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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #60 on: December 24, 2022, 08:14:58 AM »
‘All that remains’: Tassie team is $240m away as business plan unveiled for 19th AFL club

Tasmania is requesting $240 million in funding from the federal government in order to build the stadium to house the 19th AFL club from 2029.

The planned 23,000-seat venue could be ready by the end of 2028, while it’s hoped the team would enter in 2027, meaning it would play two seasons at existing stadiums Bellerive Oval and York Park.

The AFL has effectively delivered an ultimatum to Tasmania that it must confirm the stadium is fully-funded before it will be granted the 19th license.

Tasmania’s current proposal sees the state government committing $375 million, the AFL $15 million, the federal government $240 million and private investors $85 million. Combined with $26 million already spent, the total cost would reach $741 million.

The state’s commitment includes $60 million towards a high performance centre.


New designs of what Hobart's new AFL stadium at Macquarie Point could look like. Images supplied by AFL


https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2022-tasmanian-team-by-2029-stadium-funding-plans-19th-afl-club-license-macquarie-point-federal-government-help-latest-news/news-story/98868972654d63a24d6b49653f87a49c

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #61 on: January 25, 2023, 05:00:51 PM »
Tasmanian State League club Glenorchy is reportedly on the brink of being unable to field a senior team this season amid the state’s ongoing AFL participation issues.

The ongoing push for the Apple Isle to be awarded the 19th license includes an argument it would help revive local footy in the state, with participation rates once higher than Victoria, but now only ahead of New South Wales and Queensland.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-glenorchy-unlikely-to-field-a-senior-team-in-tasmanian-state-league-famous-club-peter-hudson-tasmania-expansion-news/news-story/7bf6bec7076b1be2e3378f3eb455ad68

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #62 on: January 31, 2023, 02:32:06 PM »
HAWTHORN has extended its contract to play AFL games in Tasmania, as the island state's quest for its own side remains up in the air.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/873800/hawks-extend-tassie-deal-for-two-more-years


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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #63 on: February 23, 2023, 02:50:21 PM »
McLachlan set to pledge AFL funds to Tasmanian team

Ethan James
AAP
23/02/2023


The AFL is set to announce $360 million towards a Tasmanian side, on the condition a new stadium in Hobart gets the green light.

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan will make the commitment during a tourism and business lunch in Hobart on Thursday.

The pledge includes money towards the stadium proposal, as well as $90m for game development and $30m for talent development, News Corp is reporting.

The funding is reportedly across a 10-year period.

Tasmania's admission to the national competition is contingent on funding for the proposed $715m stadium project, which is proving increasingly divisive.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/mclachlan-set-to-pledge-afl-funds-to-tasmanian-team/ar-AA17OUST?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f4b66c62e8324df2a8a46ba2c328dfce

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #64 on: February 27, 2023, 06:26:21 AM »

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Gill McLachlan's open letter regarding a Tasmanian team (SEN)
« Reply #65 on: March 01, 2023, 04:41:31 PM »
GILL MCLACHLAN CONFIRMS HOW TASMANIA CAN SECURE 19TH LICENSE IN OPEN LETTER

March 1, 2023

To everyone who is passionate about Australian football in Tasmania, we are getting so close.

Talk of an AFL team in Tasmania has been a constant for many years. For a variety of reasons, it has not been possible previously.

This has hurt Tasmanians who feel the state deserves to be represented by its own team in our game’s national competition. Those who feel that way about having a team based in the state are right. Tasmania should have its own team, which would mean a 19th club competing in the AFL and AFL Women’s competitions.

Finally, in 2023, it may happen.

In order for it to happen, Tasmania needs to have a new stadium – a world-class facility that will be the epicentre of a broader urban renewal development at Macquarie Point. The AFL clubs have made it clear they won’t support a new license without a stadium.

A new stadium that players want to play at, coaches want to coach at, accommodating 5,000 AFL fans travelling from interstate locations each week, with a fan experience they are accustomed to, would underpin the success of the club. The new Tasmanian club needs to be positioned to thrive from the start and long into the future, not set up to fail. New or fully redeveloped stadiums were a pre-requisite for Gold Coast SUNS and GWS GIANTS prior to entry in the AFL competition. To be clear this is not and has never been just a Tasmanian requirement.

In recent years we have seen the profound impact new and redeveloped venues have had in Perth and Adelaide. Despite initial strong opposition to those projects locally, Optus Stadium and the Adelaide Oval are now sources of great pride for the people of WA and SA, and attract huge global events which drive major economic, jobs, tourism and entertainment outcomes and boost many local industries.

