Pag wrote:If clubs who would be in the new 'Div 2' are worried about losing players, they shouldn't be. Sure, you might get the odd one who wants to play a higher level of footy (we had one young guy leave us this year in SAAFL Div 4 to play Div 1), but you will also get an influx of guys who are fringe A Graders at Div 1 level who want to prove themselves as A Grade footballers, and the rest who will hang around because they won't have to get belted by Morphett Vale, Reynella or Brighton anymore.
Just because you may start in Div 2, doesn't mean you're stuck there forever. We were Div 6 in 2001, and in 2004 we were playing Div 3. It's not impossible.
It's not all doom and gloom. Ask clubs in Div 6/7 of the SAAFL, their long term goal is usually to push themselves up the divisions as high as they possibly can, and clubs have done it. There is no reason why SFL 'Div 2' clubs can't be the same, and honestly, other leagues look at your results in the Sunday Mail and shake their head at the moment.
If it works for the SAAFL and the HFL (who are probably more relevant to your situation), why can't it work for the SFL?
great post Pag! SFL need to listen to people outside the league.
