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The Cut the Teams/Too Many Teams in Victoria thread
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Exe Gesis
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Well, too many Vic teams i agree. Suns and Giants are merely strategic expansion teams -- that the AFL will persist with purely for the bigger picture.
The manner in which to start culling teams, open for debate.
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I was just thinking that there are too many teams in Melbourne. I'm not sure what could or should be done about it but its just way too dense
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Cull/merge 6 Vic teams. 12 team league, 24 rounds, home and away games against each team.
Top 4 play finals. 1v2, 3v4. Loser of 1v2 plays winner of 3v4 for spot in GF. Winner of 1v2 plays in GF.
Top 4 play finals. 1v2, 3v4. Loser of 1v2 plays winner of 3v4 for spot in GF. Winner of 1v2 plays in GF.
Merge hawks with magpies and just watch the rest whinge away
Exe Gesis
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Perfect.
So if theafl went on a mass culling merging, would ey look like the NRL do now in a few years ? They tried all that stuff
Exe Gesis
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They havent, but they havent ever expanded BEYOND the means of the country to provide pro-worthy talent. The AFL has expanded for too much beyond the means of the country to provide pro-worthy talent. It's evident again when you look thru the lists of every team.
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Merge Richmond with Brisbane. 'Brisbane Tigers'. Keep the big cat identity, turn Brion into a Liger, gets good growth for the game in QLD with the big support Richmond has.
North Melbourne and Hawthorn combine to play 5 Launceston games, 4 Hobart games and 2 'home' Victorian games.
Western Bulldogs to play 7 Ballarat games, 1 country Victoria game and 3 'home' Melbourne games.
Gold Coast, St Kilda and GWS out.
New WA team.
Becomes:
Keep the draft age the same. But decrease the rookie list to 3, and reduce senior lists to 37 for a total of 40. Open 'top up' rules for teams with massive injury lists, at the AFL's discretion. Go from about 810 players (combining senior lists and rookie lists) to 560. 240 less players...
Mostly kidding ^^^ but I don't know, apart from the old 'get rid of GWS/GC' and 'Tasmanian' team, it's different to other suggestions.
North Melbourne and Hawthorn combine to play 5 Launceston games, 4 Hobart games and 2 'home' Victorian games.
Western Bulldogs to play 7 Ballarat games, 1 country Victoria game and 3 'home' Melbourne games.
Gold Coast, St Kilda and GWS out.
New WA team.
Becomes:
- Adelaide Crows
- Carlton Blues
- Collingwood Magpies
- Essendon Bombers
- Fremantle Dockers
- Geelong Cats
- Melbourne Demons
- Port Adelaide Magpies
- Queensland Tigers
- Sydney Swans
- Tasmanian Hawks
- Victorian Bulldogs
- West Coast Eagles
- Western Miners
Keep the draft age the same. But decrease the rookie list to 3, and reduce senior lists to 37 for a total of 40. Open 'top up' rules for teams with massive injury lists, at the AFL's discretion. Go from about 810 players (combining senior lists and rookie lists) to 560. 240 less players...
Mostly kidding ^^^ but I don't know, apart from the old 'get rid of GWS/GC' and 'Tasmanian' team, it's different to other suggestions.
Relocate the Hawks to Tassie, get rid of the Suns, Giants, Saints, Bulldogs, Melbourne and North. Top up the remaining eleven teams and relocated Hawks with the best players from those clubs and you have a 12 team competition where everyone plays each other twice, full of talented squads.
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18 teams in a country wth our small population and 3 other popular football codes for competition is madness MADNESS
Blackas87
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5th highest averaging sporting attendance in the world, madness
not necessarily if the AFL was to drastically reduce teams it would be the the intention of creating "super clubs" in vic this means not just reduced teams it means owning etithad and moving away from the MCG to increase the league revenue it means increasing ticket prices. etc, etc.
The majority of the money given to the expansion teams has already been dished out, last years report showed that neither expansion side received that much more money then any other club. in fact GWS received less then 3 vic clubs last year.
