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56 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

it does not matter if the departing club is a negative,,,, and fwiw the  Melbourne Lions supporters were ecstatic over the Brisbane 3 peat

And others found new teams.

Moonface is these days a Dee, I believe.    Maybe the smarter half,  is also a Dee.???

 

I think a merger of Roos and Suns makes more sense.   Why send a perennially struggling club,  with a predominantly Sky Blue jumper south into the cold winters.

Norths jumper would look fantastic up on the Gold-Coast in their warm Winters.   Emblazon a Golden Sun somewhere on the front of the jumper.

 

Start a new team in Tassie when the time is right,  with warm colours on the jumper.   Playing out of Hobart and Devonport.  With fewer away games for this team.

Devonport would cater to the whole Northern half of Tassie.    Launceston does not do this. 

Launceston was an each way bet,  that cannot work in the longer run.

 

#edit:  Does anyone actually like the gcSuns Orange jumper,  at all.?   Imagine if one day the Suns were playing in a Final against the Giants.

A major clash of colours;  just too similar.

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14 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Although I’m not a fan of the games I’ve seen at Casey should this be the case we should definitely petition to have games at Casey as it would be a genuine opportunity at a home ground advantage. Why should Saints, Blues, and Doggies be the only ones that benefit from it. 

A by the by, wouldn’t Perth stadium be another ground that would be unavailable? Could there be a return of footy to Subiaco?

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On 4/1/2020 at 8:18 AM, Ohio USA - David said:

Honestly I feel that it is inevitable that the AFL will encourage mergers and the MFC is on that ask list. Who with and what it would look like is anyone's guess. (not Hawthorn) BUT I think there will be an inward push by Clubs assisted by the AFL (maybe underground) to be the first and strongest out of this mess. Facts are that we cannot support 10 Teams in Melbourne anymore and Clubs will be desperate to find that winning edge believe me.

North to Mnorth merge with Gold Coast.

Richmond tigers relocate as Tasmania tigers.

Punt road facility becomes home of Melbourne  football club.

Essendon  and Footscray merge as  Western bombers.

Carlton and Collingwood merge as iNorthern Magpies.

Hawtorn and Stkilda merge as Southern Hawks.

We secure identities, get rid of some shocking team strips and watch Collingwood and Carlton tear themselves apart trying to be the ascendant club.

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3 hours ago, Pates said:

Although I’m not a fan of the games I’ve seen at Casey should this be the case we should definitely petition to have games at Casey as it would be a genuine opportunity at a home ground advantage. Why should Saints, Blues, and Doggies be the only ones that benefit from it. 

If the entire season is played behind closed doors, then Casey should absolutely be an option, to save us a few bucks and utilise that shocking wind out there to our advantage (local knowledge!)

They've played annual pre season games there since 2017, and most years since 2008, so they've already had a foot in the door in terms of hosting top flight games.

Under absolutely no circumstances can they play a game there in front of a crowd. There is no elevation, per most suburban/country pre season venues.

 

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16 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

You need to explain how relocating/merging or killing off any clubs is going to lead to a better bottom line. In the 80s/90s I could see the argument. But these days with the size of the tv rights contracts that rely just as much on volume of games as quality and with each Victorian club having a minimum of 35k paying members (most at least 40k) the financial argument to get rid of Vic clubs does not make sense.

Ifyou merge 2 Vic clubs with 40k members each you're not going to all of a sudden have a club with 80k - a lot of those supporters will be lost to footy.

 

Exactly right Dr Gonzo don’t even know why we’re giving merger discussions any time old thinking - no one in AFL or club land is talking about it yes because of tv rights and too hard to make it happen we know that from 90s when it was all go - clubs are membership based organisations who would rather fold than merge with the opposition.  AFL clearly not going to let clubs fold and we have much stronger balance sheet and debt position than at least half the clubs and we invented the game wrote the rules end of debate

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 Footy broadcaster Andy Maher has suggested mid-June is the window the AFL are aiming for to continue the season.

Maher floated the idea on his radio show this afternoon.

“I'm told Bob, by reliable sources, they've got a date in mind,” he said on SEN Drive alongside co-host Bob Murphy.

“It's second week of June-ish. Full bottle toward it. 11 June is a little date that I've been... let's just see where that goes. We'll just keep an eye on it, I didn't want to chase it too hard because how would you know. But I'm told in high offices around the place, people who have a lot riding on this, that 11 June is a date that may have been scheduled in. Whether that's official, I'm not sure."

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28 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

But he did play for North Melbourne. Honestly, what the heck is he frothing at the mouth about? Storm in a teacup.

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6 hours ago, Demonland said:

 Footy broadcaster Andy Maher has suggested mid-June is the window the AFL are aiming for to continue the season.

Maher floated the idea on his radio show this afternoon.

“I'm told Bob, by reliable sources, they've got a date in mind,” he said on SEN Drive alongside co-host Bob Murphy.

“It's second week of June-ish. Full bottle toward it. 11 June is a little date that I've been... let's just see where that goes. We'll just keep an eye on it, I didn't want to chase it too hard because how would you know. But I'm told in high offices around the place, people who have a lot riding on this, that 11 June is a date that may have been scheduled in. Whether that's official, I'm not sure."

So they're looking to recommence the season around about the time the virus is expected to peak? Rocket surgeons running this competition (assuming Maher is actually on the money of course)

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11 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

So they're looking to recommence the season around about the time the virus is expected to peak? Rocket surgeons running this competition (assuming Maher is actually on the money of course)

If Andy Maher has heard something from a reliable souce, I'd bet that it is just one of the contingency plans being put in place by the AFL. I would hope that an organisation like the AFL would have plans for all sorts of eventualities including re-starting the season as early as possible (say,mid-June) as well as re-starting it as late as possible. Or not at all, of course.  

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Surprise surprise we're not one of them.

West Coast, Richmond, Hawthorn and Collingwood are the teams said to be financially strong enough to keep operating if there is no 2020 season and the AFL does not fund the clubs.

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2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Surprise surprise we're not one of them.

West Coast, Richmond, Hawthorn and Collingwood are the teams said to be financially strong enough to keep operating if there is no 2020 season and the AFL does not fund the clubs.

Very surprised to hear that Adelaide are not in the group. The SANFL who own the licence must have been taking out a fair amount of the profits. In the 2018-2019 year for example they were debt free and had a cash operating profit of over $3M

https://www.afc.com.au/news/236376/club-financial-results

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12 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Surprise surprise we're not one of them.

West Coast, Richmond, Hawthorn and Collingwood are the teams said to be financially strong enough to keep operating if there is no 2020 season and the AFL does not fund the clubs.

I would be interesting to know the pokies revenue for those 3 Vic clubs. I know Hawks are the biggest blood suckers in terms of pokies revenue but can't recall the other 2.

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3 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

I would be interesting to know the pokies revenue for those 3 Vic clubs. I know Hawks are the biggest blood suckers in terms of pokies revenue but can't recall the other 2.

Carlton would be one 'Cards', the Mathieson connection...

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If I were the Victorian clubs, I’d be looking at playing some form of competition this year between themselves. If travel is restricted for another 6 months, it’s something they ought to consider. Help keep the competition alive. No crowds, played on suburban grounds like Moorabbin, Casey, Vic Park etc. 

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