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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Too late to move a team, it needs to be a merger (Won't happen) or a new team to get us to 20 now
Moving a team doesn't fix the massive Bye problem we are about to have
I would prefer a Pilbara or Kimberley based team.If WA3 were to happen then the Southern Sharks is the only option IMO. Another team in Perth just doesn't make sense
Margaret River/Busselton is a fast growing area and the airport services the east coast without needing to go through Perth. Stadium wouldn't have to be huge, think Geelong or Tasmania.
Would also be good to have another team which challenges Geelong in the farm life aspect.
You are correct. It was the Norths board of directors that stopped the move. They and there very few members. The AFL buckled down to them.North Melbourne were on the way to the Goldie.
It was a very close thing until the board dug their heals in at the last minute.
AFL should have left them to flounder.
It was Norths decision to stay. Live with it.
Only franchise vlubs are Giants and Suns.
Victorian clubs are basically still VFL.
WA and SA clubs are certainly not francice clubs.
The AFL will never ever again try to relocate a failing/ failed VFL club..
They tried with NM,Roos , the club, even with a massive lure from the AFL the club and their supporters rebelled and the weak AFL folded.
Same applied to the Hawks Dees merger.
The VFL vlubs are sacrosant. Much more than the head in on field clashes. Or more like myself, becoming a Yella supporter.
The VFL clubs are safe.
Would be a way to slowly turn the screws down.All of the 18 clubs have licences granted from the AFL to compete in the league. None of them have a "right" to compete in the league that is seperate from the AFL granting them a licence to do so. Ie, they are all franchises of the league.
Of the 18 clubs, 16 hold their licence directly from the AFL. Only Freo and WCE have a different structure: the WAFC hold both WA licences. And then the WAFC let companies that they 100% own operate these licences.
One of the reasons that relocating a commercially unviable team like the Roos has often failed in the past is that the relocation options are really commercially viable either.
Relocating the Roos to Canberra, or Gold Coast or Hobart are not very compelling options because on terms of commercials like fan base and crowd size how is it an improvement over being the 10th club in Melbourne?
But being the 3rd club in Perth is a way better situation.
I reckon if North start selling 2 or 3 or 4 games a year in WA their average crowds at Optus will be bigger than their average crowds in Melbourne. Their average home attendance is under 22,000. If they can average more than that at Optus over a couple of years then the business case for relocation will be very strong.
Pretty sure I watched that '85 match. Goodness me, looking again at those SA names the margin's hardly surprising.
Financial viability comes from media contracts and the like. If they happen the AFL will prop up low supporter basesWA3 that is Perth based is either next or 21st because it’s financially stable. It would be more profitable than GWS/GC/Tassie & 3-4 Melbourne teams.
Bunbury doesn’t have the population. 100k people would barely get 5-10k at their games. Need 300-500k to just get enough support to make it financially viable. Mandurah would be better as you might get a bit more spillage from Perth but still think the Perth Pirates would be better.
Last time we checked Bunbury is not sitting in market with 10 million extra potential eyes on a tv. I don't see how the northern state expansion clubs rationale is relevant for any new club in a mature AFL market. Any such club would have to pay its way and that means a big enough supporter base to generate enough income to require no more than a median AFL distribution. Otherwise the cash would be coming out of the executives bonus cheques. They put up with Norf, the Dogs and Saints because they have to not because they want too.Financial viability comes from media contracts and the like. If they happen the AFL will prop up low supporter bases