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The McClelland Trophy is going to be awarded to the best performing club across AFL and AFLW together with a $1 million prize money. Melbourne would have been the winner if it was awarded last year, and will be favoured to win the Trophy this year

 

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No brainer to come up with a champion club trophy (not sure why you wouldn't come up with a new one and keep the McClelland for the minor premiers but anyway), but no idea why you would put up a million bucks. We need to provide monetary incentives to win now?

Don't mind a combined trophy for both competitions but as you said the AFL could have come up with a new trophy that would reflect both competitions. The McClelland Trophy will get ever more confusing in an historical since now.

So do we get a new Minor Premier trophy? or is that now scrapped?
 
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Don't mind a combined trophy for both competitions but as you said the AFL could have come up with a new trophy that would reflex both competitions. The McClelland Trophy will get ever more confusing in an historical since now.

So do we get a new Minor Premier trophy? or is that now scrapped?
Agree 100%. Whilst it’s a good concept to determine the best club across both the men and women’s elite competitions, they could surely have chosen a new name for the trophy
 

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Why? It was originally the trophy for the best team accross 3 divisions. This is essentially returning to how it once was
I’d just bring back the AFL reserves and have it for the best club across the 3 divisions.

I don’t follow the women’s footy at all, but do think it could bring more focus on the game if they are all striving for one collective goal
 

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No brainer to come up with a champion club trophy (not sure why you wouldn't come up with a new one and keep the McClelland for the minor premiers but anyway), but no idea why you would put up a million bucks. We need to provide monetary incentives to win now?

Its been a non event since day #1. Throw money at it to try and raise its significance. Add a couple more heads to AFL marketing.
 

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