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Poll - "What If" Wednesdays - Time Traveller Sneezes Edition: List Development II - LEAGUE TRANSFERS + RELOCATIONS

Thanks to all who contributed! Now's the time to vote for which timelines you'd like to see envisioned! This poll contains ideas for League Transfers and Relocations In an attempt to have an even spread of ideas added, Only 4 League Transfers and 4 Relocations ideas with the most votes will...

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Poll - "What If" Wednesdays - Time Traveller Sneezes Edition: List Development II - MERGERS + COLOUR CORNER + CROSS-CODE CRAZE

Thanks to all who contributed! Now's the time to vote for which timelines you'd like to see envisioned! This poll contains ideas for Mergers, The Colour Corner and the newly added Cross-Code Craze In an attempt to have an even spread of ideas added, Only 5 Mergers, 2 Colour Corner and 3...

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Poll - "What If" Wednesdays - Time Traveller Sneezes Edition: List Development II - NEW TEAMS + SPECIALS

Thanks to all who contributed! Now's the time to vote for which timelines you'd like to see envisioned! This poll contains ideas for New Teams and Specials In an attempt to have an even spread of ideas added, Only 4 New Teams and 3 Specials ideas with the most votes will be added to the list...

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I did mention something would happen after the 25th week
Well, our cheeky time traveller has truly done a mischief and the DeLorean requires some minor repairs and will take about 10 days to get running again. Quite a lot of damage has been done to more than just the space time continuum...


She'll be right

In the meantime, soaking in these last 25 weeks...

I've opened the window to put forward your own ideas once again!

I've culled the list slightly and there are currently 45 timelines
So for this week, the best 25 ideas will be added to the list of alternate timelines to make it a matching 60 like the original "What If" Wednesdays competition!
You've had a mind bending 25 weeks chockfull of what the alternate timelines can hold, so now's the time to put forward your best ideas, the ones you feel will yield the most entries and create a really interesting designing week! Let's go beyond the standard relocation or merger and add in outside factors that have a massive effect on what could be!

You have 1 week to submit them in this thread (10/9/24 - 17/9/24).
Then I will poll them for 3 days and the 25 ideas with the most votes will be added!
And then the winner of Week 25 will get to make their choice for Week 26


Here is the previous thread where ideas were first put forward to avoid duplicates

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Here is the original "What If" Wednesdays Hall Of Fame thread for inspiration

Resource - "What If" Wednesdays - Hall Of Fame

What started as a small list of well known "What If"s The community got together and dug up some relics and made this list to compile 60 alternate timelines We honour those who made these a (kinda) reality! Easter egg - Nearly all weekly titles make up this background All Past Results...

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Competition - "What If" Wednesdays - Time Traveller Sneezes Edition: Week 25 - Adelaide's Hurried Concept

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Alternate timeline categories
Bold - Completed with poll results

Mergers

• Melbourne - St Kilda merger (1995)
• Tasmania - Fitzroy Merger
• Sydney - Fitzroy Merger
• Gold Coast Suns seek merger with Sharks to stay alive
• Fitzroy - Brisbane (Fitzroy Bears)
• Tasmania agree to merger with North Melbourne

Relocations

• Saints relocate to NZ
• Essendon relocate to NT to become Alice Springs
• Hawthorn relocate to Canberra
• Fitzroy relocate to Canberra
• Fitzroy relocate to Brisbane in the 80s (Prior to the Bears existing)
• South Melbourne relocate to Tasmania
• South Melbourne relocate to Canberra
• Fitzroy complete move to North Sydney - 1980
• Footscray relocate to Queensland - 1981

League transfers

• West Coast Eagles to the SANFL
• Brisbane Bears to the SANFL
• Fitzroy to the SANFL - 1981
• Footscray to the SANFL - 1981
• Adelaide Uni to the SANFL - 1991 (cannot use only black and white)
• Collingwood to the SANFL - 1997
• East Perth to the VFL - 1980
• Norwood to the AFL
• Launceston to the AFL
• Essendon to the WAFL

