http://www.sen.com.au/news/12-15/return ... FBivmRE.97Williamstown VFL President Trevor Monti has slammed any plan for a stand alone AFL reserves league as part of a revamp of the game's second tier competition.
Former league commissioner Bill Kelty has just completed a review of the pathways into the AFL and has confirmed a return to a reserves league is one of several options that will be considered by the AFL Commission.
"That suggestion will be a disaster for Victorian football, a disaster for standalone clubs...I can tell you no standalone club has been consulted nor has AFL Victoria been consulted about it," Monti has told SEN radio.
A number of AFL clubs have their own VFL teams, but others are aligned to VFL affiliates, such as Hawthorn's relationship with Box Hill.
"I know there's one or two selfish coaches within the AFL that are driving the AFL reserves competition, but that will be to the disadvantage of Victorian football in a very, very substantial way,"
Williamstown won the VFL premiership in 2015 when it defeated Box Hill, however Monti believes relegation to a third tier competition would almost kill his club.
"We've been around for 151 years playing in a second tier competition, and we're now going to be relegated to a third tier competition. We've got large sponsors that contribute major sponsorships that will all fall away.
"We have six full time administrative staff, we've just appointed a coach for two years on a substantial salary. If we're relegated to a third tier competition beyond 2017, we're left high and dry in no mans land...going nowhere. "
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