Re: Future of the SANFL
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:54 pm
55 person lists (and that would be the minimum to almost-guarantee that 2 sides could be formed every week with only minimal & occasional top-ups) would be a very bad thing for the SANFL. Lists currently top out at 44 (plus international rookies, basketballers and weird stuff). Those extra 11 players, per club, i.e. 198 players extra on AFL lists would come from somewhere. No prizes for guessing where.bennymacca wrote:another issue - if you have a full reserves comp, do you expand the lists? do you still have topup players? to me it would make more sense to extend lists to maybe 50-55, which then brings about more costs etc. possibly could be offset by increased broadcasting of those games. but i doubt it.
Booney wrote:smac wrote:Have you assessed the posters? It may be that there are multiple opinions being expressed by multiple people.
It's multiple posters with similar opinions. Those who dare buck the trend are some sort of traitor or idiotic.
There would need to be a gentlemans' agreement that the AFL clubs would not pluck U/18s who are being selected for the SANFL league team (but could take those who would have been selected in SANFL ressies).bennymacca wrote:Good post. The problem is, if you are a gun U18 then you might already be playing league, and what happens to that player? Does it continue with the current system where that player can be kept by the sanfl club?
heater31 wrote:Does the VFL still have restrictions on the amount of AFL listed players in the match day squads? Maybe we need to do the same.....
Nope, now it's resembling a seconds comp for Victorian AFL clubs it's open slather in the minor round. Still convoluted rules on finals eligibility.heater31 wrote:Does the VFL still have restrictions on the amount of AFL listed players in the match day squads? Maybe we need to do the same.....
SimonH wrote:Nope, now it's resembling a seconds comp for Victorian AFL clubs it's open slather in the minor round.heater31 wrote:Does the VFL still have restrictions on the amount of AFL listed players in the match day squads? Maybe we need to do the same.....
Doubt it. If they thought playing league football against men was better for their development, they wouldn't remove guys like Jimmy Toumpas or James Aish from the league side and send them to play in the national under 18s comp.SimonH wrote:you'd expect that AFL clubs would recognise that a full year at SANFL league level is going to be better for a v talented 17yo's development, rather than being ping-ponged in and out of an AFL ressies side.