Talking Footy

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Wookie would you agree Tasmania is a lock and ready to go now

I recan the Tv deal includes Tasmania's entry
with entry in 2026 approx

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:27 am

Wookie would you agree Tasmania is a lock and ready to go now

I recan the Tv deal includes Tasmania's entry
with entry in 2026 approx

With a VFL team in 23 or 24.

Will not be a VFL team in 23. No where near enough time I would think.

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:43 am

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:27 am

Wookie would you agree Tasmania is a lock and ready to go now

I recan the Tv deal includes Tasmania's entry
with entry in 2026 approx

With a VFL team in 23 or 24.

relocation ?
I still think it will be a a new team all together,
aligned with the new stadium for entry

I think relocation is the best bet - but will really need to be a Tassie team not a transplant - what I am saying is I think North are done so their best bet is to move to Tassie - take on the Tassie name - keep the Kangaroos - although the Devils would be fantastic - maintain the theme song with obvious adjustments. Will the other AFL clubs let this happen though?

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:49 am

I think relocation is the best bet - but will really need to be a Tassie team not a transplant - what I am saying is I think North are done so their best bet is to move to Tassie - take on the Tassie name - keep the Kangaroos - although the Devils would be fantastic - maintain the theme song with obvious adjustments. Will the other AFL clubs let this happen though?

Absolutely no way there will be a relocated side in tassie.

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:56 am

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:49 am

I think relocation is the best bet - but will really need to be a Tassie team not a transplant - what I am saying is I think North are done so their best bet is to move to Tassie - take on the Tassie name - keep the Kangaroos - although the Devils would be fantastic - maintain the theme song with obvious adjustments. Will the other AFL clubs let this happen though?

Absolutely no way there will be a relocated side in tassie.

Yes, I am hearing you - the locals do not want this - but it may be a compromise they have to have. I don't like the idea of a 19th team either. I think for me to be happy, North fold . Tassie get to pick the players from that team of course - but it is Tassie Devils. I don't think other club presidents will go for North folding however.

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:08 am

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:56 am

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:49 am

I think relocation is the best bet - but will really need to be a Tassie team not a transplant - what I am saying is I think North are done so their best bet is to move to Tassie - take on the Tassie name - keep the Kangaroos - although the Devils would be fantastic - maintain the theme song with obvious adjustments. Will the other AFL clubs let this happen though?

Absolutely no way there will be a relocated side in tassie.

Yes, I am hearing you - the locals do not want this - but it may be a compromise they have to have. I don't like the idea of a 19th team either. I think for me to be happy, North fold . Tassie get to pick the players from that team of course - but it is Tassie Devils. I don't think other club presidents will go for North folding however.

None of the Victorian sides will fold, or move. They are all financially viable and just got more so.
A 20th side is the go just a matter of where and when.
I would think towards the end of the new deal….at the very latest the start of the next broadcast deal.

Yes, 20th side- that will be interesting. Will they go with conferences - kind is like that now anyway. AFL tends to like high growth/population areas - hence why Tassie has not been earlier and so much discussion as to whether it happens or not. I am thinking Canberra needs its own team at some stage - more support there for aussie rules then Western sydney it appears. This will also allow GWS to focus on Western Sydney and build a brand. Maybe the Newcastle area as a regional team - akin to Geelong. it has identity and people can get behind it as their team (I think this is where the GWS falls down - it really doesn't seem people identify this as a "region" per se so no real connexion. Maybe have been better to pick a suburb I feel - but then do you alienate the rest.

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:44 am

Yes, 20th side- that will be interesting. Will they go with conferences - kind is like that now anyway. AFL tends to like high growth/population areas - hence why Tassie has not been earlier and so much discussion as to whether it happens or not. I am thinking Canberra needs its own team at some stage - more support there for aussie rules then Western sydney it appears. This will also allow GWS to focus on Western Sydney and build a brand. Maybe the Newcastle area as a regional team - akin to Geelong. it has identity and people can get behind it as their team (I think this is where the GWS falls down - it really doesn't seem people identify this as a "region" per se so no real connexion. Maybe have been better to pick a suburb I feel - but then do you alienate the rest.

Canberra is the go i recan,

Canberra Population is 460k
and is mostly in the metro area.

bigger than Geelong
Bigger than Darwin
540k in Tasmania (but more spread out)

GWS back to Sydney.

agree 0 may provide the opportunity to rebrand as well for GWS,

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:44 am

Yes, 20th side- that will be interesting. Will they go with conferences - kind is like that now anyway. AFL tends to like high growth/population areas - hence why Tassie has not been earlier and so much discussion as to whether it happens or not. I am thinking Canberra needs its own team at some stage - more support there for aussie rules then Western sydney it appears. This will also allow GWS to focus on Western Sydney and build a brand. Maybe the Newcastle area as a regional team - akin to Geelong. it has identity and people can get behind it as their team (I think this is where the GWS falls down - it really doesn't seem people identify this as a "region" per se so no real connexion. Maybe have been better to pick a suburb I feel - but then do you alienate the rest.

No need for conferences, it would have an effect on crowd sizes for blockbusters and how would they be determined?.

I agree that the fixture is not even at present, but set conferences would only make that more so.

22 sides the way to go….eventually.

Industry sources insist the genuine annual payment the AFL will receive from Seven and Fox is $550m
Not $643m
Built into the deal is money from Telstra for the AFL-owned Marvel Stadium, plus contra

any idea how much Telstra is paying
or Contra is worth, looks to be quite huge?

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscr ... our=append

Did Nine bid include sacrificing the NRL?
Nine denies it considered dropping the NRL when it made an audacious 11th-hour bid for the AFL broadcast rights. But sources say the AFL pitch provoked an intriguing conversation.

Sorry don't have the full article. But it would've interesting to see what would happen if 9 had won the rights.
In fact both other bids would be interesting to see.