Roaming Lou
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Many know of the tragedy of the South Melbourne Swans and the Fitzroy Lions.
But for a quick recap both teams in the end were suffering from poor performances and financial difficulties. This resulted in South Melbourne moving to Sydney in 1981, becoming the Sydney Swans, and Fitzroy merging with the Brisbane Bears in 1996 to become the Brisbane Lions.
Although both teams are "dead" (in the AFL sense) they are not forgotten, and there is still support for the clubs.
Please tell me if you support some sort of demerging process with Fitzroy and the Bears and the Swans with Sydney (I would support a new Sydney team taking the Swans place, and bugger off with GWS, I know most people in Sydney don't care about AFL but they will care less if they have to follow big big sound), and do you reckon these teams can be economically viable.
(Please, not I do not want a thread telling why they died, but how they can be reinstated) ( also this thread is about your own opinion, its not about whether the AFL will support it or not)
But for a quick recap both teams in the end were suffering from poor performances and financial difficulties. This resulted in South Melbourne moving to Sydney in 1981, becoming the Sydney Swans, and Fitzroy merging with the Brisbane Bears in 1996 to become the Brisbane Lions.
Although both teams are "dead" (in the AFL sense) they are not forgotten, and there is still support for the clubs.
Please tell me if you support some sort of demerging process with Fitzroy and the Bears and the Swans with Sydney (I would support a new Sydney team taking the Swans place, and bugger off with GWS, I know most people in Sydney don't care about AFL but they will care less if they have to follow big big sound), and do you reckon these teams can be economically viable.
(Please, not I do not want a thread telling why they died, but how they can be reinstated) ( also this thread is about your own opinion, its not about whether the AFL will support it or not)
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