darley16 wrote:My club, the definition of a battlers club, the perennial underdog has been robbed of a chance at redemption by 19 AFL Power players in the Prelim Final in 2014 and 21 AFL Crows players in 2016. The frustration is that this can be fixed, restrict the number of AFL players and/or rotations limited to 60 for AFL teams and 90 for SANFL. If this unfair arrangement continues support will continue to drop and clubs will inevitably fold.
Yesterday my enthusiasm, my heart and soul was ripped out not just for my club but also for the SANFL comp, Proud of my club and it's players however if next year nothing changes in regard to the AFL clubs.......i think i am done.
I believe an old, heavily involved Southie has already pulled the pin after yesterday's display. I don't understand how a comp can afford to lose these types of people.
I mean who is wrong here, dyed in the wool people who bleed for their club but are heartbroken at the situation? or the likes of Olsen and Riccuito who tell them to suck it up. It's become a travesty.
I feel for South, their legitimate dreams snuffed out by AFL lists both in 2014 and 2016. An article in yesterday's paper covered the Premiership drought and some of the old time supporters. A number of them in the legal fraternity. You admire their stoicism but they have just about reached the tipping point.
A review panel led by Dion McAffrie is going to present to the commission soon, in terms of the future of the AFL sides in the SANFL. Someone has to have the courage to make some difficult decisions. The noises so far are not encouraging.