New Teams

• Port Adelaide crows join the AFL - 1991
• Papua New Guinea enter the AFL
• Limestone Coast join the SANFL
• Mount Gambier join the SANFL
• Sydney enter as a separate team (Bloods stay in Vic)
• Darwin join the AFL - 1991
• Public Service Football Club join the VFL
• Gold Coast fold, new North Queensland team take their place - 2030
• NZ enter 90's State of Origin
• Broome become the 2nd WA AFL team
  • Tiebreaker Poll
• Gold Coast hijack Brisbane Bears VFL entry - 1986

Colour Corner

• West Coast Eagles VFL kits altered due to Williamstown sharing the same colours
• GWS keep their 'Team GWS' colours
• Port Adelaide retain their Magenta
• Adelaide's hurried concept
  (Adelaide board hastily attain clothes from local sport store and use the 5 colours to design their new AFL team)

Specials

• Hawthorn release Ochre jumper - 2000
• Skittle's sponsor Essendon and release special guernsey
• Heidelberg Warriors align with Collingwood for 1 season - 1996
• Melbourne remain as The Invincible Whites
• Collingwood remain as Britannia

New ideas to be polled
Too much to fit into one poll
Currently figuring out the next steps

League Transfers

• Glenelg to the AFL - 1997
• Swan Districts to the AFL
• Prahran to the SANFL
• Sydney Hills Eagles (Sydney AFL) to the VFL as the East Coast Eagles (1980)
• Frankston to the AFL - 2000
• Ballarat Roosters to the VFL - 1982
• Subiaco to the AFL - 1981
• North Melbourne to the WAFL - 1981
• Williamstown to the VFL - 1977
• Carlton to the SANFL - 1981
• Woodville-West Torrens to the AFL - 1995
• Aspley Hornets to the AFL - 1991 (Can't use yellow and brown together.)
  (Due to Brisbane Bears missing out on first round of VFL expansion)
• Perth to the AFL (merger of Perth, East Perth and West Perth)
• Geelong West to the VFL – 1976
• Moorabbin to the VFL - 1965

Mergers

• Norwood / Port Adelaide AFL merger (1991)
• South Melbourne - Footscray merger
• Swans and GWS merger
• GWS and Gold Coast merger
• Williamstown merge with Footscray – 1989
• 1989 - Footscray Lions (rather than the Fitzroy Bulldogs)
• Port Melbourne granted VFL licensed but only if they merge with Fitzroy
• Canberra-Fitzroy Lions
• The AFL forces Hawthorn and Essendon to merge for a season after the Line in the Sand match to 'make the players get along
• Ballarat Swans and Bendigo Diggers merger
• South Melbourne and North Melbourne merger
• Carlton and Collingwood Merger

Relocations

• GWS to Canberra
• South Melbourne move to Western Sydney instead of Sydney
• Fitzroy relocate to South Africa (1997)
• Melbourne relocate to WA, based at Mandurah (1996)
• East Perth relocate to London and enter the VFL - 1988
• South Melbourne relocate to Adelaide - 1981
• Fitzroy relocate to Perth - 1981
• Collingwood relocate to Tasmania - 1981
• Collingwood relocate to Queensland - 1981
• Melbourne relocated to Mars

New Teams

• Hills team join the SANFL (1997)
• Geraldton team join the WAFL (1996)
• Greater Western Sydney Warriors (2012)
• Gold Coast Marlins (2011)
• Newcastle team joins the AFL
• ACT Brumbies become the Canberra team after Super Rugby finally collapses in Australia (2028)
• Athelstone enter the SANFL - 1991
• Barossa Valley enter the SANFL - 1991 (but use Green, Purple, and White)
• Victoria Park enter the WAFL - 1998
• Manilla Folders join the AFL
• Tea Tree Gully & Modbury merge to make tenth SANFL team (2014)
• South west of WA (Bunbury/Busselton/Margaret River) join the AFL
• Hobart enter the AFL (Can't use Devils branding)
• GWS enter as the Parramatta Pink Panthers
• Kew Bears join the VFL

