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one-eyed:
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/sport/vfl-clubs-have-been-told-a-tasmanian-team-will-likely-join-the-competition-in-2021/news-story/0d076d7437cba9ebcbc9032cf3ef5222

one-eyed:
TASMANIA will have a TAC Cup team of its own from next year and has been granted a provisional VFL licence for 2021 as part of a fresh $1.4 million investment in the state by the AFL.

Administrative hubs in the north, northwest and south will be created, women's football will be pushed along and the TSL will be properly funded as part of a series of sweeping recommendations from a steering committee chaired by AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan.

Pathway programs will commence at under-12 level and will extend through to the under-18 level.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-03/big-boost-for-tassie-with-tac-cup-vfl-teams

taztiger4:
so back to what Tassie had 10,15, 20 years ago !!

Devils in VFL 2001-2008

Mariners in TAC 1995 - 2002

Diocletian:
Out: Gold Coast

In: Tassie

mightytiges:
It's all about TV rights, corporate sponsorship and population growth. That's why Tassie does not have a team. If a national competition had started 100 years ago in an amatuer/semi-pro era then things might have been different (Tassie most likely would've had two teams: one in Hobart and another representing Northern Tasmania). However, now days Tasmania's population is only 500k and stagnating (Hobart 250k, Launceston 130k), it struggles in terms of the corporate dollar, while its TV audience is considered only a "regional" one by the TV rating agencies. Compare that to the Gold Coast which is approaching 1 million people, has immense corporate interest, and is included in both the Brisbane metro and Northern NSW regional ratings figures.

In professional sport, money talks! The head Soccer body in Australia (FFA) over the past week also rejected a Tasmanian bid for their own team in the A-League. David Gallop openly talks about "fishing where the fish are" when it comes to adding new teams. Sadly for Tassie, the sporting bodies see the fish only in the capital cities on the Eastern mainland.

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