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I agree, I had the same convo the other day with someone. If the Fitzroy footy club relocated to Brisbane in 1987 they would have still been the "Brisbane Lions" but at least the FFC tradition, history and colours would have been kept... not to mention the 8 VFL premiership they had won could have been counted against the "Brisbane Lions"
Fitzroy were better off just folding or withdrawing from the AFL at the end of 96 instead of the false merger which was juts a renaming of the Brisbane Beats to the Brisbane Lions.
Like i said with the example of Sydney they still continue the great South Melbourne tradition, have fantastic and great support every time their in Melbourne. Would of been the exact same if they had just moved up their in 87 instead of incurring the painful terrible demise of their club. they need to take responsibility instead of blaming the AFL for everything that occurred.