link on afl.com

http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsid=58143

Personally i think its a good idea ... afl will just have to be careful if they were goin to introduce it.

thoughts anyone?

I like the idea it would be fantastic to see some of the teams from NSW beat Collingwood or Carltank. However some problems could occur in scenarios such as:

UNEQUAL TEAMS

AFL clubs pour millions into the best. The best training facilities, the best sports doctors, the best players.

The AFL competition is already horrribly unbalanced in these areas.

Collingwood train at the million dollar Lexus centre whilst Melbourne train wherever they can,( provided that they don't intefere with the local under-12's side training schedule.)

How is a club from central Queensland going to compete with the AFL clubs?

TEAMS WITH THE SAME NAME/HISTORY

Geelong Cats (VFL) V's Geelong Cats (AFL)

Port Adelaide Magpies (SANFL) V's Port Adelaide Power (AFL)

Port Adelaide Magpies (SANFL) V's Collingwood Magpies (AFL) [This would be brilliant to watch Eddie cry about the jumper clash.]

VFL clubs and AFL clubs have links, Melbourne and Sandringham. Essendona nd Bendigo. Would these have to stopunder the proposal?

TRAVEL COST

Who covers the cost of say the Northern Territory team flying to matches around the country, who pay for their hotels? The AFL, The league the club competes in, the club itself? How many clubs at this level could afford this cost?

PLAYER SALARY

Players in state leagues often have jobs other than playing football, this will take them from that work. Do they get reimbursed for this time away? Who by? Is this covered by a salary cap?

QUALIFIERS

Does a player have to have played a certain number of games to be eligible to play for a club?

What if Geelong Cats (AFL) bomb out in first week of champions league losing to Melbourne Demons(AFL)(yay) and Geelong Cats (VFL) win narrowly over the south NSW Stumps (made up NSW team). What is to stop Geelong pouring it's top notch players, Ablett, Bartel, Ling etc. Into the VFL side for the next Champions league round?

These are just a few problems I see with the idea, and I was getting excited when I read the article. I'd hate to see the negatives put forward droms omebody who hates the idea.

Sounds like a pretty dumb idea to me

Can't see any AFL side losing to a state based side, even with our pathetic recent form. In fact I'd even go as far as saying we wouldn't lose to the best possible side you could make up of VFL players

Your much likely to get upsets in soccer than you are AFL - because all it takes is one defensive slip up, or one individual act of brilliance, and a team can win 1-0. In AFL you pretty much have to be the dominant side for the majority of the game to get the win

Sounds like a pretty dumb idea to me

Can't see any AFL side losing to a state based side, even with our pathetic recent form. In fact I'd even go as far as saying we wouldn't lose to the best possible side you could make up of VFL players

Your much likely to get upsets in soccer than you are AFL - because all it takes is one defensive slip up, or one individual act of brilliance, and a team can win 1-0. In AFL you pretty much have to be the dominant side for the majority of the game to get the win

regualr 100-200 point thrashings would be the norm when AFL teams played non-AFL sides

Soccer you can play [censored] all day and kick a goal to be 1-nil.

AFL you play [censored] all day, kick a goal and you're 200 points down

Sounds like a pretty dumb idea to me

Can't see any AFL side losing to a state based side, even with our pathetic recent form. In fact I'd even go as far as saying we wouldn't lose to the best possible side you could make up of VFL players

Your much likely to get upsets in soccer than you are AFL - because all it takes is one defensive slip up, or one individual act of brilliance, and a team can win 1-0. In AFL you pretty much have to be the dominant side for the majority of the game to get the win

there is just as many upsets in the afl than in the soccer....

question if there is no talent in the vfl combined , i wonder how u think the proposed 2 new afl teams will go and where will they get their players?

other AFL clubs