on the rails wrote:I was happy to support my club and the SANFL for season 2014 after the Crows model was accepted and on the basis of what we were told at our members information night that Port would be offered exactly the same deal and the 8 League Clubs were united on that and would not back down or allow any variation. Well now the Port model is different and the fact that 7 of the 8 clubs (North strongly opposed it) allowed them a completely different model then I have lost all desire to follow a comp which has 3 sets of rules and standards. The decision to allow Port no age restriction on it's 15 top up players will almost certainly result in the Crows getting the same in the near future. So the two full time professional clubs playing in our comp will end up with more advantages than the 8 semi-professional teams who are the core of the SANFL.
How the SANFL and the Directors who allowed this to occur (including my Club Director re the Crows vote), need to really re-assess what they have done and never whilst they hold power use such words as relevancy and integrity in respect to the decsion they have made that IMO have now ensured the SANFL as we knew it / know it at present slides into mediocrity under the control of the AFL Clubs and ultimately the AFL.
I will not attend another NAFC game nor will I renew my membership.
Sadly in this case your club voted YES and my club voted NO.