The opportunity for our game at the grassroots level cannot be understated. Having a team that will inspire young Tasmanians to one day play football at the elite level, based in their home state, will drive interest and momentum in community football more than ever before.

While we know there are areas of the game doing it tough and we are committed to directing support to where it’s needed most, community football participation in Tasmania is strong. Never has the strength of the game been more evident than in recent years and the way so many great people across Tasmanian football steered local footy through the COVID pandemic, ensuring we are now in a position to thrive.

From now through to the first decade in the life of a new Tasmanian club, representing Tasmania, featuring Tassie talent, the AFL will invest around $360 million in the state, to support football and a Tasmania team, with a significant portion going towards game development and end-to-end talent pathway programs for Tasmanian boys and girls, the equal to any in the country.

This investment includes:

* Minimum of $15 million in the stadium in the arts and entertainment precinct
* $10 million in the club’s training and administration facility
* $93 million in game development – supporting and growing local footy
* $33 million to develop young male and female talent in Tasmania
* $209 million in distributions to the new club over the first 10 years to cover base funding, variable funding, AFLW funding and special list establishment funding to ensure a strong team from the start

With this financial commitment, representing the game in all parts of the state – the North, South and North West – the AFL’s vision is to take a quantum leap across community football:

* Double participation by the end of the decade
* Access to and upgrade of 70 new ovals across the state to accommodate grassroots demand
* New programs and competitions in 100 per cent of schools across the state
* A footy in every child’s hand, a footy in every home
* Major investment in participation programs, community coaches, volunteers and umpiring, which is critical to drive the next wave of talented players and administrators
* New regional academies in the South (Hobart), North (Launceston) and North West of the State (based in Penguin) for both boys and girls (from under 12 and above) to fast track the development of talent for the new club

Through the 10 per cent enshrined percentage of revenue going towards community football, the AFL has pre-approved significant additional resources to ensure this opportunity to grow game in Tasmania will not be missed. This funding injection into grassroots football will be carefully managed by AFL Tasmania and staged over the decade to maximise outcomes. The investment will be anchored in the recommendations of AFL Tasmania’s Football Futures project and the holistic vision for local football.

During the AFL’s visit to Tasmania last week, Tasmanian football legend Matthew Richardson spoke of this being the moment for the state to get behind this push, which will be a great thing for the state in so many ways. ‘Richo’ emphasised the need for a new stadium to ensure the dream is realised and said that as a footy-loving kid growing up in Tassie, it would’ve meant everything to him to be able to get behind a Tassie team.

Tasmania has been an incredible contributor to our game, and we want to secure its future as Tasmania’s game.

We urge Tasmanians and the football community to unite behind the team and get excited for everything a Tasmanian license can bring to every person and every part of this great state.

We are really close, but we need to grasp this opportunity.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/03/01/mclachlan-confirms-how-tasmania-can-secure-19th-license-in-open-letter/

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #66 on: April 29, 2023, 01:41:48 PM »
The unofficial is official.

Tassie's AFL dream a big step closer after stadium funding boost

The Federal Government's $240m funding for new Hobart stadium precinct paves way for clubs to approve a 19th AFL team.

The League has already pledged to spend $360 million on a Tasmanian team, including funding for the new club, game development, grassroots footy, and $15 million towards the stadium.

The Tasmanian Government has already pledged $375 million towards the stadium, and the Federal Government funding contribution was the final piece of the puzzle.

On Friday, the Prime Minister also announced $65 million for a redevelopment of UTAS Stadium in Launceston.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/913839/tassie-s-afl-dream-a-big-step-closer-after-stadium-funding-boost
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/28/albaneses-funding-announcement-paves-the-way-for-19th-afl-license/

Tasmania premier, Jeremy Rockliff:
As I said, I don't want to sit back in 10 years time when I'm back on the farm, thinking “you know what, if only I drove that a bit harder we might've got that”. Well, today we got it.
We’ve secured a $240 million investment to transform Mac Point, into something we can all be proud of.
The entire precinct will contain housing for health workers, community facilities and a multi-purpose stadium that unlocks Tassie’s very own AFL team.
This is going to turbocharge the Tasmanian economy for decades, and allow us to continue investing record amounts into health, housing and education. Because Tasmanians deserve what every other state has. And it’s the right thing to do.
https://twitter.com/jeremyrockliff

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #67 on: April 29, 2023, 03:08:31 PM »
Although ALL govts do it I'm not the greatest fan of funding of this magnitude going to sporting venues

It is an absolute disgrace the AFL has forced this stadium to built so they can get a team. Something Tassie should have got instead of the basket case Gold Coast and Western Sydney

However, this to me is actually a very good investment for Tasmania because this facility can be used for so much more than footy.