Colour Corner

• Port Melbourne join the VFL in 1896 - design a late '90s/early '00s clash/away guernsey for them (1995-2005)
• Williamstown join the VFL in 1925 - design a late '90s/early '00s clash/away guernsey for them (1995-2005)
• Hawthorn retains their blue and gold VAFA guernsey
• Port Adelaide Storm (must use Melbourne Storm colours)
• Fremantle keep red and green, remove purple and white (2011)

Specials

• Geelong / Holden 90th Anniversary of Sponsorship jumper (2015)
• Carlton stay the cockatoos
• Albert Park doesn't merge with South Melbourne
• BigFooty becomes the majority stakeholder, and primary sponsor of Gold Coast, requesting a new jumper set with the deal
• Carlton create a special edition Robbie Williams jumper (similar to Ed Sheeran's sponsorship of Ipswich Town)
• Geelong remain as the Seagulls [source]
• South Melbourne Hellas purchase South Melbourne Swans
• Marvel's Hela x Tasmania collab (akin to WB x Thor)
• Hawthorn remain the Mayblooms

New Category - Cross Code Craze

• Newcastle Knights to the VFL (1988)
• North Sydney to the AFL (2003)
• Wests Suburbs to the AFL (1999)
• Cronulla Sharks to the AFL (1998)
• South Sydney Rabbitohs to the AFL
• Balmain Tigers to the AFL

 

[Sam Hall]

League transfers

Glenelg join AFL (1997)

Central Districts join AFL (2012)

Colour corner

Port Adelaide Storm (must use Melbourne Storm colours)

Adelaide Crows change to a red base home jumper

Fremantle keep red and green, remove purple and white (2011)

Collingwood forced to change colours upon Port Adelaide's 1997 entry. They look to their Irish and/or Catholic roots

St Kilda permanently change to yellow, white and black

Mergers

Norwood / Port Adelaide AFL merger (1991)

Unused rumored names

Greater Western Sydney Rangers (2012)

Greater Western Sydney Wolves (2012)

Greater Western Sydney Warriors (2012)

Gold Coast Marlins (2011)

State Leagues

Tea Tree Gully & Modbury merge to make tenth SANFL team (2014)

East Fremantle / South Fremantle merger


Specials

Geelong / Holden 90th Anniversary of Sponsorship jumper (2015)

 

[NJMHero21]

south melbourne-footscray merger
swan district to AFL
carlton stay the cockatoos
GWS to canberra
albert park doesn't merge with south melbourne
port melbourne join SANFL

 

[cannavo]

Thanks for the suggestions! Expand the quote to see my added notes beside each idea

League transfers

Glenelg join AFL (1997) - This'll be an interesting one

Central Districts join AFL (2012) - I feel we'll get similar results to the Footscray to SANFL week

Colour corner

Port Adelaide Storm (must use Melbourne Storm colours) - Hmm, colour palettes faxed to the wrong clubs

Adelaide Crows change to a red base home jumper - Doesn't leave a whole lot for creativity I'm afraid

Fremantle keep red and green, remove purple and white (2011) - A huge miscommunication, this'll be good

Collingwood forced to change colours upon Port Adelaide's 1997 entry. They look to their Irish and/or Catholic roots - Essentially the same as the already done Collingwood entering the SANFL Unless the Irish/Catholic roots is mandatory instead of just conjuring up a new identity like?

