morell wrote:tipper wrote:morell wrote:Not out of the question I wouldn't have thought.
And then watch this thread when all the same numpties cry a river about Port leaving the SANFL and abandoning SA Footy and leaving the comp in ruins.
i for one will rejoice when the power are not longer a part of the sanfl.
for the record, while your argument is that the competition has been compromised for years is indeed true, that is no reason to compromise it further now. why make a bad situation worse??
Again. Explain how it is worse?
You've gone from having 10/10 clubs being comprised and every flag being won by at least a couple of AFL players.
To 2/10 clubs being compromised and every flag being won by 0 AFL Players.
How is it MORE compromised?
tipper wrote:and if the power do indeed leave the sanfl at some point in the future (hopefully sooner rather than later) the only reason the competition would be in ruins, is because of their (and adelaides) inclusion to begin with. just need to get rid of the reserves sides before the damage is irreversable and we can all be happy
Sureeeee...
If the AFL clubs leave the SANFL, then the SANFL have nothing left to keep their finger in the proverbial AFL/SMA Adelaide Oval big gloppy delicious well attended money making pie.
Good luck running the SANFL after that happens.

because previously every club in the league had the same rules. the same access to afl listed players (determined through a draft) the same salary cap, the same everything.
now we have the crows with one set of rules, the power with a second, very different set of rules, and the traditional clubs with a third. you are the one ignoring the facts in yoru argumments, maybe you would like to read through some of the rest of this thread, it has already been covered before.
too bad about your claims on the sma too. the sanfl dont have an interest on there due to the afl reserves sides. it has never revolved around the reserves sides. they have an interest as the custodians of aussie rules football in this state, and the sanfl holds the contract for afl games being played here. if hte sanfl wasnt included in the sma, the afl clubs would still be playing at footy park, unless the afl wanted to pay out a big dollar contract for no benefit.....
so now they are a stakeholder in the sma, pretty much guarantees an income for at least the forseeable future, unless around the time the contract for afl games runs out the afl itself decides to stump up the cash to build a competing stadium here, but as the afl cant even afford its own reserves league i dont see that happening.