SAAFL to be sponsored by Channel 9

[daysofourlives]

Do you guy's and gals think the Crows would be a good thing in the SAAFL?
Do you think the clubs would let them in?
I imagine they would want immunity from relegation.

Would this be the one game a week that Ch 9 will cover??????

[Cohiba]

Aaaw shucks, thanks kids

Anything is possible - the Ballarat League have their own show that goes to air straight after The Footy Show on Thursdays.

Not sure if anything like that is in the mix for us though...

"Grassroots footy FC".....Pick me.. pick me... pick me!!!

[Failed Creation]

Do you guy's and gals think the Crows would be a good thing in the SAAFL?
Do you think the clubs would let them in?
I imagine they would want immunity from relegation.

Would this be the one game a week that Ch 9 will cover??????

I hope not.

[Phantom Gossiper]

Do you guy's and gals think the Crows would be a good thing in the SAAFL? No
Do you think the clubs would let them in?No
I imagine they would want immunity from relegation.Yes

Would this be the one game a week that Ch 9 willWOULD not WILL cover??????Yes

[Footy Chick]

If they did, it would probably be whoever is playing at Thebby - I can't see an OB van being able to be set up outside Caterer Oval

therefore, more div 1 games played at Thebby would then be the go if the "game of the week" theory came into fruition.

PS: Just like any new club requesting to enter the comp - the clubs don't get a say as far as I recall.

[Dogwatcher]

How much for a footy OB?

My initial estimate was stupid. Sorry.

[daysofourlives]

If they did, it would probably be whoever is playing at Thebby - I can't see an OB van being able to be set up outside Caterer Oval

therefore, more div 1 games played at Thebby would then be the go if the "game of the week" theory came into fruition.

PS: Just like any new club requesting to enter the comp - the clubs don't get a say as far as I recall.

Thebarton=Crows home ground, it makes sense

[Footy Chick]

If you're looking at full blown set up like SANFL I believe it is- multiple cameras/angles etc...

Somehow I don't think we can afford skycam

[marbles]

could be possible that the decision has been made & the Crows reserves are now set to play in Div 1 in 2014?

Channel 9 is on board 1st to take the rights cos there will be a hell of a lot of attention on the comp,

no crows = no channel 9

[FOURTH ESTATE]

If they did, it would probably be whoever is playing at Thebby - I can't see an OB van being able to be set up outside Caterer Oval

therefore, more div 1 games played at Thebby would then be the go if the "game of the week" theory came into fruition.
PS: Just like any new club requesting to enter the comp - the clubs don't get a say as far as I recall.

Would that mean we would have to play there twice a season. I think not!!! Financial suicide!!!!!!!!!!

Executive decide who come into the league not the delegates as per the consistution. In this case I believe that the delegates need to vote on this as it is a massive change to our league and structure.

[Footy Chick]

They might choose to play a div 2 or even div 3 game. Who even knows if this will happen though. We might be getting a little ahead of ourselves

[Grahaml]

If they did, it would probably be whoever is playing at Thebby - I can't see an OB van being able to be set up outside Caterer Oval

therefore, more div 1 games played at Thebby would then be the go if the "game of the week" theory came into fruition.
PS: Just like any new club requesting to enter the comp - the clubs don't get a say as far as I recall.

Would that mean we would have to play there twice a season. I think not!!! Financial suicide!!!!!!!!!!

Executive decide who come into the league not the delegates as per the consistution. In this case I believe that the delegates need to vote on this as it is a massive change to our league and structure.

Not if they let the club losing a home game run the canteen and/or keep gate entry money.

[Trader]

Crows won't need the gate takings and canteen money!
League to collect it all and distrobute back to clubs at the end of the year.

[Footy Chick]

Update from the league:

The Executive Committee & Management of SAAFL wish to provide the follow urgent update to clubs

At our last delegates meeting, we mentioned that we had been in confidential discussions about the possibility of the Adelaide Crows entering a team in our competition for 2014.

We indicated that we were a "Plan B” for the Crows and that we would keep you informed if anything changed.

The Executive Committee and Management are receptive to the Crows joining our competition as there is only upside in terms of its value to SAAFL in a number of areas.

To date we have no formal written agreement from the management of the Crows, but we have developed initial concepts and plans of how it would work.

To date, the SAAFL has played a low key approach, to respectfully allow the Adelaide Crows to pursue their preferred option of having their reserves team play in the SANFL competition.

Given today’s back page article in The Advertiser, and the increased awareness in the market that we are a legitimate "Plan B" for the Crows reserve team, we would like to advise our member clubs that we are very receptive to having them in our competition. If it plays out that we become the preferred option, we will require a formal detailed value proposition from the Crow management. The benefits of a reserve team in our competition are overwhelmingly positive and will be detailed to clubs if we become the preferred option. Until then we prefer not to speculate about the what if’s and we will advise all club of the next step if we become the Crow’s "Plan A".

Until such time, please be wary of what you read and hear in the media, and be confident that we will get the facts to you as they come to hand. On that note, we ask that you please refer all media contact on this matter to the SAAFL office as we prefer our business decisions made in-house and not through the media. If a club would like to make a comment to media, we request you please have it cleared first with the SAAFL CEO or General Manager – Football Operations.

For those that are unaware, we currently enjoy a positive and rewarding relationship with both the Adelaide Crows and Port Power with both clubs using our Thebarton Oval for training.

It should be noted that to date, we have not been approached directly by Port Power to discuss the possibility of their club entering a team into our competition in any form.

Further, having the AFL Adelaide Crows complement our league in today’s paper is a great testimony – “ In terms of quality of competition, the big bodies, access……..so that’s what we would do.” (page 76). This is a positive media week for SAAFL, and our brand, having announced our new Channel 9 partnership earlier this week.

Please be aware that the Channel 9 partnership does not start officially until next season. Guidelines for clubs participation opportunities will be communicated prior to next season and managed by the SAAFL Office. In any event clubs are not to contact Channel 9 directly.



From the SAAFL Executive Committee & Management team