by CENTURION » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:28 pm
by DOC » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:29 pm
by rd » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:43 pm
by LPH » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:52 pm
by wild dog » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:56 pm
JamesH wrote:according to Bouncedown 2013 WCE & Fre will pay $450,000 each per season to align with a WAFL club. if they align with two clubs up the this could be a nice little earner for the league.
the catch 22 for the league is Sturt are worth 3,500 people at the gate.... so if the blues take the plunge things need to be done delicately and transparently so these people are not lost. My greatest fear is that Sturt and West decide opt to grip to life and end up in the state of the old West Torrens - with very little to look forward to.
by Failed Creation » Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:05 pm
Lynwood wrote:Seeing as my club would be one of the ressies sides I would not go. What's the point of going each week to support an AFL reserves side.
by whufc » Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:08 pm
Failed Creation wrote:Lynwood wrote:Seeing as my club would be one of the ressies sides I would not go. What's the point of going each week to support an AFL reserves side.
Spot on. Surely it's about time the AwFuL resurrects the Reserves competition. There'd be no better time to do it, with record profits recorded...
That way, state leagues can return to being good second tier competitions, and not just vehicles for other clubs' interests. For this reason, I can handle the SANFL being a little weaker in standard (it has been since 1991 anyway). I have absolutely ZERO interest in the Power, and certainly will not be watching their reserves side, if that's what the Magpies become.
by JamesH » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:14 am
DOC wrote:So JamesH you are suggesting that Sturt and perhaps West should go down the Torrens path and quit rather than opting to grip to life.
That might make you feel better to see other sides quit but that is hardly the point to the loyal Sturt people. To suggest that they should perhaps quit for the betterment of the league (which is its member clubs) then I for one want no part of it. The SANFL exists for its member clubs to compete in order to win the SANFL premiership.
If Sturt "allign" with the crows or "merge" with anyone else, the reality is that as the Sturt Football club they no longer exist. They will have quit.
The SANFL and its clubs own the two AFL licenses. The two AFL clubs don't own the SANFL or its clubs.
by dedja » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:20 am
by JamesH » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:26 am
dedja wrote:have the balls to do what exactly?
by dedja » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:29 am
by JamesH » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:37 am
by dedja » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:52 am
by JamesH » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:07 am
by Doddy » Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:52 pm
dedja wrote:Unfortunately Sturt are extremely vulnerable due to their lack of assets ...
by dedja » Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:56 pm
by bays2011 » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:06 pm
FOURTH ESTATE wrote:Was at Port Melbourne's first home game last year when they unfurled the flag no atmosphere and hardly anyone there.seen more at a West v South game. That what it will become if the AFL have their say. AFL players in the alignment sides only play for themselves. Have first hand knowledge of this and the non AFL players are treated like 2nd class citizens in their own club with the alignments. Coaches are appointed by the the AFL clubs and have no interest in most non AFL players and blame them when they don't win. This is fact!!!
If the Crows & Power want reserves teams go play in the VFL and leave the SANFL alone.
Just watch the destruction in the two years of the WAFL not a lot of happy clubs there.
by DOC » Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:56 pm
JamesH wrote:Personally.... I would rather not see mergers or alignments...... just a reduction in salary cap to bring an end to the plundering of Victorian clubs. Hopefully this could ease a bit of pressure on some clubs and allow them to get on the road to recovery. Let those that play for cash go to the country of 'Amateurs'..... the league will adjust.
Im looking at the WAFL yearbook and most players are from WA - which is good for WA footy.
by heater31 » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:00 pm
DOC wrote:JamesH wrote:Personally.... I would rather not see mergers or alignments...... just a reduction in salary cap to bring an end to the plundering of Victorian clubs. Hopefully this could ease a bit of pressure on some clubs and allow them to get on the road to recovery. Let those that play for cash go to the country of 'Amateurs'..... the league will adjust.
Im looking at the WAFL yearbook and most players are from WA - which is good for WA footy.
So the South Australian clubs should have a salary cap reduction in order to assist Port Melbourne from your perspective.
The reason the Crows came about was due to the plundering of the SANFL by the then VFL who changed their name in 1987 but little else. Plundering by the SA clubs ? I think its more like the end result of determined clubs to exist as best they can. Bit hard to see the reversal as anything but karma.
You are well known for your anti SANFL views and the constant derogatory remarks about South Australians and their ways, referring to them as blinkered and insular(eg: they, South Australians, still think they have the second best league when in reality it is the most boring.)
Reserve teams belong in a reserve competition. The SANFL clubs belong in the SANFL competition. The magpies are no longer members. They saw it fit to go to the national competition. Their choice. The other 8 can stand alone.
by DOC » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:03 pm
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