TimmiesChin wrote:Frankly, in my opinion the Crows model is a "franchise" solution, effectively turning the SANFL comp. (for them) into a glorified training program. I'm not sure that any AFL club in the country has a model as poor and "soul-less" as the crows model. I've always felt the Port (Power/MAgpies) have had an eartheir feeling to them than the crows, and I wan't this retained. ... I want a Port Adelaide in the SANFL that still plays home games, has clubrooms that supporters attend after games.... has players/coaches who's focus is winning the SANFL flag, and who has a 1/10 chance of winning a flag in any given year.
Then what you want is an autonomous Magpies. The Port Model (tm) is as bad as the Crows Model (tm) - both involve a reserves team in a SANFL league contest. Moreover no AFL club has any business developing juniors for topping up a reserves team. If the PAMs could be resurrected as a club in its own right, then great.
Surely if the Port Adelaide Magpies as we have all known them in the SANFL league no longer exists then the power reserves won't wear the prison bar Guernsey and be called the Magpies. Wouldn't seem right I reckon.
Must say, this certainly flies in the face of the recent belligerence being portrayed by David Koch and Co.
KT and the Board run a tight ship, so this story leaves me a tad sceptical. To go down this path requires negotiation with other parties, ie amateurs (no not the $ANFL) and I'm not so sure they are as watertight as the PAFC hierarchy.
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How sad is that... my favourite clash of the year is gone.
Definitely the end of the SANFL. It's a different league now.
AFLSA as they say...
But removing the Port Adelaide Football Club, in all its forms, from the SANFL is what most people on here want
Don't think so Mickey.
I'm gonna sit back, crack the top off a Pale Ale, and watch the Double Blues prevail 1915, 1919, 1926, 1932, 1940, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 2002, 2016, 2017
The past few weeks have been consumed by the debate as to whether or not the two Adelaide AFL Clubs should be allowed to enter support teams into the SANFL competition, and if so, what conditions should be applied to ensure that such a move benefits all parties concerned.
Since my last CEO update, a few significant developments have occurred.
-The Adelaide Football Club has been granted entry into the SANFL, under a set of conditions which they have agreed to.
- The SANFL has informed Port Adelaide that it is in a position to invite us to promote a PAFC support team on the same terms and conditions as those applied to the Adelaide Football Club. Such approval would require Port Adelaide to dismantle its junior program and recruitment zone, and embrace the top up system as applied to AFC. It has requested that we indicate whether we wish to enter a team under those conditions.
We have responded to the SANFL, reaffirming that we would not be prepared to enter a PAFC support team in the SANFL under the same conditions as the Adelaide Football Club, preferring to maintain our status quo position for season 2014.
We are still seeking to create a future Port Adelaide structure that achieves the following:
- Provides our Club with the best possible chance to win AFL premierships. - Ensures that the Magpies are retained, fiercely competitive and intent on winning premierships. - Provides a pathway for junior footballers to develop their skills and love of the game at Port Adelaide, enabling them to ultimately realise their dream of playing league football for the Magpies, or if they are good enough, get drafted into the AFL competition.
Next Steps The SANFL and its Clubs need to decide whether they wish to invite us to re-join their competition under a new set of Port Adelaide-specific conditions which would enable us to achieve the above criteria.
If not, we will prepare for season 2014 to be status quo as previously stated, and use next year to develop an alternative plan for season 2015 and beyond.
csbowes wrote:No magpies? How sad is that... my favourite clash of the year is gone. Definitely the end of the SANFL. It's a different league now. AFLSA as they say...
But removing the Port Adelaide Football Club, in all its forms, from the SANFL is what most people on here want
No, Port people realising it's at their own hand is what most people here want.
Mark_Beswick wrote:I think what they said was PAMFC will play in the amatuer league in their prison bar jumper Port Power will play SANFL reserves topped up by PAMFC amatuer league members Port Magpies will have their zones phased out by 2015 PORT HAVE DONE IT - They have killed off their zones and historic club
Bloody hell! Just when I thought I couldn't hate a "club" as much as the Crows, the Power issues a challenge for the title...
Well therein lies an issue. Define what a "club" is, in your view, if you will?
The past few weeks have been consumed by the debate as to whether or not the two Adelaide AFL Clubs should be allowed to enter support teams into the SANFL competition, and if so, what conditions should be applied to ensure that such a move benefits all parties concerned.
Since my last CEO update, a few significant developments have occurred.
-The Adelaide Football Club has been granted entry into the SANFL, under a set of conditions which they have agreed to.
- The SANFL has informed Port Adelaide that it is in a position to invite us to promote a PAFC support team on the same terms and conditions as those applied to the Adelaide Football Club. Such approval would require Port Adelaide to dismantle its junior program and recruitment zone, and embrace the top up system as applied to AFC. It has requested that we indicate whether we wish to enter a team under those conditions.
We have responded to the SANFL, reaffirming that we would not be prepared to enter a PAFC support team in the SANFL under the same conditions as the Adelaide Football Club, preferring to maintain our status quo position for season 2014.
We are still seeking to create a future Port Adelaide structure that achieves the following:
- Provides our Club with the best possible chance to win AFL premierships. - Ensures that the Magpies are retained, fiercely competitive and intent on winning premierships. - Provides a pathway for junior footballers to develop their skills and love of the game at Port Adelaide, enabling them to ultimately realise their dream of playing league football for the Magpies, or if they are good enough, get drafted into the AFL competition.
Next Steps The SANFL and its Clubs need to decide whether they wish to invite us to re-join their competition under a new set of Port Adelaide-specific conditions which would enable us to achieve the above criteria.
If not, we will prepare for season 2014 to be status quo as previously stated, and use next year to develop an alternative plan for season 2015 and beyond.
My respect for Port has gone up a little. If they hadn't pulled all those tricks earlier in the season, and if some of their fans weren't so arrogant and selfish, I'd possibly take them up as my AFL side. As it is I might find it hard to cheer for the Crows again. I may end up at Carlton.
I'm gonna sit back, crack the top off a Pale Ale, and watch the Double Blues prevail 1915, 1919, 1926, 1932, 1940, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 2002, 2016, 2017