St Kilda permanently change to yellow, white and black - Same reason as the Crows one (I had this idea in the original "WI"W before removing it due to that same reason)

Mergers

Norwood / Port Adelaide AFL merger (1991) - Originally it was Norwood/Sturt so this'll be a real doozy

Unused rumored names

Greater Western Sydney Rangers (2012) - I originally had every GWS rumoured nickname in the original "WI"W comp but found them to be list cloggers

Greater Western Sydney Wolves (2012) - This was done in Week 12 in the original "WI"W

Greater Western Sydney Warriors (2012) - I'll allow this one

Gold Coast Marlins (2011) - This one too

State Leagues

Tea Tree Gully & Modbury merge to make tenth SANFL team (2014) - Essentially a Essendon/Hawthorn merger

East Fremantle / South Fremantle merger - This was done in Week 39 in the original "WI"W


Specials

Geelong / Holden 90th Anniversary of Sponsorship jumper (2015) - I'll throw it in for the heck of it

 

[cannavo]

Thanks for the suggestions! Expand the quote to see my added notes beside each idea

south melbourne-footscray merger -
swan district to AFL - Curious to see how they get around Collingwood's likeness
carlton stay the cockatoos - This'll be fun
GWS to canberra -
albert park doesn't merge with south melbourne - South Melb stay blue and white, sounds familiar
port melbourne join SANFL - With no real clashes of colours or nicknames, the creativity is very limited unfortunately

 

[Supercheapgiants]

New Team
- Newcastle team joins the AFL rather then the Knights in the NRL (1988)

or simply,

• Newcastle team joins the AFL
• Northern NSW side joins the AFL

Relocations
- South Melbourne move to Western Sydney instead of Sydney

Specials

• Melbourne release one-off Batman jumper inspired by John Batman (a founder of Melbourne)
• BigFooty becomes the majority stakeholder, and primary sponsor of Gold Coast, requesting a new jumper set with the deal
• Carlton create a special edition Robbie Williams jumper (similar to Ed Sheeran's sponsorhip of Ipswich Town)

Mergers

• Swans and GWS merger (I would never agree to this in real life)
• GWS and Gold Coast merger

League Transfers

• Sydney Hills Eagles (Sydney AFL) join the AFL as the East Coast Eagles (1980)
• Frankston joins the AFL (2000)

 

[NJMHero21]

port melbourne join SANFL - With no real clashes of colours or nicknames, the creativity is very limited unfortunately

Maybe change it to prahan

Also if the crows use the old adelaide colours

 

[jumperfan]

New teams
Hills team join the SANFL (1997)
Geraldton team join the WAFL (1996)
League switches
Port Melbourne join the VFL in 1896 - design a late '90s/early '00s clash/away guernsey for them (1995-2005)
Williamstown join the VFL in 1925 - design a late '90s/early '00s clash/away guernsey for them (1995-2005)
Sandhurst join VFL as Bendigo Dragons (1975)
North Ballarat join VFL as Ballarat Roosters (1982)
Relocations
Fitzroy relocate to South Africa (bit of a stretch, I know) (1997)
Melbourne relocate to WA, based at Mandurah (1996)
Code switches
An NRL team forgoes a merger to join the AFL - maybe North Sydney (2003), Wests or Balmain (1999)?
ACT Brumbies become the Canberra team after Super Rugby finally collapses in Australia (2028)
Colour swaps
Hawthorn retain their blue and gold VAFA guernsey
Mergers
Williamstown merge with Footscray - 1989
Special jumpers
Fitzroy incorporate elements of the Nauru flag into their jumper as a thank-you for saving them from bankruptcy in the '90s (2003)

 

[Marauders5]

Ideas

League Transfers
Hawthorn to the SANFL - 1981
Subiaco to the AFL - 1981
AFL starts off from the SANFL - 1985
North Melbourne to the WAFL - 1981
Richmond to the SANFL - 1981
Port Melbourne to the VFL - 1977
Williamstown to the VFL - 1977
Carlton to the SANFL - 1981
Southern Football League merge with Adelaide Footy League - 2026
Woodville-West Torrens to the AFL - 1995

