This time the AFL has gone too far....

[johntheclaret]

That was my preferred option at the time and it would have left us with an 8 team comp. Would have been interesting had Port been forced to totally go it alone without the benefit of having access to Footy Park. Do you think Port would have struggled on their own or would the SANFL have struggled without the financial input of the Camries?

I suspect that the player retention team would have held up the quality, after all it helped keep players like Gary McIntosh and Michael Aish at Norwood, and without the rivalry of the Power and Crows playing in SA the gate money would have held up too. I think Port would have struggled on their own with no supporters but their home-grown ones. I'd have had the SANFL move a team locals could relate to into Alberton Oval - perhaps West Adelaide as "Westport" to really make them squirm, as that team could have stolen some of the supporter base too by keeping the prison bar uniform with just a dash of red, and perhaps the Magpie logo with a red addition.

Ultimately, I think a national competition would have developed, but perhaps a more balanced one, not a rebadged VFL.

Yeah right. I'm sure there are plenty of Westies fans out there that would jump at the chance of their team playing in prison stripes and being called Westport.

[Rik E Boy]

or just get rid of the port magpies all together

Are you kidding. Not in the middle of one of their most unsuccessful passages in history. I'm enjoying watching them get beaten. I'm MOST of you are the same.

LMAO Great work there Halo. Only problem is, the Legs are doing the same bloody party trick!

regards,

REB

[Psyber]

That was my preferred option at the time and it would have left us with an 8 team comp. Would have been interesting had Port been forced to totally go it alone without the benefit of having access to Footy Park. Do you think Port would have struggled on their own or would the SANFL have struggled without the financial input of the Camries?

I suspect that the player retention team would have held up the quality, after all it helped keep players like Gary McIntosh and Michael Aish at Norwood, and without the rivalry of the Power and Crows playing in SA the gate money would have held up too. I think Port would have struggled on their own with no supporters but their home-grown ones. I'd have had the SANFL move a team locals could relate to into Alberton Oval - perhaps West Adelaide as "Westport" to really make them squirm, as that team could have stolen some of the supporter base too by keeping the prison bar uniform with just a dash of red, and perhaps the Magpie logo with a red addition.

Ultimately, I think a national competition would have developed, but perhaps a more balanced one, not a rebadged VFL.

Yeah right. I'm sure there are plenty of Westies fans out there that would jump at the chance of their team playing in prison stripes and being called Westport.

At the time they were struggling, and a little SANFL money may have been persuasive, not to mention the probable increased future membership numbers. The jumper could always have been rejigged later. Failing that, another team may have been interested, or the territory could have been redistributed. But it is all in the past and no longer matters!