Who cares about queensland? And for that matter new south wales as well, both states are the gutters of the far superior Australian states, trash washes off into them (I.e the nrl)
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Again, why? Why is obliterating NRL in Cairns more important than rewarding existing supporters in Tassie with their own team?You want to be the strongest code everywhere
I was watching a report on the ABC the other night on the governments plans of developing North Queensland particularly Cairns, two main points of the story were relocating public servants from Canberra and New Port to Cairns and making Cairns the home of Australia's main navy base. With the international airport extension tacking place in the near future and talks of a second casino being built up there it got me thinking how quickly the population will boom and how the AFL can grow/cement the game in the area.
The NRL already has the North Queensland Cowboys based in Townsville and I feel like it would be a wasted opportunity to grow the game if the AFL didn't do more than just play one game for points a year up there alongside a small local comp.
Again, why? Why is obliterating NRL in Cairns more important than rewarding existing supporters in Tassie with their own team?
I mean, I know the AFL spin on it - that the infinite growth of money in the game is the be all and end all. I'm genuinely curious why anyone who's merely a supporter of the game feel this way?
Fair enough. I'd argue the more money in the game = the more bloated coaching groups become = the more analysis etc is put in = a less entertaining product. But that's an opinion only and can see your point of view.Because a larger supporter base leads to a larger talent pool* which leads to a better quality players and game.
*the OP mentioned growing the game with more games played there, not an additional team so the current pool isn't being diluted.
Again, why? Why is obliterating NRL in Cairns more important than rewarding existing supporters in Tassie with their own team?
I mean, I know the AFL spin on it - that the infinite growth of money in the game is the be all and end all. I'm genuinely curious why anyone who's merely a supporter of the game feel this way?
I was watching a report on the ABC the other night on the governments plans of developing North Queensland particularly Cairns, two main points of the story were relocating public servants from Canberra and New Port to Cairns and making Cairns the home of Australia's main navy base. With the international airport extension tacking place in the near future and talks of a second casino being built up there it got me thinking how quickly the population will boom and how the AFL can grow/cement the game in the area.
The NRL already has the North Queensland Cowboys based in Townsville and I feel like it would be a wasted opportunity to grow the game if the AFL didn't do more than just play one game for points a year up there alongside a small local comp.
Well, we have 9K members there so would lose half of them and the value of the half would be reduced.How much would Tassie getting their own team effect Hawthorn's membership and partnership benefits with them? (not trying to troll)
Collingwood need two teams before WA need 3.
there isn't a population just yet for an AFL club. Townsville is a much larger town than cairns with people living cliser to the city. cairns population is vastly spread out.
a operating revenue for an AFL club more than 3 times that of an NRL club. most NRL clubs are around 15 million. AFL clubs are up to any where from 40 million to 65 million in operating revenue.
would be nice for an AFL team in cairns, but only in a dream
There's actually an AFL presence in Cairns(strong local comp etc.). People in Townsville don't even know what AFL is. And Townsville is also quite spread out- also a bit of a hole.
Playing a couple of AFL games a year in Cairns is as far as it will ever go.
realise that, having lived in both Cairns and townsville over the years. AFL and NRL are both well supported in Cairns & townsville mainly NRl and union.
my main concern on the AFL side of things that there isnt enough population and money in cairns to support an AFL side full time. the NRL sides run on at least 3rd the money of what the AFL clubs do. also many of the population in the far north of QLD are very spread out, not so much in the city or suburbs of cairns. if a team was to play several games there part time like the Hawks do in Tassie, would be the best out come IMO
Pretty much. It would be a good money earner for one of the SE based qld clubs to play a few games up there. Aka hawthorn and tassie. Buy teams playing at those smaller stadiums they have access to the corporate boxes and signage.Yeah definitely no chance of Cairns being able to support an AFL team. The NQ Cowboys couldn't exist if they only relied on Townsville for membership + crowd numbers at games. Absolutely no hope for an AFL team. The Suns or Lions playing a couple of games per year in Cairns is the best possible result, really.
why?
As has been stated on this thread thus far it'll be quite some time before there is thought of a NQ/cairns team in the AFL, but i really do think there should be a push for a NQ team based at Cazaly's into the NEAFL in the coming years;
-help development local players.
-give footy fans up north a team to follow
-work as somewhat of a test run for a potential future AFL club up there
hell, I even knocked this up just now as an idea
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how about a team based up there part time similar to hawthorn do with Tasmania?