History What Ifs
Fitzroy and Brisbane Bears never merge (2 part series) - 1996
Tasmania join the AFL much earlier - 1997 (alongside Port Adelaide)

State Leagues / New Teams
Athelstone enter the SANFL - 1991
Modbury & Tea Tree Gully Merger enter the SANFL - 1991
Eastern Park enter the SANFL - 1991 (but not use red and blue to avoid colour clash with Norwood)
Barossa Valley enter the SANFL - 1991 (but use Green, Purple, and White)
Los Angeles Crocodiles enter the VFL - 1988
Victoria Park enter the WAFL - 1998

Code Switch
Cronulla Sharks join the AFL - 1998

Relocations
East Perth relocate to London and enter the VFL - 1988
South Melbourne relocate to Adelaide - 1981
Fitzroy relocate to Perth - 1981
Collingwood relocate to Tasmania - 1981
Collingwood relocate to Queensland - 1981

Colour Swap
Port Adelaide enter the AFL but have to wear Ireland colours - 1997

Mergers
Melbourne - Hawthorn merger - 1996
Fitzroy - Melbourne merger - 1986

Special
AFL expands to 18 teams - 1997 with Tasmania joining and no merger happening (later expanded to 20 teams in 2012)

 

[Sam Hall]

New teams
Hills team join the SANFL (1997)

Code switches
An NRL team forgoes a merger to join the AFL - maybe North Sydney (2003), Wests or Balmain (1999)?
ACT Brumbies become the Canberra team after Super Rugby finally collapses in Australia (2028)

I’d like to piggy back off this one and add “North-Eastern suburbs team joins SANFL”


Code switches is brilliant and should be a category of its own in my opinion. I’ve found relocations and mergers are becoming a bit sterile. We should add that and get the number up to 60. There are some brilliant ideas in here and I wouldn’t want to see too many of them miss out.

 

[terrybull]

Canberra-Fitzroy Lions

Perth to AFL (merger of Perth, East Perth and West Perth)

Norwood to AFL

South Sydney Rabbits to AFL

Balmain Tigers to AFL

 

[Roylion]

1989 - Footscray Lions (rather than the Fitzroy Bulldogs)

 

[terrybull]

George Harrison privately owns Fitzroy, biggest sponsor Apple Corps.

 

[killer]

Manilla Folders join the AFL

VFL - NSWRL teams amalgamate in 1983

Melbourne relocated to Mars

dunno if George Harrison had a lot of interest in (any sort of ) football
maybe Vince McMahon could have bought it an turned it into "entertainment"

 

[terrybull]

Manilla Folders join the AFL

VFL - NSWRL teams amalgamate in 1983

Melbourne relocated to Mars

dunno if George Harrison had a lot of interest in (any sort of ) football
maybe Vince McMahon could have bought it an turned it into "entertainment"

I remember reading an article in the newspaper that George Harrison was interested in buying Fitzroy so he could strengthen his claim to become a resident in Australia.

 

[terrybull]

1989 - Footscray Lions (rather than the Fitzroy Bulldogs)

Or Fitzroy-Footscray Ridgebacks (lion dogs)

You could have a FFFC monogram

 

[terrybull]

Geelong West join the VFL in 1976

 

[cannavo]

Boy oh boy, overwhelming amount to sift through, combining multiple replies into 1, so scroll to find yours and (for some) click expand on your reply to find all my notes, in bold, next to your ideas

New Team
- Newcastle team joins the AFL rather then the Knights in the NRL (1988) - This cross code idea's getting popular

or simply

• Newcastle team joins the AFL - I'll throw this in too
• Northern NSW side joins the AFL - Too many similar ideas to fit into the poll

Relocations
- South Melbourne move to Western Sydney instead of Sydney - Opera house off limits, intriguing

