Tasmania Congratulations on Tassie License. Mens team to enter 2028. Womens team TBA. Other details TBA 3/5

[Chief]

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Tasmania - Tasmania Devils, welcome to the AFL. Mens team to enter 2028. Womens team TBA. Labor declares support for Stadium 6/5

Continued from Part 1: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/congratulations-on-tassie-license-mens-team-to-enter-2028-womens-team-tba-other-details-tba-3-5.1226653/ Was going to draft up a Summary but this is pretty good...

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[pattymalone00]

 

[Hodgey 15]

Exciting times.

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[kalex6251]

added bonus - this will drive the anti-afl sydney haters nuts

 

[sherb]

Brent Costelloe has just reiterated on Win News that the stadium funding will be announced late this week or early next week (depending on Albo's availability to come down to Tassie to make announcement).
Soon after it's expected Gill will make an announcement "rubber stamping" a Tassie team.
We're nearly there folks...we're nearly there.

I hope so, I've been waiting a long time for this.

 

[Cubs2Lions]

 

[Jazny]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! Let's goooooooooooooooooo!

 

[Rob]

added bonus - this will drive the anti-afl sydney haters nuts

Why would they care about a Tassie AFL team?

 

[Engimal v3]

I hope so, I've been waiting a long time for this.

I've literally been arguing with posters about the feasibility of a Tasmanian AFL team for 13 years now lol

 

[Bjo187]

I look a lot into the AFL ecosystem, AFL money, business cases for teams etc. A team in Tassie will be a massive success.

On the other hand, N.T would be an absolute disaster.

 

[Walshawk]

Why would they care about a Tassie AFL team?

Sydney has just had their new stadium funding cut.

I look a lot into the AFL ecosystem, AFL money, business cases for teams etc. A team in Tassie will be a massive success.

On the other hand, N.T would be an absolute disaster.

Will be just like the Dolphins entry into the NRL this year. Will show up how poorly GWS and GC are going.

 

[BobbyMorri]

geech, i will miss the yearly debate on the potential afl tassie team.

 

[Rob]

Sydney has just had their new stadium funding cut.

Eh? They just got 2 massive brand new stadiums.

Will be just like the Dolphins entry into the NRL this year. Will show up how poorly GWS and GC are going.

Only on the off chance that, like the Dolphins, Tassie can win games early.

I think that's unlikely. A lot harder to build a competitive AFL list than an NRL one.

 

[footyfan1978]

Brent Costelloe has just reiterated on Win News that the stadium funding will be announced late this week or early next week (depending on Albo's availability to come down to Tassie to make announcement).
Soon after it's expected Gill will make an announcement "rubber stamping" a Tassie team.
We're nearly there folks...we're nearly there.

This might be the best footy news in three or four decades.

 

[Coolangatta]

I look a lot into the AFL ecosystem, AFL money, business cases for teams etc. A team in Tassie will be a massive success.

On the other hand, N.T would be an absolute disaster.

Yeah, I mean, if Alice Springs wasn't 1500km away from Darwin and Darwin had about 250k people, then maybe; climate is a barrier but I'm not sure it's impossible to overcome. Launceston is much closer to Hobart; the NT just doesn't have any equivalent of Launceston.

Having a population of 500k in a city, state, or territory might not be enough in 30 or 40 years time to sustain a team either, as the costs of running a club increase.

So perhaps Canberra after Tasmania should be the last expansion club. I don't think it's worth expanding beyond 20 teams if the NT is never going to be in the equation.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I wonder how long before we get a mascot? I kind of hope they don't go through a whole public consultation, cos then you end up with something dull like Devils or Mariners.

Not that I care... I just want a scarf and beanie to buy.

I hope they do it right - if this gets up within the next couple of weeks, Tassie should have a VFL team as soon as next season. We have to create some sort of a pathway, cos the clubs in Tasmania don't appear to be it. You'd start building a supporter base as well.

 

[Blackhawk42]

I wonder how long before we get a mascot? I kind of hope they don't go through a whole public consultation, cos then you end up with something dull like Devils or Mariners.

