by whufc » Thu May 29, 2025 7:30 am
The issue is the SANFL is catering everything for the AFL which sadly is what the 'players' want.
However, this rightfully puts the fans offside.
It's kind of like the chicken and the egg. Unfortunately, the league can't survive without the fans but in equal measures can't survive without blokes wanting to play in the league and sadly this generation only play SANFL because it's a feeder to the AFL.
How does the SANFL find a balance that's the trick.
The only long-term answer i can see would be if the SANFL clubs had the money to see a significant rise in the salary cap that would then see blokes willing to play SANFL for the larger money on offer than what country/ammo clubs can offer that makes the extra requirements worth it. How does the SANFL get to a point all clubs can afford that......................i don't think it can.
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