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RussellEbertHandball
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In 1990, The SANFL clubs unanimously voted against joining the VFL, flatly refused to pay a license fee and demanded the national league have no more than 14 teams. Eventually, they did join (thanks to Port), had to pay 4 millon for the license fee (Port had negotiated it down to 1.5 million), and the league kept expanding. lol.
I am skeptical of that $1.5mil figure for Port. I assume you got that from Bernard Whimpress' article
I have never been able to confirm that Port had negotiated the licence fee down to only $1.5mil.
Wookie am I right in saying you linked that article in an SA - WA thread recently? If so, can you link that thread? Thanks in advance.