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The battle to get a team, let alone two, is due to the current AFL model.
Change the model, and maybe start welcoming entities, not denying them.
However, that can on be accomplished via a divisional structure.
So you may think I'm running on a tangent, but fundamentally, I am not.
The structure of the AFL is the obstacle to entry.
The model isnt changing - the league has no plans to open up - it hasnt done so since 1897 and so far it seems to have worked for it. Its never been proposed, never been looked at it, or even seriously suggested or even hinted at. Theres no groundswell of movement for it, regardless of how many posts on how many threads you make yourself.
Even during the league expansion era of the 80s, no one wanted divisions. The closest you got was champions league type proposals where the best teams at the end of a season would play each other. None of the closed state leagues wanted to merge into a divisional structure, and no clubs below state level have ever even hinted at wanting it. Ammos aside, I dont think you'll find an Australian Football league in the country that does it.
Thats why you are running a tangent.