Specials

• Melbourne release one-off Batman jumper inspired by John Batman (a founder of Melbourne) - Maybe if it were a collab with DC's Batman (similar to Thor x Western Bulldogs)
• BigFooty becomes the majority stakeholder, and primary sponsor of Gold Coast, requesting a new jumper set with the deal - Yes, yes and yes
• Carlton create a special edition Robbie Williams jumper (similar to Ed Sheeran's sponsorhip of Ipswich Town) - Curious to see the influence

Mergers

• Swans and GWS merger (I would never agree to this in real life) -
• GWS and Gold Coast merger -

League Transfers

• Sydney Hills Eagles (Sydney AFL) join the AFL as the East Coast Eagles (1980) -
• Frankston joins the AFL (2000) -

Maybe change it to prahan - Clash of Two 2-blues

Also if the crows use the old adelaide colours - The original green, white and blue colours were used in Week 13 of the original "WI"W comp under the original Sharks moniker, though under the Crows name would yield recolours of usual crows jumpers

New teams
Hills team join the SANFL (1997) - I assume you mean Adelaide Hills as a whole
Geraldton team join the WAFL (1996) -
League switches
Port Melbourne join the VFL in 1896 - design a late '90s/early '00s clash/away guernsey for them (1995-2005) -
Williamstown join the VFL in 1925 - design a late '90s/early '00s clash/away guernsey for them (1995-2005) -
Sandhurst join VFL as Bendigo Dragons (1975) - 2hrs+ between the 2? The math ain't mathing + Bendigo was done in Week 37 in the original "WI"W comp under the VFL expansion
North Ballarat join VFL as Ballarat Roosters (1982) -
Relocations
Fitzroy relocate to South Africa (bit of a stretch, I know) (1997) - Interesting
Melbourne relocate to WA, based at Mandurah (1996) -
Code switches
An NRL team forgoes a merger to join the AFL - maybe North Sydney (2003), Wests or Balmain (1999)? - Cross code idea's getting popular
ACT Brumbies become the Canberra team after Super Rugby finally collapses in Australia (2028) -
Colour swaps
Hawthorn retain their blue and gold VAFA guernsey -
Mergers
Williamstown merge with Footscray - 1989 -
Special jumpers
Fitzroy incorporate elements of the Nauru flag into their jumper as a thank-you for saving them from bankruptcy in the '90s (2003) - I like the idea though a line and star isn't much to work with

Ideas

League Transfers
Hawthorn to the SANFL - 1981 - With no real clashes of colours or nicknames, the creativity is very limited unfortunately
Subiaco to the AFL - 1981 -
AFL starts off from the SANFL - 1985 - Doesn't translate to a designing competition, more like a portfolio
North Melbourne to the WAFL - 1981 -
Richmond to the SANFL - 1981 - I accepted an earlier idea involving Glenelg to the AFL which involves essentially the same design process
Port Melbourne to the VFL - 1977 - This was done in Week 31 of the original "WI"W comp, based off the VFL's 1925 expansion, it will yield the same kind of entries I feel
Williamstown to the VFL - 1977 - Precursor to the Eagles changing their colours week
Carlton to the SANFL - 1981 -
Southern Football League merge with Adelaide Footy League - 2026 - What would this involve exactly?
Woodville-West Torrens to the AFL - 1995 -

History What Ifs
Fitzroy and Brisbane Bears never merge (2 part series) - 1996 - These 2 were done in Week 7 & Week 25 of the original "WI"W comp
Tasmania join the AFL much earlier - 1997 (alongside Port Adelaide) - This was done in Week 15 of the original "WI"W comp

State Leagues / New Teams
Athelstone enter the SANFL - 1991 -
Modbury & Tea Tree Gully Merger enter the SANFL - 1991 - Already mentioned
Eastern Park enter the SANFL - 1991 (but not use red and blue to avoid colour clash with Norwood) - I think we have more than enough SANFL ideas
Barossa Valley enter the SANFL - 1991 (but use Green, Purple, and White) - This one can squeeze in
Los Angeles Crocodiles enter the VFL - 1988 - This was done in Week 32 of the original "WI"W comp
Victoria Park enter the WAFL - 1998 -

