17th side

[RUNVS]

The AFL needs a team at the Gold Coast and since the Kangaroos wont move the AFl has to issue a 17th license. I say issue the 17th license and cut all funding to the Kangaroos. Then in afew years we will have only 16 teams again as the Kangaroos will be no more and the AFL will have a team on the Gold Coast.

 

[estibador]

The AFL needs a team at the Gold Coast and since the Kangaroos wont move the AFl has to issue a 17th license. I say issue the 17th license and cut all funding to the Kangaroos.

They can't do that without cutting the funding to all the CBF reliant teams. If they do that we could be looking at a team relocating to Western Sydney much sooner than anticipated.

The next few years are going to be very interesting whichever course of action the AFL decides to take.

 

[Subprime]

This poll's probably redundant already, Demetriou's talking 18 teams tonight. "Its not a matter of if we have a second team in Sydney, but when" to paraphrase him.

The league went from 12 to 14 teams in '87 so to jump from 16 to 18 in say 2010 would not be without precedence. Better to do it in one hit I say.

 

[markjjj]

No to a 17th team...it only makes it more difficult for every club to win a flag.

I'm a bit of a realist, and i think long term...say 20yrs away there should only be 14 teams.

Freo
Eagles

Crows
Port

Swans
+1

Lions
+1

I think Vic can only sustain 6 teams

Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
Richmond
Geelong

and one of

Dogs
Roos
Saints
Hawks and
Demons.

I know this view won't be popular, but i think it's a reality that we may have to face.

 

[Bomber32]

I'm not in favour of a 17th side at the present time. Leave things as it stands and consider it again in 10 or 15 years time.

I'm just not convinced a side based on the Gold Coast will work at all.

 

[boydsno1]

the dogs will stay. we are starting to bring money in and that is even before our new facilities are up and running. and with the western suburbs the fastest growing area in victoria we have room for even more growth. mind you we were just under 30,000 members this yr and are already nearly at 15,000. signs for us are looking good. also were the only west side team.

 

[boydsno1]

also forget about west sydney. look at tasmania instead. ppl in west sydney will just spit on the afl. that is rugby heartland. they love it and consider afl a gay mans sport. what makes people thik it will be successful if it moves there.

 

[ams4crows]

if you want a new club then I'm afaid an exsisting two will have to merge 16 is the perfect number we don't really need any nore teams unless one has to fold subsquently mereging with another!

 

[RUNVS]

if you want a new club then I'm afaid an exsisting two will have to merge 16 is the perfect number we don't really need any nore teams unless one has to fold subsquently mereging with another!

Demons and Kangaroos should merge.

 

[Bourky23]

i'm in favour of the southport sharks

 

[FOOOOTY]

Demons and Kangaroos should merge.

The Swans should merge with a blast from a shotgun.

 

[Rob]

I'm cynical towards the prospect of the Gold Coast being a long-term viable and profitable market.

I support the idea of a 17th and possibly an 18th team entering the competition, but not the idea of re-inventing the wheel for the sake of entering a market that's already been proven shaky at best.

Send a team to Tassie first, which would at the very least give them room for error when bringing in an 18th Gold Coast side.

You're concerned about the Gold Coast being viable in the long term, yet you want a team in the stagnating state of Tasmania?

 

[Babylove]

I love how everyone is saying wait 10 or 15 years. It's already been ten since the last change (Fitzroy folded and Port came in). The fact is with GC it's either now or never. If the AFL wait to long the NRL will get a strangle hold and that will be that. The time seems to be right for a team up there now and if the AFL wait they'll miss the boat. And to be honest the more teams there are the less whinging through the year about unfairness because of who everyone plays twice. I also like the suggestion of getting an 18th licence for West Sydney and forming two sides in one hit.

I do agree that eventually some of the more cash strapped clubs in Victoria may have to look at merging or relocating to survive or look at supplimentary means of income to become viable in the long term.

 

[RUNVS]

The Swans should merge with a blast from a shotgun.

Alright what about the West Melbourne Demondogs

 

[MagpieGirl_13]

I can see it now, there won't be enough supporters.

Who on here now can honestly put up their hand and say that they will follow a new team, wherever it is, and buy a membership & supporter gear etc?

Yes, it may invite new supporters to follow AFL but how many new supporters are going to rush out & buy a membership etc?

I know a Gold Coast NRL team worked, not sure how but it did, & people started following them. I can't see this being the same with AFL, the Gold Coast is big, yes, but not big enough to house an AFL & NRL team, it's not Brisbane. IMO

I will NEVER change!!!! Collingwood is my team & will be forever!

 

[Babylove]

I can see it now, there won't be enough supporters.

Who on here now can honestly put up their hand and say that they will follow a new team, wherever it is, and buy a membership & supporter gear etc?

Yes, it may invite new supporters to follow AFL but how many new supporters are going to rush out & buy a membership etc?

I know a Gold Coast NRL team worked, not sure how but it did, & people started following them. I can't see this being the same with AFL, the Gold Coast is big, yes, but not big enough to house an AFL & NRL team, it's not Brisbane. IMO

I will NEVER change!!!! Collingwood is my team & will be forever!

You know what they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

[chickens_law]

Hobart donkeys should be the next team.