For mine there's no way the AFL will voluntarily cull teams if it means they would lose drastic amounts of revenue. they don't care about talent levels, what they care about is their bottom dollar. Whether the public see it or not the AFL believes in these ventures so long as they are able to distribute the funds they will keep them.
That said, its far more likely that any culling is forced by situations outside of the AFL's control. namely pokie reforms at a federal or state level. If Victoria gets whacked by pokie reforms several clubs will be facing the abyss and the expansion clubs will instantly come under pressure as the first to go in order to prevent the collapse of several vic clubs. even large clubs would struggle to make profits under their current business models.
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Exactly.
Lets go down a path that almost destroyed league. Hell in my eyes it still hasnt recovered.
Colonial
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No its not.
The breakaway league was because "some" thought as you do that there were to many teams and there should be cuts.
This started the war.
No way will everyone agree to axe 6 clubs. As such there will be two sides.
You want a war again, this time for Aussie Rules.
You are foolish.
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It would also require the Melbourne clubs to be willing to vote each other out of the competition, since the AFL cant unilaterally decide that. Theres also the fact that the AFL would have a hard time pulling a fitzroy scenario again. Further the AFL cant get away from the MCG per se, its contract is for another 27 years.
I damn near wet myself reading this. You are aware that GWS and Gold Coast funding comes in two parts - the AFLs standard distributions and future fund payments - which as you correctly point out are on par with other clubs. What you've missed is the additional funds provided to GWS and Gold Coast through the separate New Markets budget (Shown in the AFL Annual Report as being 9.387 million for 2014)
Page 22 of the GWS Annual Report says
AFL and Government grants accounted for over $23.5 million of a total $32 million revenue. GWS are nowhere NEAR viable at this point.
its worth noting that according to page 17 of Gold Coasts annual Report it recieved $16,506,277 in afl revenue. This isnt too bad compared to the Dogs $14,323,873 as reported in the AFL Annual Report.
I think back in the 90's they only wanted 8 teams in Victoria, the only casualty was Fitzroy. The League was desperate to see the Melbourne/Hawthorn merger go through, they have had a red line through the Dogs, Roos and Saints ever since, but they all keep bouncing back! They will never admit it, but the AFL would be more than happy with just 16 teams nationwide. The expansion program was always going to happen, they wanted 2 teams in each state and they got them, what happens from here is anybody's guess? I doubt we will go to 20 teams, the talent pool simply isn't there, i reckon the next 10 years will be the most tumultuous in Australian football history.
Blackas87
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But with the Expansion teams the talent level is expected to grow in those areas.
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The AFL officially abandoned mergers as a concept in 2001. Elliot, who proposed the breakaway comp with less teams in 1986, kept trying to merge with clubs up until the 1999 grand final and then gave up as it was clear the league and its clubs just werent serious about cutting the numbers.
Colonial
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How do you decide who to cut? 4 Melbourne teams?
Based on population numbers and using Adelaide as a base suggests Melbourne have 2 teams too many not including Geelong. Perth should be getting another team.
Based on population numbers and using Adelaide as a base suggests Melbourne have 2 teams too many not including Geelong. Perth should be getting another team.
Exe Gesis
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Keep Giants in Western Sydney and relocate Bulldogs to Canberra.
Boot the Suns out and relocate Kangaroos to Gold Coast. Or, merge Suns/Kangaroos a la Bears/Lions.
Relocate Saints to Tasmania -- who would play half-half in Hobart and Launceston.
Merge Demons and Blues....Melbourne Blues. Retain the Carlton jumper and colors. Or Blues take over the Dees. Same diff.
That's down to 16, so far.
Exe Gesis
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Or....
Merge Bulldogs and Giants and either move them to Canberra or keep it in WS.
Merge Suns and Roos in GC.
Merge Blues and Dees.
Saints to Tasmania.
That's down to 15 so far.
Merge Bulldogs and Giants and either move them to Canberra or keep it in WS.
Merge Suns and Roos in GC.
Merge Blues and Dees.
Saints to Tasmania.
That's down to 15 so far.
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