20th AFL License - An Indigenous Team

[Mibie]

Ha ha. What a stupid thread

 

[errant bounce]

Unreal suggestion, let's do it!

Few on here are gonna love watching a team of indigenous players get absolutely murdered by 200 points every week.

That'd still be far more likeable than most Giants, Crows, and Fremantle games.

 

[Rickee]

I don't think an NT team is viable, given that the Thunder had to be wound up not that long ago.

Maybe they could share with FNQ, but it's still a bridge too far

 

[Canberra Pear]

Regardless, its not going to happen but I do think people are dismissing the concept of a Northern Team far too quickly. If we can have a team in Tassie, with a population of 578,000, then we could have a team with Northern Territory/Queensland/WA. The other alternatives are not much more appealing - Canberra (tiny), 3rd WA/SA Team (market already saturated & committed) or a crazy stretch in NZ (no chance).

The 20th team will happen. It's just a matter of where the pin will land on the map.

What do you consider to be tiny?

Greater Canberra has a similar population to Tasmania, but concentrated in one area, and more people than Darwin, Cairns and Townsville combined.

 

[Sherrinator]

Can’t believe how racist this idea is

 

[CrowToon]

It wouldn't be a good idea for anyone.

 

[juss]

Is the reintroduction of the Indigenous All-Stars game a step towards establishing a Northern Territory/'Top End' team, or could a team of Indigenous players actually be considered? I might be a cynic, but I feel the 20th team is inevitable and NT is the most likely pin on the map the AFL would like to place.

We've discussed a third WA team but, are the powers that be thinking more laterally than we believed by setting up a team of Indigenous/Islander players instead. I would have considered such a concept too discriminatory but, if they can play games with teams based on race for a round or tournament, maybe playing them for a season or as a long term team is the stretch we thought it could be?

Are you actually suggesting a team based on selecting players of a certain race or cultural background?

A geographic based team in the NT is one considered, although unlikely option, but a team based on "Indigenous/Islander" players as it's premise is littered with minefields of potential racism and discrimination.

 

[parano1a]

It is interesting that they can play an Indigenous game using Indigenous players during the season and also have a whole round/s devoted to indigenous players but having a team is just a step too far....'absurd', it would seem.

A one-off exhibition game is different to a professional sporting club that competes year round. Sporting clubs based around a singular race or ethnicity died in the 1990s with the NSL, and for good reason.

 

[Bjo187]

Can people believe that the absolute morons in the media are still suggesting n.t as team 20? It's the most absurd suggestion ever, there is only 140k people in Darwin and Alice springs is a full days drive away lol.