What would you do in 2014?

[passionatelegsfan]

Those people that say they would continue to attend SANFL games no matter what, it is very noble and I admire your loyalty. But are you going to maintain your interest when your team is basically playing an exhibition game every week? Because this is basically what we are talking about here. The SANFl premiership would no longer mean anything. Personally Iw ould rather see Norwood drop down to amateur league.

As i posted on the redlegs forum I find this whole concept completely ridicolous. Is there any legit sporting comp in the world - perhaps outside the WAFL - that has clubs in it with different agendas? ie one competing for the premiership and others playing to develop players? If there is a precedent i would like to know about it. I have never heard of anything like is currently being proposed.

[UK Fan]

I wouldn't attend a game with the Crows or Power playing. Whether I continue to support Centrals will depend on their stance. If they sell out without a fight, it will be the end for me I think. Easy to say but I'm sure it will be hard to do!

It has made me raise a brow to how flippant some people have been when commenting on their intent to simply walk away. If they choose to then it's up to them, but I dont know it would be as easy to do as it is to type it out.

I take umbridge to someone telling me how I should choose to support (or not) my club.

[teaoby]

i understand the disdain for the AFL clubs having Feeder teams in the SANFL league comp. But i Honestly cannot wrap my head around any true SANFL supporter saying that "after 40 odd years of being a paid up member of my club, I'm out"

Thankfully Norwood through Joe Tripodi have made their stance clear so it is clearer for me, but no matter who they are playing ill continue to support MY team. If you feel differently i honestly feel sorry for you. I Support Norwood NOT the competition, however much they try and change it!

[Ecky]

i understand the disdain for the AFL clubs having Feeder teams in the SANFL league comp. But i Honestly cannot wrap my head around any true SANFL supporter saying that "after 40 odd years of being a paid up member of my club, I'm out"

But that's already what happened for many people in 1990-91. I'm sure all of us (who are old enough) know examples of people who were fanatical about their SANFL club before 1990 but have hardly been to a game since.

[cennals05]

i understand the disdain for the AFL clubs having Feeder teams in the SANFL league comp. But i Honestly cannot wrap my head around any true SANFL supporter saying that "after 40 odd years of being a paid up member of my club, I'm out"

Thankfully Norwood through Joe Tripodi have made their stance clear so it is clearer for me, but no matter who they are playing ill continue to support MY team. If you feel differently i honestly feel sorry for you. I Support Norwood NOT the competition, however much they try and change it!

I would be the same if I knew my club were against it and were one of the clubs that voted no. If my club sell out then I don't see how I can support them.

[Dog_ger]

Bottom Line :

It's not the SANFL anymore.

It has forgotten basic footy for the masses and gone for the $$$.

Who cares about the AFL.

I'm going back to suburban footy.

That's a name I have not heard for a while..?

Go Salisbury West and Seaton Ramblers and Wingfield United.

That's three battler clubs.

[whufc]

i understand the disdain for the AFL clubs having Feeder teams in the SANFL league comp. But i Honestly cannot wrap my head around any true SANFL supporter saying that "after 40 odd years of being a paid up member of my club, I'm out"

Thankfully Norwood through Joe Tripodi have made their stance clear so it is clearer for me, but no matter who they are playing ill continue to support MY team. If you feel differently i honestly feel sorry for you. I Support Norwood NOT the competition, however much they try and change it!

I would be the same if I knew my club were against it and were one of the clubs that voted no. If my club sell out then I don't see how I can support them.

Yep exactly the same!!!!

Have a house being built in september, that my 2 daughters and wife and my love of soccer will make my winters pretty easy to get through.

[LPH]

i understand the disdain for the AFL clubs having Feeder teams in the SANFL league comp. But i Honestly cannot wrap my head around any true SANFL supporter saying that "after 40 odd years of being a paid up member of my club, I'm out"

Thankfully Norwood through Joe Tripodi have made their stance clear so it is clearer for me, but no matter who they are playing ill continue to support MY team. If you feel differently i honestly feel sorry for you. I Support Norwood NOT the competition, however much they try and change it!

I would be the same if I knew my club were against it and were one of the clubs that voted no. If my club sell out then I don't see how I can support them.

***LIKE***

[CUTTERMAN]

Give it one year and then probably walk away from all football for good. Follow the soccer and go surfing. F*** 'em.

[Dog_ger]

i understand the disdain for the AFL clubs having Feeder teams in the SANFL league comp. But i Honestly cannot wrap my head around any true SANFL supporter saying that "after 40 odd years of being a paid up member of my club, I'm out"

Thankfully Norwood through Joe Tripodi have made their stance clear so it is clearer for me, but no matter who they are playing ill continue to support MY team. If you feel differently i honestly feel sorry for you. I Support Norwood NOT the competition, however much they try and change it!

I would be the same if I knew my club were against it and were one of the clubs that voted no. If my club sell out then I don't see how I can support them.

Yep exactly the same!!!!

Have a house being built in september, that my 2 daughters and wife and my love of soccer will make my winters pretty easy to get through.

Norwood v Crows or Power 2's...

Get out of our competition.

[Pseudo]

I wanted to vote for "I will never - NEVER - attend a game featuring an AFL reserves team". The closest option was to decrease support slightly.

[Pseudo]

i understand the disdain for the AFL clubs having Feeder teams in the SANFL league comp. But i Honestly cannot wrap my head around any true SANFL supporter saying that "after 40 odd years of being a paid up member of my club, I'm out"

But that's already what happened for many people in 1990-91. I'm sure all of us (who are old enough) know examples of people who were fanatical about their SANFL club before 1990 but have hardly been to a game since.

