North want to sell a home game to the Dockers or Eagles

[screech]

This is so dumb. it wasn't a success at all.

People who want historical artefacts of Australian history and global sport can get to absolute ****. they need protecting. I despise Richmond but I want their grandstand to stay up; why are people so pissy about the supposedly irrelevance of a North Melbourne or Footscray?

Not a success? 4 premierships says otherwise.
Loss of history? How many stories and media features were there about a "South Melbourne v Fitzroy" grand final and the links to Melbourne.

The sad thing is these clubs were gifted a spot (and the status) in a national competition without any valid claim other than being in the right place at the right time. Much more successful clubs have been relegated to playing against "reserves teams" (e.g Norwood, East Fremantle, Sturt, South Fremantle, North Adelaide, etc)