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I don't think the suns will have an issue, there's a huge expat Victorian community in Gold Coast to draw on. Their only problem will be converting them from their old Victorian club they follow to supporting the suns instead.
As for GWS - they are doomed already. Go to Sydney and you will speak with people who tell stories of the AFL offering local councils money under the table to erect AFL goalposts on ovals to "give the appearance that AFL is being played". Many pubs refuse to screen Aussie Rules fixtures - something like 100,000 viewers in Sydney only watched the AFL Grand Final and most of them would be ex Victorians. It makes much more sense for the AFL to start a club in Tassie IMO or even merge North with a new team down there, and have them play 1/2 their games in Tassie and 1/2 in Melbourne/Ballarat.
As for GWS - they are doomed already. Go to Sydney and you will speak with people who tell stories of the AFL offering local councils money under the table to erect AFL goalposts on ovals to "give the appearance that AFL is being played". Many pubs refuse to screen Aussie Rules fixtures - something like 100,000 viewers in Sydney only watched the AFL Grand Final and most of them would be ex Victorians. It makes much more sense for the AFL to start a club in Tassie IMO or even merge North with a new team down there, and have them play 1/2 their games in Tassie and 1/2 in Melbourne/Ballarat.
1 Seven’s AFL: Grand Final Re-Match: Collingwood V St Kilda Seven 2,679,000 405,000 1,311,000 375,000 274,000 314,000
2 Seven’s AFL: Grand Final: Collingwood V St Kilda Seven 2,777,000 368,000 1,475,000 283,000 314,000 338,000.