... and in 1996. I knew plenty of Porties who vowed and declared that they'd keep going to Magpies matches after the AFL team kicked off. History shows that plenty of 'em didn't. The "one club" wank didn't bring them back to games either.

[Big Phil]

Being honest I just don't know.

Yep - I'm a bit the same, I think...

[gadj1976]

Continue to support my club, for it's the club I love, as I do now. Regardless of who the opponent is.

yep, ditto.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Being honest I just don't know.

Yep - I'm a bit the same, I think...

will that mean completely neutral commentary

[CUTTERMAN]

I wouldn't attend a game with the Crows or Power playing. Whether I continue to support Centrals will depend on their stance. If they sell out without a fight, it will be the end for me I think. Easy to say but I'm sure it will be hard to do!

It has made me raise a brow to how flippant some people have been when commenting on their intent to simply walk away. If they choose to then it's up to them, but I dont know it would be as easy to do as it is to type it out.

No it wouldn't be easy but nor would it be easy watching Port in the SANFL knowing that these c***s f***ed it up for everyone else.

[Apachebulldog]

Might go to the Cows and Puffs game to give them shit !

[Macca19]

Im gonna shoot straight from the hip and say exactly what I really think. I support a club, not a competition. I go to the football and pay my membership to watch my club play football. The club happens to play in the SANFL. I like the SANFL and have an affinity towards it, I grew up watching it, im been to probably 400 SANFL games in my life. But, if Port started playing in the Div 6 amateurs tomorrow, that's where ill be. Because I support a club. Not a competition.

People prepared to throw away decades of support because their club may have to play the Adelaide Crows twice a year is baffling to me.

People saying that the SANFL will just become exhibition games and mean nothing are ridiculously over-dramatizing the situation.

People saying that the two AFL clubs wouldn't care about winning matches or wouldn't care about challenging for the premiership are ridiculously over-dramatizing the situation. In my opinion, not much would change at all. I don't see how Adelaide or Port playing AFL reserves in the SANFL will effect peoples enjoyment of a North v West match, or a Sturt v Norwood match, or why they would want to throw away their support, membership and memories of their club.

I can understand people that may boycott games against the two AFL sides and that line of thinking. That makes sense to me. They don't want them in the competition, fine, boycott the games, don't watch them play. But to throw away decades of support and loyalty to their club at the click of the fingers just because for 4 games a year they will have to play an AFL reserves side. I don't understand this at all.

[UK Fan]

Im gonna shoot straight from the hip and say exactly what I really think. I support a club, not a competition. I go to the football and pay my membership to watch my club play football. The club happens to play in the SANFL. I like the SANFL and have an affinity towards it, I grew up watching it, im been to probably 400 SANFL games in my life. But, if Port started playing in the Div 6 amateurs tomorrow, that's where ill be. Because I support a club. Not a competition.

People prepared to throw away decades of support because their club may have to play the Adelaide Crows twice a year is baffling to me.

People saying that the SANFL will just become exhibition games and mean nothing are ridiculously over-dramatizing the situation.

People saying that the two AFL clubs wouldn't care about winning matches or wouldn't care about challenging for the premiership are ridiculously over-dramatizing the situation. In my opinion, not much would change at all. I don't see how Adelaide or Port playing AFL reserves in the SANFL will effect peoples enjoyment of a North v West match, or a Sturt v Norwood match, or why they would want to throw away their support, membership and memories of their club.

I can understand people that may boycott games against the two AFL sides and that line of thinking. That makes sense to me. They don't want them in the competition, fine, boycott the games, don't watch them play. But to throw away decades of support and loyalty to their club at the click of the fingers just because for 4 games a year they will have to play an AFL reserves side. I don't understand this at all.

Ever wonder why anyone associated with port has no say on the future on sa football ?????? Read the above garbage.

This from a club that the main cancer on SANFL for the last 5 years has been the refusal from footy fans to have anything to do with port Adelaide. And you want to lay the above tripe on us.

No wonder I will never attend a game again !!

[Macca19]

Im gonna shoot straight from the hip and say exactly what I really think. I support a club, not a competition. I go to the football and pay my membership to watch my club play football. The club happens to play in the SANFL. I like the SANFL and have an affinity towards it, I grew up watching it, im been to probably 400 SANFL games in my life. But, if Port started playing in the Div 6 amateurs tomorrow, that's where ill be. Because I support a club. Not a competition.

People prepared to throw away decades of support because their club may have to play the Adelaide Crows twice a year is baffling to me.

People saying that the SANFL will just become exhibition games and mean nothing are ridiculously over-dramatizing the situation.

People saying that the two AFL clubs wouldn't care about winning matches or wouldn't care about challenging for the premiership are ridiculously over-dramatizing the situation. In my opinion, not much would change at all. I don't see how Adelaide or Port playing AFL reserves in the SANFL will effect peoples enjoyment of a North v West match, or a Sturt v Norwood match, or why they would want to throw away their support, membership and memories of their club.

I can understand people that may boycott games against the two AFL sides and that line of thinking. That makes sense to me. They don't want them in the competition, fine, boycott the games, don't watch them play. But to throw away decades of support and loyalty to their club at the click of the fingers just because for 4 games a year they will have to play an AFL reserves side. I don't understand this at all.

Ever wonder why anyone associated with port has no say on the future on sa football ?????? Read the above garbage.

This from a club that the main cancer on SANFL for the last 5 years has been the utter refusal from fans refusal to have anything to do with port Adelaide. And you want to lay the above tripe on us.

No wonder I will never attend a game again !!

Meh. If you want to be a turn coat, that's on your head, not anyone elses