The Bedge wrote:amber_fluid wrote:How would you decide who’s in what conference?
Pharknose, i was just dribbling crap
There's no room for that on here.
by Lightning McQueen » Fri Jun 17, 2022 3:53 pm
The Bedge wrote:amber_fluid wrote:How would you decide who’s in what conference?
Pharknose, i was just dribbling crap
by The Bedge » Fri Jun 17, 2022 3:53 pm
amber_fluid wrote:The Bedge wrote:amber_fluid wrote:How would you decide who’s in what conference?
Pharknose, i was just dribbling crap
Geographical location? SA/WA/NT + QLD/NSW + VIC/TAS
That’s only 3 conferences and the qld/nsw conference only has 4 teams
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by amber_fluid » Fri Jun 17, 2022 3:54 pm
Lightning McQueen wrote:The Bedge wrote:amber_fluid wrote:How would you decide who’s in what conference?
Pharknose, i was just dribbling crap
There's no room for that on here.
by DOC » Fri Jun 17, 2022 5:02 pm
by Vamos » Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:13 pm
cracka wrote:Yes but less teams overall, AFL needs to be a 16 team comp maximum, AFL won't reduce it though. Play each other twice 1 x home, 1 x away. Get rid of pre season comp. Shorter games but less break between games, playing Thursday to Monday.
by Psyber » Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:50 pm
by RB » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:01 am
by FlyingHigh » Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:02 pm
by Groover » Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:18 pm
by Vamos » Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:39 pm
FlyingHigh wrote:Listening to some talk-back about it on the ABC last week, it doesn't seem like a you-beaut stadium in Hobart would be viable. One caller said you would be virtually cutting off attendance from the north-west who would have to travel 3-4 hours there, stay over for any night games, and travel back the next day. I know we probably have people drive that far here, but don't know if they would in Tassie in sufficient numbers .
It would seem 2 grounds of 20,000 initially and build up to 30,000 would be the most viable, and perhaps one advantage they might get is a guaranteed 12 home games. Which would probably be reasonable as you could see them being shipped of to Darwin Cairns and Canberra.
One obvious problem mentioned all the time is most people down there already have a team they are passionate about, so it could be a hard 15-20 year slog while the next generation comes through. A little different to here when the Crows came in as most were passionate about their SANFL clubs first and foremost and had a general interest in a VFL club.
by DOC » Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:41 pm
by am Bays » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:57 pm
by beef » Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:54 am
by cracka » Sun Jun 19, 2022 10:24 am
Vamos wrote:FlyingHigh wrote:Listening to some talk-back about it on the ABC last week, it doesn't seem like a you-beaut stadium in Hobart would be viable. One caller said you would be virtually cutting off attendance from the north-west who would have to travel 3-4 hours there, stay over for any night games, and travel back the next day. I know we probably have people drive that far here, but don't know if they would in Tassie in sufficient numbers .
It would seem 2 grounds of 20,000 initially and build up to 30,000 would be the most viable, and perhaps one advantage they might get is a guaranteed 12 home games. Which would probably be reasonable as you could see them being shipped of to Darwin Cairns and Canberra.
One obvious problem mentioned all the time is most people down there already have a team they are passionate about, so it could be a hard 15-20 year slog while the next generation comes through. A little different to here when the Crows came in as most were passionate about their SANFL clubs first and foremost and had a general interest in a VFL club.
I think most of the fans who already support another club will adopt Tassie as their second side and still support with attendance. The conundrum is - where do they play? My old boy is from Tassie and he reckons there's a genuine dislike of each other between the Hobart & Launceston regions so I'm not sure the fans who aren’t all in will travel outside their region.
by Jim05 » Sun Jun 19, 2022 10:42 am
We do a stack of work through Tassie and the North/South divide is well and truly overstated. No where near as bad as it was even 10 years ago down there. The driving is a big issue as for many in Tasmania a 2hr drive is seen as a long drive. It will only work if all of the state works together as the AFL won’t budge on a new stadium and they ain’t building a new stadium to play 5-6 games per year in Hobart.cracka wrote:Vamos wrote:FlyingHigh wrote:Listening to some talk-back about it on the ABC last week, it doesn't seem like a you-beaut stadium in Hobart would be viable. One caller said you would be virtually cutting off attendance from the north-west who would have to travel 3-4 hours there, stay over for any night games, and travel back the next day. I know we probably have people drive that far here, but don't know if they would in Tassie in sufficient numbers .
It would seem 2 grounds of 20,000 initially and build up to 30,000 would be the most viable, and perhaps one advantage they might get is a guaranteed 12 home games. Which would probably be reasonable as you could see them being shipped of to Darwin Cairns and Canberra.
One obvious problem mentioned all the time is most people down there already have a team they are passionate about, so it could be a hard 15-20 year slog while the next generation comes through. A little different to here when the Crows came in as most were passionate about their SANFL clubs first and foremost and had a general interest in a VFL club.
I think most of the fans who already support another club will adopt Tassie as their second side and still support with attendance. The conundrum is - where do they play? My old boy is from Tassie and he reckons there's a genuine dislike of each other between the Hobart & Launceston regions so I'm not sure the fans who aren’t all in will travel outside their region.
That is what I think is the biggest hurdle facing a team from Tasmania, the big divide between North & South. Try getting a Boags in Hobart or a Cascade in Launceston. If the team is based in Hobart then the Northerners would probably support their original AFL team & vice versa. I think they would have to play half their games in Hobart & half in Launceston to get the full support of the population
by gadj1976 » Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:03 pm
by carey » Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:41 am
by Arch44 » Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:22 pm
Vamos wrote:cracka wrote:Yes but less teams overall, AFL needs to be a 16 team comp maximum, AFL won't reduce it though. Play each other twice 1 x home, 1 x away. Get rid of pre season comp. Shorter games but less break between games, playing Thursday to Monday.
I'm with this. Too many spuds as it is getting a run at the elite level.
by FlyingHigh » Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:37 pm
carey wrote:I'm a Nay at this stage.
For mine the standard of play is going backwards. Having extra teams come in is only going to stretch the talent pool even thinner, most state leagues are already on there knees and sourcing another 40-50 players from these leagues on top of what they already lose could be the death of some.
Just my thoughts.
by whufc » Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:56 pm
carey wrote:I'm a Nay at this stage.
For mine the standard of play is going backwards. Having extra teams come in is only going to stretch the talent pool even thinner, most state leagues are already on there knees and sourcing another 40-50 players from these leagues on top of what they already lose could be the death of some.
Just my thoughts.
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