Alex wrote:I love the SANFL and want it to be successful as the main priority. I genuinely don't understand how it can make more money thus ensuring its viability without the $400k from the crows coming in though.
I'm not sure that $50k each is such a big portion of club revenue that the league can't exist without it. The various revenue streams the clubs benefit from have been discussed at length on this forum.
However, the point a number of us made back in 2013 is that the fact that there is a Crows/Power reserves team in the league is a big barrier to the dinkum clubs recruiting new supporters. It's likely that most kids will be exposed to the Crows and Power before the SANFL. Much easier to get them interested in one of the sovereign SANFL clubs if they're not competing with the Crows/Power.
Alex wrote:I hate that the AFL is in the comp to begin with but that damage is now done and I can't see crowds ever increasing from here. The SANFL without a magpies side for everyone to hate/love is just bland.
Actually, the competition last season - i.e. absent the 'Magpies' - was praised as being one of the best spectacles in a long time. Notwithstanding the difficulties associated with COVID-19, the impression received both from on here and in most media coverage is that the 2020 season was a roaring success, and anything but bland.