Damo Crows Fan
Club Legend
Riding the coat tales of El_Scorcho a little here, but I've often wanted to cast my eye forwards a little and look at the SANFL in 9-10 years.
By 2025, the SANFL has undergone a massive facelift, and entered into a brave new era for the league. Since 2015, the league suffered body blow after body blow.
In 2016, the famous old Sturt Football Club limped into a merger with neighboring club Norwood, drastically changing the leagues drafting zones.
In 2017, following the AFL's announcement of a beta comp for their clubs reserves teams, the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Magpies offically withdrew from the comp, further shrinking the competition and robbing the league of two lucrative revenue streams.
by 2020, this drop in club numbers had exacerbated the long term problem of losing players to country leagues to a dangerous level. Put simply, the league was now too small to guarantee spots for all top flight players, and cashed up country leagues were willing to exploit this.
In response, the league agreed to expand back to ten clubs, and determined to include country regions in this expansion.
By 2025, the SANFL has undergone a massive facelift, and entered into a brave new era for the league. Since 2015, the league suffered body blow after body blow.
In 2016, the famous old Sturt Football Club limped into a merger with neighboring club Norwood, drastically changing the leagues drafting zones.
In 2017, following the AFL's announcement of a beta comp for their clubs reserves teams, the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Magpies offically withdrew from the comp, further shrinking the competition and robbing the league of two lucrative revenue streams.
by 2020, this drop in club numbers had exacerbated the long term problem of losing players to country leagues to a dangerous level. Put simply, the league was now too small to guarantee spots for all top flight players, and cashed up country leagues were willing to exploit this.
In response, the league agreed to expand back to ten clubs, and determined to include country regions in this expansion.