M F JONES
Team Captain
- May 18, 2013
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- AFL Club
- Sydney
- Other Teams
- Lakers, Liverpool, Red Sox,
Now here's the bit most Vic clubs conveniently forget, we are a foundation club,thankfully forced to SYDNEY or fold,(I was always on board with the move otherwise we were dead,read Fitzroy) howeve after leaving us with little or no resources they decided to privatize us,not only did they make the wrong choice of consortiums but we had to pay the league twice "license fees" (seriously WTF) that went directly back to Vic clubs which enabled a few to survive!so instead of going for the more stable group headed by Basil Sellars, the league took highest bidder,once this flopped we were worse than back to square one!We are a foundation club. We were originally from South Melbourne. The current AFL administration do not see that. Most current supporters don't see that. I got told that Hawks had to beat Port because "it's not an AFL grand final with two inner-state clubs". AFL don't see us as Victorian. Therefore, we don't get looked after like we are Victorian
So when I hear we've always been the Leagues love child my retort is strong and direct, and hits them in the eyes,