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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on August 15, 2012, 12:20:07 PM
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Not the most reliable source but anyway ...
New league push for AFL power clubs
By Kim Hagdorn
Sports News First
14 August 2012 04:45PM EST
RADICAL moves are afoot from Victorian-based AFL power clubs to form their own breakaway reserves competition.
If the bid is successful and wins endorsement from enough Melbourne-based AFL clubs, the new competition could be up and running in time for next season.
The sweeping change to Victoria’s second-tier football landscape is expected to be a front-end agenda item at a full meeting of AFL club chief executives in Melbourne next week ahead of the league’s Round 22.
The breakaway clubs will form a stand-alone, breakaway competition with no affiliation to the existing and declining VFL.
Early details are sketchy but it appears traditional long standing power club Essendon are the prime movers in the radical plan.
Other traditional heavyweight clubs Collingwood, Carlton, Hawthorn, Geelong, Richmond and St Kilda are all believed to be supporting the plan.
Where clubs will get additional players to fill reserves teams from their official AFL lists of 48 players is a major hurdle yet to be ratified by influential organisers of the secession competition.
Prospects of a new reserves league are mounting on the back of growing problems with AFL-listed players playing in the VFL with affiliate teams.
AFL clubs want far greater control of their players at the second tier level in their overall development, welfare and comeback from injury plans.
In recent weeks Hawthorn superstar Luke Hodge played in the VFL at Box Hill and Carlton big man Robbie Warnock returned from injury recovery through the Blues' lower grade.
AFL clubs are understood to be confronting increasingly difficult demands with their affiliate bodies as well as immense frustrations at fixtures and unbalanced playing rosters.
It is understood that AFL clubs from outside Victoria will also be invited to join the breakaway second tier league.
West Coast Eagles and Fremantle are in a battle with their local WAFL competition major stakeholders to have their own reserves teams in the WA league from next season.
Eagles and Dockers management have been steadfastly blocked in their reserves team plan by heavy opposition from all nine WAFL clubs.
Exorbitant costs for weekly interstate travel and accommodation for the two WA-based AFL clubs is understood to be a significant drawback in early considerations to join a second-tier Victorian-based reserves competition.
Costs of West Coast and Fremantle teams travelling interstate each week of a have been estimated in excess of $2million annually, on top of their already extensive football department spending.
The strong South Australian state level authorities have also point-blank refused to consider Adelaide Crows and Port Power reserves teams in their powerful competition.
Eastern seaboard AFL clubs in Queensland and New South Wales only within the past two seasons have joined the new North Eastern AFL and are unlikely to join a Victorian-based second level competition for their reserves teams.
http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2012/08/14/new-league-push-for-afl-power-clubs/
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We won't join it till 2014 anyway...
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unless the planning has been secretly going on for some time, i cant see a new league starting off next year.
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"you can do it!"
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Good idea, the VFL seems to have a bye every 3rd week.
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I reckon we should stay with Coburg for another 10 years.
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everything old is new again. :lol
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"you can do it!"
:yep
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everything old is new again. :lol
And the AFL has sucessfully trashed the old VFA to the extent that it will never recover.
:banghead
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Just a small query
Who exactly is going to fund this new breakaway reserves comp?
Seeing the VFL comp is funded by AFL Victoria which is funded by the AFL
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Just a small query
Who exactly is going to fund this new breakaway reserves comp?
Seeing the VFL comp is funded by AFL Victoria which is funded by the AFL
It is Kim Hagdorn WP, safe to say he'll be spot on as per usual :rollin
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Just a small query
Who exactly is going to fund this new breakaway reserves comp?
Seeing the VFL comp is funded by AFL Victoria which is funded by the AFL
It is Kim Hagdorn WP, safe to say he'll be spot on as per usual :rollin
Given there is not one official or unofficial source quoted in the article, it looks like bull pooh and smells overwhelmingly like it as well
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Put the reserves on TV. Get a new TV deal, theres you funding.
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Funding would be a blocker
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...as could the AFL
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Put the reserves on TV. Get a new TV deal, theres you funding.
And who's going to bid? And how much do you think it will bring
Ch10 perhaps, maybe Ch9 ::) can just see them queing up for the privledge of showing RESERVES footy
How much do you think the ABC coughs up for the state leagues at the moment? If you think it's in the millions you are dreaming ;D
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The AFL will fund it.
This will be the final nail in the old VFA's coffin.
:banghead
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Brad Miller - first coach for 2nds?