It's generational - but these teams won't have the followers anyway, especially if the standard of footy served up so far this year continues. More people went to the soccer yesterday than the Dogs/Kangas game. That trend continues, then we'll probably see Channel Nine pick up the rights and bring it back to a winter sport to go head-to-head.
I think we may be close to the tipping point where there's just too many AFL players, thus diluting the quality. Plus, the expansion clubs have pretty much killed off any chance that these clubs will have for success in the next 10 years.
14 clubs, play each other twice...damn, the batteries of my crystal ball have just gone out.