NTFL plans back on SANFL agenda

The talks to get the Top End into the premier state competition are on again!
From the Advertiser 7/2/06...
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SA looks to Territory
THE SANFL has reopened negotiations to accept a combined Northern Territory Football League team into the Adelaide league.
SANFL chief executive Leigh Whicker had informal talks with NTFL boss Tony Frawley in Darwin on Saturday before North Adelaide rolled the NTFL by 23 points.
Whicker said the SANFL was "very keen" to have a closer relationship with the NTFL and both leagues would benefit by introducing the Buffaloes to what is considered the best state football league in the country.
"There is sound logic for such a proposal on the grounds that it would expose young Territorians to the rigours of playing in a league which is regarded as the premier state league in Australia," Whicker said. "The rationale behind the proposal still exists today and, if anything, there is even more justification for it now."
The NTFL approached the SANFL to accept a team from the NT in 1999 and if not for unsatisfactory administration in the Top End and doubts over funding the team it would have been integrated in Adelaide.
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Great stuff... and its mostly thanks to the Roosters!
From the Advertiser 7/2/06...
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SA looks to Territory
THE SANFL has reopened negotiations to accept a combined Northern Territory Football League team into the Adelaide league.
SANFL chief executive Leigh Whicker had informal talks with NTFL boss Tony Frawley in Darwin on Saturday before North Adelaide rolled the NTFL by 23 points.
Whicker said the SANFL was "very keen" to have a closer relationship with the NTFL and both leagues would benefit by introducing the Buffaloes to what is considered the best state football league in the country.
"There is sound logic for such a proposal on the grounds that it would expose young Territorians to the rigours of playing in a league which is regarded as the premier state league in Australia," Whicker said. "The rationale behind the proposal still exists today and, if anything, there is even more justification for it now."
The NTFL approached the SANFL to accept a team from the NT in 1999 and if not for unsatisfactory administration in the Top End and doubts over funding the team it would have been integrated in Adelaide.
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Great stuff... and its mostly thanks to the Roosters!