Code Switch
Cronulla Sharks join the AFL - 1998 -

Relocations
East Perth relocate to London and enter the VFL - 1988 -
South Melbourne relocate to Adelaide - 1981 -
Fitzroy relocate to Perth - 1981 -
Collingwood relocate to Tasmania - 1981 -
Collingwood relocate to Queensland - 1981 -

Colour Swap
Port Adelaide enter the AFL but have to wear Ireland colours - 1997 - Preventing similar ideas, this was already mentioned with different colours

Mergers
Melbourne - Hawthorn merger - 1996 - This was done in Week 8 of the original "WI"W comp
Fitzroy - Melbourne merger - 1986 - This was done in Week 3 of the original "WI"W comp

Special
AFL expands to 18 teams - 1997 with Tasmania joining and no merger happening (later expanded to 20 teams in 2012) - Essentially the same as designing a Tassie team which was done as mentioned

Canberra-Fitzroy Lions -

Perth to AFL (merger of Perth, East Perth and West Perth) -

Norwood to AFL - This was done in Week 14 of this comp

South Sydney Rabbits to AFL -

Balmain Tigers to AFL -

1989 - Footscray Lions (rather than the Fitzroy Bulldogs) -

George Harrison privately owns Fitzroy, biggest sponsor Apple Corps. - Not sure how this translates to a week long design competition

Manilla Folders join the AFL -

VFL - NSWRL teams amalgamate in 1983 - We have multiple cross code ideas involving NRL teams already

Melbourne relocated to Mars -

dunno if George Harrison had a lot of interest in (any sort of ) football
maybe Vince McMahon could have bought it an turned it into "entertainment" - Not sure how this translates to a week long design competition

Geelong West join the VFL in 1976 -

After careful deliberation, I think I will extend it to 60!
The original "What If" Wednesday had 60 and this influx warrants it!

 

[Sam Hall]

After careful deliberation, I think I will extend it to 60!
The original "What If" Wednesday had 60 and this influx warrants it!

 

[Saucy]

Have you ever done Fitzroy relocating to Brisbane in 1986??

 

[KBLT]

- Brisbane miss out on first round of VFL expansion. Instead of the Bears, the Aspley Hornets join the VFL in 1991. (Can't use yellow and brown together.)

- Port Melbourne granted VFL licensed but only if they merge with Fitzroy

- Geelong remain as the Seagulls [source]

- The AFL forces Hawthorn and Essendon to merge for a season after the Line in the Sand match to 'make the players get along'.

 

[cannavo]

Have you ever done Fitzroy relocating to Brisbane in 1986??

Yep it's in the original list already

Relocations

• Fitzroy relocate to Brisbane in the 80s (Prior to the Bears existing)

- Brisbane miss out on first round of VFL expansion. Instead of the Bears, the Aspley Hornets join the VFL in 1991. (Can't use yellow and brown together.) -

- Port Melbourne granted VFL licensed but only if they merge with Fitzroy -

- Geelong remain as the Seagulls [source] -

- The AFL forces Hawthorn and Essendon to merge for a season after the Line in the Sand match to 'make the players get along'. - There was a merger put forward earlier with 2 teams with similar colours but I'll put this in too for the story behind it and see which of the 2 would be favoured more

 

[Saucy]

it's in the original list already

How do I find that one??

 

[cannavo]

How do I find that one??

In the OP, under Relocations, I took the liberty of quoting the idea from the OP in my previous reply. It just hasn't been chosen yet

 

[PhenomenalV1]

Here's a few historical suggestions that could work:

- Melbourne Carnivals succeed in their VFA expansion masterplan: Melbourne City re-enter the VFA in the late 1920's under the ownership of Melbourne Carnivals.

- The masterplan continues: Richmond City enter the VFA, also under Melbourne Carnivals ownership.

- Carlton and St. Kilda merge in the mid-90s.