BringBackTorps
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In the short term, I agree it is likely HFC will soon depart Tas.- & NMFC will play more games in Hobart & Launceston (Unless crowds continue to fall. Tasmanians are probably sick of being shafted by the AFL).No surprise to see North selling another home game to Hobart for 2019. Things are progressing the way the AFL would like. Right now it's a 7-4 arrangement in favour of games in Melbourne but the league would like North to flip that in a few years.
Next move involves the Kangas overtaking Hawthorn's Launceston contract and securing 7-8 home games in Tasmania annually.
IMO, NMFC will never relocate to Tas. completely -its members would never accept the demise of their Club. Tas. will get its own AFL club -hopefully, sometime from 2028-2038.
Also, it is not essential for NMFC to leave Vic., as Melb's pop. will, sadly, be 8,000,000 by c.2050. Demographer B.Salt stated "It's the fourth fastest growing developed city on the planet today". As the graph in the link below shows, the biggest growth is happening in the nthn., NW, & western suburbs -this is perfect for NMFC (& Footscray), & guarantees NMFC's long term financial security.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10...-biggest-city-which-party-has-policy/10358988
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