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25 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

So the best draftees wait a year to play AFL. No way the AFLPA should agree to that. 

as well as any ready-mades they traded for picks in that first trade period

won't compute

are all these concessions just conjecture or are they agreed to?

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    6 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Playing in the NT over a whole season is ludicrous. Going from that heat to games in Melbourne and Tasmania regularly would make the players sick, no doubt about it 

     

    Agree 100% - Alice is a great climate for winter footy - yes, last year we endured the wettest coldest week on record for our game - usually warm, dry, and sunny.  But Darwin, where no doubt the majority of games would have to be played is frankly a friggin nightmare - hot, humid, wet.  I understand (but am happy to be corrected) isn't their major competition season the summer?

    Of course these concessions, and the further worsening of the disgraceful schedule iniquity (quaintly refereed to by some as the draw) would be mitigated by transferring a Victorian based team in toto to Hobart, like South Melbourne - Sydney and Fitzroy Brisbane, leaving 18 teams (which for those mathematically inclined is an even number meaning no regular byes as we endure in the VFL)  

    That would have to be IMO one of North, StKilda or Hawthorn, all of which have already dabbled into the Apple Isle.    In fact amalgamating the three aforementioned into Tassie Devils would get us back to a far more manageable  and equitable 16 team competition - pipe dream only I know.

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    Tassie would be forced to trade SIX first-round picks as...

    Some of Tasmania's early draft picks would have to be traded under AFL proposal

    Some interesting proposals so far.

    Hopefully we're not cabbage in 2026.

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    According to AFL Website North are the home team?

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    Until they get their new ground built their entry into the competition is still a hypothetical.

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    37 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Until they get their new ground built their entry into the competition is still a hypothetical.

    exactly they said no stadium no team, who wants to pay a trillion or something for a 25k stadium lmao, just reno the two current stadiums and maybe add a roof on one of them for a fraction of the price no brainer really. oh wait they are from tassie and have no clue. i don't see it happening tbh go with Canberra first then come back to it when they have sorted their [censored] out

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    Upon doing some research, it appears that U16 f/s prospects Oliver Green and Tex Robertson will be eligible to be drafted by the Tassie Devils under "father/son" rules which only require there parents to be from Tasmania and have played 100 games.

    Their draft year is 2028, one year after the Devils currently planned introduction.

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    2 minutes ago, Random Task said:

    Upon doing some research, it appears that U16 f/s prospects Oliver Green and Tex Robertson will be eligible to be drafted by the Tassie Devils under "father/son" rules which only require there parents to be from Tasmania and have played 100 games.

    Their draft year is 2028, one year after the Devils currently planned introduction.

    Can they choose Melbourne instead?

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    2 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Can they choose Melbourne instead?

    You know the rule will be tweaked temporarily to screw us over.

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    3 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Can they choose Melbourne instead?

    I would imagine it would be the same position as Kalani White is in this year. Can choose either.

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    4 minutes ago, Random Task said:

    I would imagine it would be the same position as Kalani White is in this year. Can choose either.

    that'd make sense, but given this is the afl and their arbitrary rules on the run...

    ...you'd think being the children of a president and a master of ceremonies would lead them to the mfc over a taswegian franchise that may / may not be in the competition by 2029

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    12 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I still don’t think a Tassie team is going to happen.

    i think it will, at some point

    what's more interesting is where the 20th team will be based - there's no value to the competition in a 19th team, so the big q is where the the next team is based

    all the talk about nt will amount to nought i expect; it's either a 3rd team in wa or (more likely) a third team in qld based on the sunshine coast with representation up to cairns etc.

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    49 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    i think it will, at some point

    what's more interesting is where the 20th team will be based - there's no value to the competition in a 19th team, so the big q is where the the next team is based

    all the talk about nt will amount to nought i expect; it's either a 3rd team in wa or (more likely) a third team in qld based on the sunshine coast with representation up to cairns etc.

    Wa or SA deserve it more. Norwood maybe. Healthy supporter base.

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    7 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

    Wa or SA deserve it more. Norwood maybe. Healthy supporter base.

    the population growth patterns don't support it

    sunshine coast is booming and will only continue to do so

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