Madas
Norm Smith Medallist
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How does it balance it out though ?The thing that most disadvantages our teams are the northern academies and father son rules limiting our access to talent. By some distance that is our biggest disadvantage.
The AFL propping up GWS and the suns with the money of profitable clubs like ours with literally hundreds of millions of dollars over the last decade then adding salt to the wounds by manipulating drafts so they never spend any decent period of time in the bottom 4, now THATS what *s up our team. Not to mention the swans and lions.
There is going to be a 20th team eventually and I’m saying it now - the only logical place is WA. Greater Perth with a population of 2.5 million can sustain 3 clubs.
Melbourne has 5 million people and has 10 clubs. We can easily sustain three in Perth if everyone in WA is so footy obsessed as is claimed.
Per head of population we are the only safe bet for a third team. It would be profitable within a few years. We could get up to 2 extra home matches a year. A genuine mini power base of three clubs in the west to balance out the vic domination.
Any new club in Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney etc will be a bigger financial noose around the next of the AFL for the next 50 years than even the suns and GWS.
Tassie will be profitable and pay for themselves very quickly - they care about football down there.
We will just have to share 1/3 of the shit sandwich instead of half .
The VFL will never let go , not while HQ is based in Melbourne and the nepotism continues for the top jobs .
I guess it’s our only hope though and in the bigger picture you are correct, maybe if there are 10 interstate teams ( WA 3 + Tassie 1 ) the scales might start to tip , then add NT but I reckon in our lifetime get used to the crumbs from the VFL