Interstate Footy Is Back In 2012
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:30 pmThe attached article in todays Hobart Mercury indicates State Football will be back in 2012.
However if VFL is playing Tasmania, SA must be playing someone else
Stay tuned.
Vics in, ABC TV out for TSL BRETT STUBBS | November 23, 2011 12.01am
THE good news is the TSL will test itself on the big stage against the might of the VFL next season.
The bad news is the state league and its broadcaster have parted company, meaning there will be no live coverage of the TSL from 2012 or beyond.
The SANFL, VFL, WAFL, NEAFL Eastern Conference, NEAFL Northern Conference and the TSL will play a series of interstate games between 2012 and 2017, with Tasmania hosting Victoria next season, on either May 26 or 27.
Although the venue has not been determined yet, there are thoughts of holding the game at Burnie's West Park on the edge of Bass Strait.
"We will certainly look at a number of factors when determining where we take the game and, most likely, the first factor that will come to our mind is where is the most difficult place to play for the VFL?" TSL general manager Shaun Young said yesterday.
"We want to provide our players with the best opportunity to win the game."
Young admitted the task of beating the VFL would be a huge ask for a competition just three years old.
"It is a great opportunity and the players will be very excited by it," Young said.
"Commonsense would tend to tell you it is going to be a little bit difficult to be competitive, but there will be rules and regulations implemented that when the bigger states play Tasmania, it is highly likely there will be no AFL-listed players."
Tasmania has not played the VFL since 1998, when the then TFL defeated the Vics at North Hobart Oval by 35 points under coach Andy Bennett.
Coincidentally, Bennett will be one of the local commentators out of work next season after negotiations broke down between AFL Tasmania and the ABC.
It is understood the ABC asked for almost double the funding, a shorter roster, and for all broadcast games to be at one venue from next season.
It is believed AFL Tasmania paid a little more than $50,000 for the 2011 coverage, but the ABC wanted about $100,000 a season to proceed with the broadcast.
Young said the demands were not possible.
"There was certainly an increase, to what amount I'm not prepared to divulge, and AFL Tasmania wasn't in a position to enter into that commercial arrangement," he said.
"One of the things we liked about the ABC was promoting the competition. However, we couldn't get the product covering the whole of state."
ABC head of TV and sports events Justin Holdforth said negotiations were continuing.
"From our side, we are still in discussions," Holdforth said.
However if VFL is playing Tasmania, SA must be playing someone else
Stay tuned.
Vics in, ABC TV out for TSL BRETT STUBBS | November 23, 2011 12.01am
THE good news is the TSL will test itself on the big stage against the might of the VFL next season.
The bad news is the state league and its broadcaster have parted company, meaning there will be no live coverage of the TSL from 2012 or beyond.
The SANFL, VFL, WAFL, NEAFL Eastern Conference, NEAFL Northern Conference and the TSL will play a series of interstate games between 2012 and 2017, with Tasmania hosting Victoria next season, on either May 26 or 27.
Although the venue has not been determined yet, there are thoughts of holding the game at Burnie's West Park on the edge of Bass Strait.
"We will certainly look at a number of factors when determining where we take the game and, most likely, the first factor that will come to our mind is where is the most difficult place to play for the VFL?" TSL general manager Shaun Young said yesterday.
"We want to provide our players with the best opportunity to win the game."
Young admitted the task of beating the VFL would be a huge ask for a competition just three years old.
"It is a great opportunity and the players will be very excited by it," Young said.
"Commonsense would tend to tell you it is going to be a little bit difficult to be competitive, but there will be rules and regulations implemented that when the bigger states play Tasmania, it is highly likely there will be no AFL-listed players."
Tasmania has not played the VFL since 1998, when the then TFL defeated the Vics at North Hobart Oval by 35 points under coach Andy Bennett.
Coincidentally, Bennett will be one of the local commentators out of work next season after negotiations broke down between AFL Tasmania and the ABC.
It is understood the ABC asked for almost double the funding, a shorter roster, and for all broadcast games to be at one venue from next season.
It is believed AFL Tasmania paid a little more than $50,000 for the 2011 coverage, but the ABC wanted about $100,000 a season to proceed with the broadcast.
Young said the demands were not possible.
"There was certainly an increase, to what amount I'm not prepared to divulge, and AFL Tasmania wasn't in a position to enter into that commercial arrangement," he said.
"One of the things we liked about the ABC was promoting the competition. However, we couldn't get the product covering the whole of state."
ABC head of TV and sports events Justin Holdforth said negotiations were continuing.
"From our side, we are still in discussions," Holdforth said.