Not that I care... I just want a scarf and beanie to buy.

I hope they do it right - if this gets up within the next couple of weeks, Tassie should have a VFL team as soon as next season. We have to create some sort of a pathway, cos the clubs in Tasmania don't appear to be it. You'd start building a supporter base as well.

It HAS to be Devils. Just has to be.

 

[Coolangatta]

It HAS to be Devils. Just has to be.

Devils, green, maroon, yellow. No contest.

As for club song, this would be pretty cool, with lyrics.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Devils, green, maroon, yellow. No contest.

As for club song, this would be pretty cool, with lyrics.

I would rather not have a team...

 

[Mr Taswegian]

I wonder how long before we get a mascot? I kind of hope they don't go through a whole public consultation, cos then you end up with something dull like Devils or Mariners.

Not that I care... I just want a scarf and beanie to buy.

I hope they do it right - if this gets up within the next couple of weeks, Tassie should have a VFL team as soon as next season. We have to create some sort of a pathway, cos the clubs in Tasmania don't appear to be it. You'd start building a supporter base as well.

I would think they will announce a tassie vfl team the day they announce the big team,it will be interesting to see the name of our VFl team.

 

[nike1]

get luca brasi to write the theme song.
they did well with the JJ's song..

 

[nobbyiscool]

Albanese Government reportedly set to approve funding for $750m Tasmanian stadium

‘Exciting news’: Final hurdle to Tassie team set to be cleared... but there’s a twist

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Burnsy01]

Hopefully with no roof, it will be easier to expand, if capacity is reached often, like the JackJumpers.

 

[Bjo187]

It HAS to be Devils. Just has to be.

I bet you the AFL will hire some marketing company and come up with a crap name and colours, just like with every other expansion club other than west coast.

 

[Cunnington Cartel]

Yeah, I mean, if Alice Springs wasn't 1500km away from Darwin and Darwin had about 250k people, then maybe; climate is a barrier but I'm not sure it's impossible to overcome. Launceston is much closer to Hobart; the NT just doesn't have any equivalent of Launceston.

Having a population of 500k in a city, state, or territory might not be enough in 30 or 40 years time to sustain a team either, as the costs of running a club increase.

So perhaps Canberra after Tasmania should be the last expansion club. I don't think it's worth expanding beyond 20 teams if the NT is never going to be in the equation.

Colin Carter’s review into the Tasmanian business case controversially put relocations and co-locations back on the agenda. These options were never going to work with Tassie; however, in relation to the NT, a co-location model could perhaps be the best outcome they could hope for (provided there’s a Victorian club that’s willing to take it on). How this could work:

• 5/6 home games in Melbourne, 5/6 games in Darwin, possibly 1 in Alice.
• a Victorian club would also have 6-7 games in Melbourne as an ‘away’ team so they’d still get about 12 Victorian games in total, which is essentially what members of non-Victorian clubs get.
• The NT’s population and economy is too small to host a club full time, but if the club maintained its Vic supporter base then it would alleviate these issues.
• The club could be based in Melbourne throughout the pre-season and start of the season, thus avoiding the challenges posed by the wet season.
• The coaches and playing list could potentially spend an extended block of time in the NT throughout the middle of the season to engage with the community, spearhead social programs, school visits etc.
• The club would gain the NT as a next gen academy to funnel local talent into the club instead of them all going to the Suns, as per current arrangements.

This would obviously mean that Canberra can rightfully get the 20th license (hopefully with a presence in the Riverina too), while the co-located club provides a long-term, sustainable solution to grow the game, increase AFL content in the NT, while also giving the locals a club to represent them.

I doubt any Victorian clubs would be prepared to take up an offer like this. However, the AFL should be seriously considering putting it on the table with some incentives because the current situation with the Suns playing games in Darwin is both short-sighted and totally inadequate.

 

[kranger]

geech, i will miss the yearly debate on the potential afl tassie team.

Hopefully the wider discussion moves onto a Canberra AFL team.