SUPER LEAGUE?

[Micky Conlan]

Given the interest in the battle of the leauges with willuga v morphett vale, is there room for thought of creating a SUPER LEAUGE from the SFL & GSFL.Working along the lines of the English premier league with 2 divisions , so at the moment we have 26 teams, with the premier league having the top 5 from each league & the other 16 teams making up the feeder league.Premier league 18 rounds play each other twice top five finals, bottom 2 get relegated , than the feeder league 15 rounds play each other once top eight finals, top 2 get elevated.
I am aware there would be many hurdles,many traditionalist,and many questions to be answered but if we all are trying to lift the standard of our great game surely this could be the answer.
Also it would be great for South Adelaide as im sure as the standard lifts in the local games more and more players will be representing the Panthers with such strong local competitions .
I believe the SUPER LEAGUE concept should not be taken lightly we could seriously challenge for the best comp outside the pro's
any thoughts? If only Kerry Packer was still alive......

[Grape Ape]

I think Micky just learnt how to copy and paste...

[BJ Ernest]

Micky had to type it out each time, whats cut and paste i can hear him saying?

[Micky Conlan]

What is copy n paste ? sounds like year 3 art work.

[LaughingKookaburra]

Im sure kids from Morphettville Park will enjoy an 9:00am U14's game against the Saints at Goolwa

[LaughingKookaburra]

Also SAAFL div 1 will always be the best standard in SA outside the SANFL,there are over 70 clubs in the SAAFL and if div 1 was not the best standard some serious questions would be asked.

[damian]

It isn't such a bad idea. Having played in both leagues i think it would really benefit a huge amount of teams. Morphetville park can go and join the amatuer league and play div 6 if they didn't want to travel!

[BJ Ernest]

THe idea holds merit for sure. AS with everything a first draft always needs to be rejigged but sadly with the state of footy everywhere, no matter what level there are top sides and bottom sides. I think it would definitely find out some sides but would make for stronger competitions.

How far is it from Salisbury to Goodwood? Dont they currently play one another? I would have said that would be close to the same travel time and Morphettville Park to Goolwa!

[Panther32]

And seriously it's one game a year that you would potentially drive, not like your training twice a week out there. A lot of players would enjoy the "road trip"!

[damian]

Morphettville Park is only an hour and 15 from Goolwa, plenty of other leagues have that as a minimum 'road trip'.

I think it is a great idea and needs to be looked into further.

[FootyMad]

At Encounter Bay sometime in March there is a 4 team invitational 20/20 comp featuring at this stage Salisbury. Aldinga, Lonsdale and Enc Bay. Each club has to supply two teams and pays a registration fee, with the winner and the runner up taking home cash prizes. This concept only came up as all four coach's no eachother so it was thrown together.

I mention it as in Feb/March etc this same things in a full game format could be done between the two leagues to start off with, clubs could simply play or not play in it but the carrot to get involved and get serious is winning it and taking the cash. Some clubs are strapped for cash so why not give an opportunity like this to play for it, paid players then have the opportunity also to show there worth and bring some money into the club.