverage, its over....

Do you have any interest in the Reserves Teams.....

I would watch them every saturday morning.

When they got dropped from TV, we forgot about them.

Do you have any understanding of SAFA footy..?

When it got dropped from TV, What is SAFA....?

AFLSA will be divided somewhere between Div2 & Div3

Norwood, Westies & maybe Centrals may challenge for Div 1.

The legs may take out a pretender of Div1.

With prize money, they will improve.

[Wedgie]

Hard to argue with that unwavering logic OTR!

[CENTURION]

Hard to argue with that unwavering logic OTR!

God bless the Methadone program.

[am Bays]

Hard to argue with that unwavering logic OTR!

God bless the Methadone program.

[Chuck Wepner]

CALM DOWN CHARLIE BROWN!

They should put Adelaide United in the SANFL so Port have another team to beat.

Wow, a North fan having a crack at Port's on field success rate. All I can say is, short memories must have a.......
with apologies to the federal member for Kingsford Smith.

[on the rails]

Norwood, Westies & maybe Centrals may challenge for Div 1.

The legs may take out a pretender of Div1.

With prize money, they will improve.

Division 1 - assuming you mean the AFL?

[CENTURION]

Norwood, Westies & maybe Centrals may challenge for Div 1.

The legs may take out a pretender of Div1.

With prize money, they will improve.

Division 1 - assuming you mean the AFL?

wotaloadofbollocks

[Psyber]

I can't see the Melbourne hierarchy that run the allegedly national "Australian" Football League coming at anything that is truly national and doesn't primarily benefit them and Melbourne football.

So, I can't see a division system happening unless all remaining Melbourne teams are guaranteed their place in Div 1 permanently, and "foreign" teams denied access except on the Melbourne hierarchy's terms.

[Pseudo]

I can't see the Melbourne hierarchy that run the allegedly national "Australian" Football League coming at anything that is truly national and doesn't primarily benefit them and Melbourne football.

So, I can't see a division system happening unless all remaining Melbourne teams are guaranteed their place in Div 1 permanently, and "foreign" teams denied access except on the Melbourne hierarchy's terms.

We've already got a system like that. It's called the AFL.

[Psyber]

I can't see the Melbourne hierarchy that run the allegedly national "Australian" Football League coming at anything that is truly national and doesn't primarily benefit them and Melbourne football.

So, I can't see a division system happening unless all remaining Melbourne teams are guaranteed their place in Div 1 permanently, and "foreign" teams denied access except on the Melbourne hierarchy's terms.

We've already got a system like that. It's called the AFL.

My point exactly.

[JamesH]

Mixing

8 SANFL club "league" teams who sole purpose of existance is to win the SANFL League Premiership.

with

2 AFL reserves sides who do not care about winning, only player development.


is like mixing Grange with Red Cordial .... similar look, much poorer taste.


I don't want tanking in 40% of our games.

Must be avoided AT ALL COSTS.

i would suggest an 8 team SANFL is more likely in the future

[Dog_ger]

Maybe a six team comp in the future.

Times are very hard my friends.

[jim5112]

1. Crows to enter the SANFL with a reserves side and become the 10th team.
2. All Port listed playes to Alberton to play with the Magpies. (given a choice to stay at current SANFL club if it's their original home club)
3. Both AFL reserves teams only able to 'recruit' top up players from rookie list, buying them from other SANFL clubs (if previously contracted) or they must have not played SANFL in atleast X amount of years.
4. All remaining SANFL clubs allowed a higher salary cap and points allocation to recruit and maintain players and coaches etc.

Just thinking we need to keep the highest standard of footy we can here in SA; if the Crows and Power go to an AFL reserves league or some other crap break away conference what will happen to the quality of SANFL.

IF the only fear is thrashings/lack of $$$ I think the comp would become even in time if not from the onset due to the contrainst mentioned above and sponsors, fans, players would stay involved with a new exciting elite brand of football. Plus whats the alternative, sponsors fall away because the AFL influx is gone and the league no longer even gets TV coverage so whats the point...

Also understand the AFL clubs 'train' together more than the other 8 clubs but hell they are now anyway and 5-8 injuries and they're in strife having to use top up players who are either very fresh (rookies) or from outher leagues (less prepared)

I know Im not the only one to think of something similar to this but could it work?

NO -- It's ridiculous.

That's why they haven't done it.