PhilH wrote:Any thoughts on what the SANFL and local clubs need to do in the new environment ( a new Adelaide Oval drawing football fans and AFL reserves team in the SANFL) to keep the SANFL relevant?
Keep doing what you're doing with the kids.
Also keep to account the Crows and local mainstream media for a start. It is clear it only takes a few words behind closed doors to ensure they tow a party line. Taking a look at the intro to the ABC TV coverage of the GF is a good starting point to how the SANFL can be marketed.
Scheduling important also. Some SANFL games at Adelaide Oval would be good while it is shiny and new, but the best thing about the SANFL is its suburban grounds - catering to the different sets of supporters (oldies in the grandstands, kids with families on the grass hills, blokes on the mounds with bar facilities/tv viewing, ladies sitting in comfort etc. etc.)
If the big wigs don't realise the levels below AFL are just as important as the AFL it will effect their bottom line in the long run.
For the SANFL clubs, they just need to be winning. Need to have the majority stronger on-field than the AFL Reserves without compromising the AFL teams too much so it becomes ridiculous.