It means for example NRL games can go there. Better facilities for international cricket

They will be able to get big name concerts down there. Currently,  they don't have any suitable venues to host major concerts. So they simply don't have them

All this will generate revenues for the State and that's a good thing

Just AFL alone will bring so many more tourists down there. Helluva lot cheaper to fly to Tassie for a weekend that Sydney,  Brisbane or Perth

Now it's time for the buffoons at HQ and the Clubs who've been against Tassie having their own team to get their collective snouts put of the trough and vote yes

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AFL grants Tasmania 19th team licence after decades of campaigning

The AFL club presidents have voted unanimously to grant Tasmania the game's 19th licence, fulfilling decades of dreams for a team from the island state.

During a video meeting this afternoon, the presidents reached a decision within 15 minutes and there were no objections.

The granting of the licence now goes to the AFL Commission for a formal ratification.

An official AFL announcement of the licence is expected later in the week.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-02/tasmania-granted-19th-afl-licence/102286066

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #69 on: May 02, 2023, 09:21:00 PM »
Oh dear.

More talent dilution for an already poor spectacle of a game.

What's the bet they get an absolute draft rape hand like GCS/GWS and we are stuffed trying to rebuild again.

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #70 on: May 03, 2023, 02:41:35 PM »
Oh dear.

More talent dilution for an already poor spectacle of a game.

What's the bet they get an absolute draft rape hand like GCS/GWS and we are stuffed trying to rebuild again.

Worked out okay last time.  :laugh:

We do our best work in the PSD, rookie, and MSD and just thug life the ND.

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #71 on: May 03, 2023, 03:02:37 PM »
It's officially official ...

Full statement: Tasmania awarded 19th AFL licence

https://www.afl.com.au/news/917878/full-statement-tasmania-awarded-19th-afl-licence

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #72 on: May 03, 2023, 03:17:15 PM »
TASSIE DEVILS LETS GO!!!!

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Re: Tasmanian team [merged]
« Reply #73 on: May 04, 2023, 11:59:26 AM »
How the AFL plans to build its Tassie team

Michael Gleeson
The Age
May 4, 2023


The AFL’s new Tasmanian team will be built with priority picks over three drafts as the league heeds lessons from the mistakes it made setting up Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast.

Under draft plans for building the team, the new Tasmanian club is likely to have fewer priority picks than Gold Coast or the Giants received, and its picks will be staggered over several drafts.

Sources with knowledge of the AFL’s draft plan, but not authorised to speak publicly, said that, of the four or five first-round picks the club would get in the 2027, 2028 and 2029 national drafts, the club would be required to trade two of those picks at each draft for experienced players.

In the event one of those picks could not secure a trade for an experienced player of suitable value, the draft pick would be rolled into the following year’s draft. So, if the Tasmanian team did not trade pick nine, for example, then it would immediately have pick nine, as an additional pick, at the next year’s draft.

The hope is that rolling over these draft picks will avoid an inflationary effect on the player-trade market that might be caused if established clubs try to offload mediocre talent for quality picks by lowballing the Tasmanian club if it were forced to trade.

Forcing quality picks to be available to the other 18 teams is a sop to clubs fearing they would be shut out of the early picks and to offer an incentive to clubs to trade players to get early draft picks.

The AFL has been warned against the new club taking too many elite players in one draft because of the risk the team would end up too young and take too long to be competitive. The further concern is that having too many elite players of the same age would mean they come out of contract at a similar time, creating salary-cap pressure and retention problems in the future.

Using three drafts to build the list will also mean the club is not reliant on the quality of one draft to build its team in the event of that year providing a relatively shallow pool of talent.

There are likely to be priority picks available in the second and third rounds of the draft, either for drafting players or trading for experienced mid-range players, understanding that premiership lists are not filled with 18 first-round draft picks and require a balance of elite talent and role players.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/how-the-afl-plans-to-build-its-tassie-team-20230502-p5d4zh.html

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Jack Riewoldt is the first signing for Tasmania’s AFL team (Age)
« Reply #74 on: September 13, 2023, 08:32:21 PM »
Jack Riewoldt is the first signing for Tasmania’s AFL team

Just weeks after walking off the MCG for the final time as a Richmond footballer, Jack Riewoldt has officially changed his colours, becoming the first employee of the Tasmanian Football Club.

Riewoldt, whose grand ambition is for the AFL’s 19th men’s and women’s teams to become a worldwide template for newly created clubs and organisations, will lead the creation of the club’s culture and work to unify the state behind the club as it works towards launching for the 2028 season.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/jack-riewoldt-is-the-first-signing-for-tasmania-s-afl-team-20230912-p5e43w.html