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Tassie Devils Possible Extinction

Dr. Mubutu
in Melbourne Demons

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6 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Tasmanians want the team, it’ll have tremendous support and if the AFL do their job it will reinvigorate local clubs that have been neglected and dying for years.

they want a team, but 2/3rd don't want the stadium from the last lot of polling done earlier this year

martin flanagan summed it up better than anyone: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/i-love-tassie-footy-and-we-need-a-team-but-the-afl-s-stadium-ultimatum-takes-a-special-kind-of-arrogance-20250609-p5m5x8.html

6 minutes ago, Supermercado said:

Assuming the AFL's cash reserves are back up post-COVID, any chances of them buying a percentage of the stadium to help fund it?*

* If they're really serious about this getting up.

the afl don't stay as a wealthy nfp by actually paying for anything - that's what governments are for!

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    1 minute ago, whatwhat say what said:

    they want a team, but 2/3rd don't want the stadium from the last lot of polling done earlier this year

    martin flanagan summed it up better than anyone: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/i-love-tassie-footy-and-we-need-a-team-but-the-afl-s-stadium-ultimatum-takes-a-special-kind-of-arrogance-20250609-p5m5x8.html

    the afl don't stay as a wealthy nfp by actually paying for anything - that's what governments are for!

    I’d read that article by Flanagan, pity headquarters don’t care.

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    I would not mind seeing the AFL strategy pertaining to overall league expansion that clearly indicates a vision and how talent pools will support this.

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    20 hours ago, BDA said:

    1bn for a 23,000 capacity stadium is utterly ridiculous. Insanity. taxpayers should not be footing a stupid bill like that

    someone needs to come up with a sensible proposal for the stadium that delivers genuine value for money. not this pork barrelling waste of money

    I've heard reports of a cost of one billion to build.

    For a capacity of 23k.

    This cannot be correct.

    And 23 thousand is very short sighted.

    They should be aiming at about 30,000.

    And for much less in costs.

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    31 minutes ago, Previously known as LITD. said:

    I've heard reports of a cost of one billion to build.

    For a capacity of 23k.

    This cannot be correct.

    And 23 thousand is very short sighted.

    They should be aiming at at about 30,000.

    And for much less in costs.

    the report yesterday said the true cost will be closer to $1.8bn

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    20 hours ago, Waltham33 said:

    I would not mind seeing the AFL strategy pertaining to overall league expansion that clearly indicates a vision and how talent pools will support this.

    You'll be waiting a while...

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    On 17/09/2025 at 17:37, spirit of norm smith said:

    It’s an absolute clusterf&)k - AFL is a laughing stock. And add in the biased MRO under “magpie “ Christian

    On 17/09/2025 at 17:37, spirit of norm smith said:

    You forgot of course that Collingwood not only own the MRO but also the tribunal chair

    On 17/09/2025 at 17:37, spirit of norm smith said:

    You forgot of course that Collingwood not only own the MRO but also the tribunal chair

    On 17/09/2025 at 19:11, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Can the powers that be now take a moment to realise that this competition can’t sustain any more teams.

    Even worse will be an uneven number of clubs, meaning byes. Have they not looked at the mess called the VFL.

    And no guess which clubs will get the better run with the byes.

    On 17/09/2025 at 20:05, ElDiablo14 said:

    Gold Coast folds and becomes Tasmania.

    GWS relocates to Canberra and play a handful of games in Sydney every season.

    Or North, who already play games in Tassie. Or Hawthorn who already wear the logo AFL Tasmania.

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    21 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    the report yesterday said the true cost will be closer to $1.8bn

    Yikes

    The Taj Mahal of stadiums.

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    14 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Even worse will be an uneven number of clubs, meaning byes. Have they not looked at the mess called the VFL.

    And no guess which clubs will get the better run with the byes.

    Or North, who already play games in Tassie. Or Hawthorn who already wear the logo AFL Tasmania.

    I suspect that now a name, brand, identity have been floated it would be hard , ne impossible to walk it back to a relocated vic team. The Ivory Tower have once again shown arrogance and ineptitude.

    The kyboshing of the league by lumping the competition with uneven teams is regrettable if not laughable. Surely they had learnt. ( obviously not ) There doesn't even appear another on the horizon.

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    Who knows. Maybe they’ll build the stadium and it will become a tourist attraction like McCaig’s Folly.

    Dillon’s Folly. Nice ring to it.

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    22 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    the report yesterday said the true cost will be closer to $1.8bn

    For a 23k seat stadium that's over $78,000 per seat. They'd want to be heated recliners for that!

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    Follow the $$$ Who would stand to line pocket the most??

    Something stinky 💩 about this whole business.

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    29 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Follow the $$$ Who would stand to line pocket the most??

    Something stinky 💩 about this whole business.

    I reckon the plan is to drag Tassie by tow truck, and park it at Crib Point, to balance another Team opposite Geelong.

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    42 minutes ago, Mouseymoo said:

    For a 23k seat stadium that's over $78,000 per seat. They'd want to be heated recliners for that!

    Clean and dry your backside like a toilet in Japan

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    If anyone couldn't see how this proposal was built on sand then I don't know what to say. No pun intended.

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    10 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Clean and dry your backside like a toilet in Japan

    Which one

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    What a debacle.

    600 mill for Adelaide oval, $1.6 billion for Optus stadium.

    How the hell can this cost $1.8billion.

    Why should taxpayers fund any stadium - should be users pay.

    It’s morally wrong that Tassie doesn’t have a team. I hope basketball takes everything they can get down there, for fronting up and giving them a team.

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