Yardy Lard wrote:TIRED TIGER wrote:WHEELS&DEALS wrote:Brighton have meeting next thursday for there members to vote on joining the SAAFL in Div 3 in 2013 or stay in the SFL. As this may effect your club, it would be interesting to see who has been told or if you got to vote on this. They want to field A's, B's, C's and D's as well as there junior teams in the Metro south/west comp. What are peoples thoughts?
Unless they are merging with some one in Div 3 or a club is folding I would be extremely disappointed if SAAFL let this competition hopping club start that high.Start in Div 6 and battle like the rest of us to get up the grades. They were in Div 1/2 and bailed so tough luck is what I think
Could not agree more TT. Think it would be appalling for the other clubs who have battled so hard, for many years and then to let a club in who have turned their back on the SAAFL before and went to various other leagues over many years. They have been in and out of the SAAFL many times, and deserve nothing. There are clubs in D4, D5, D6 and D7 who deserve far more, for their loyalty to the competition and think the SAAFL, would alienate these clubs if Brighton came into D3, without having earn't their stripes other than in a little piss ant league.
i do agree they have to earn there stripes BUT, what will happen if they go full strength into d7... No disrespect to the current top side but they'd smash them by plenty and smash the top d6 side aswell.... no one wants to see that...
But i also think if Brighton started in d7 heap of blokes would jump ship imo... i personally believe the league isn't that stupid to put them in d7... Adding a very strong club to the SAAFL is only good for business. If brighton come into the saafl it will bring $$$ and add to an already strong comp...
finally i reckon this won't go ahead, because the sfl surely wont let it and bring in 2 divs... I reckon if the sfl let brighton go, there comp is shot because if they go i reckon more will jump ship...