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TheBrownDog
Because nobody cares enough about those irrelevant minnows for the news to even bother reporting on them.
Let's talk Ports! Part 3
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Because nobody cares enough about those irrelevant minnows for the news to even bother reporting on them.
tribey
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Who even brought it up? Was it Keith? I had enough of this s**t 10 years ago.
It's from questioning from media types in terms of ramifications of the pandemic but they are talking about a reserves side now I'm not sure of the angle, something as ridiculous as AFL listed players being spread about to whatever is left of the SANFL? is perhaps something they are wanking for I dunno it's odd as the Ravens would be in the same highly unlikely boat.
Eddie Dingle
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Magpies die that s**t competition dies.
And we’ll still need a reserves side so the maggies get born again in the VFL.
Likelihood of this is low I know but wouldn’t it be nice?
Ammo A1 Grand Final Broadview v Glenelg and Glenelg have to wear an alternate strip as the new club.
I would actually pee my pants.
Lockhart Road
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It was. As an exiting CEO he’s getting a bit too much air time just now, under the disguise of our 150th anniversary.
They ain't gonna spend money on one in the aftermath of this crisis.
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You could argue it’s a strategic move to shore up our SANFL operations if there’s any moves to provide a bailout in that direction blah blah blah, but all I’m seeing is “PORMAGPIES MAY FOLD SAYS PORP HOUR CEO” across multiple outlets and endless circlejerking by the usual masses.
It just feeds into the belief we’re a destitute house of cards about to be sold on Pawn Stars.
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I know that but It's what is needed and should of been done along time ago.
Notice how the media calls them Port Adelaide Magpies.
They are in fact, Port Adelaide's Reserve Team, nicknamed Magpies in the SANFL.
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It's all TV money. Get a deal happening and they can do it.
RussellEbertHandball
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Rubbish journos and sub editors. Here is what KT said and how Port website is reporting things.
Keith Thomas on the future of the Magpies
CEO Keith Thomas opens up on the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Magpies in the SANFL.
PORT ADELAIDE entered 2020 with the vision of celebrating the club’s rich 150-year history as the centrepiece of all planning. At the forefront of these celebrations was the Magpies – the club’s SANFL entity that forged Port Adelaide’s reputation for success and evolved into its presence in the AFL. However, the COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted plans across the globe and football in South Australia was no exception in the grand scheme of things.
A week prior to the AFL season being postponed, it was announced that all State competitions would be suspended until at least May 31, the SANFL included. Since then, uncertainty has surrounded the future of the South Australian competition and the viability of its clubs moving forward. In turn, it has left the future unclear whether Port Adelaide will be able to continue the tradition of the Magpies in the SANFL competition.
“I would hate to even contemplate the idea that it wasn’t possible,” Port Adelaide CEO Keith Thomas said on Adelaide radio on Monday morning. “But the reality is we have to see where this lands. I don’t know how the SANFL is planning to move through it.
“We haven’t had those conversations. It is just too early in the conversation to fully understand what is going to happen with football in general.”
Port’s chief executive said his club would not waiver in its dedication to having a presence in the State competition, but admitted there was more to play out. “We remain really committed to playing in the SANFL and maintaining the Magpies as part of that competition,” Thomas said.
“But there are a lot of structural conversations in the next few months that we are going to have to be a part of and we will have to wait and see.”
Then he goes into Trump, all positive, happy clapper mode
Thomas remained positive about the club’s ability to celebrate its 150th year despite the current trying circumstances, applauding the moments the club had enjoyed before the outbreak.
“My view is that we were really fortunate that we were able to get away two or three really significant moments,” he said. “The logo (launch) was terrific, the Gala was fantastic and then we had a great documentary that we built.” Thomas also declared that while the future of the Magpies and the SANFL was unclear, his club remained determined to help Port’s supporters celebrate and enjoy the club’s history.
“The work that went into the 150th created an enormous reservoir of fantastic information from our history that we are going to roll out during this bleak period for our members,” he said.
“We are going to enjoy all of that.
“We will mark our 150th for what it was – it was a year like no other.
“And at the end of it we will have survived and we will be very proud of that.
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Rubbish journos and sub editors. Here is was KT said and how Port website is reporting things.
Keith Thomas on the future of the Magpies
CEO Keith Thomas opens up on the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Magpies in the SANFL.www.portadelaidefc.com.au
PORT ADELAIDE entered 2020 with the vision of celebrating the club’s rich 150-year history as the centrepiece of all planning. At the forefront of these celebrations was the Magpies – the club’s SANFL entity that forged Port Adelaide’s reputation for success and evolved into its presence in the AFL. However, the COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted plans across the globe and football in South Australia was no exception in the grand scheme of things.
A week prior to the AFL season being postponed, it was announced that all State competitions would be suspended until at least May 31, the SANFL included. Since then, uncertainty has surrounded the future of the South Australian competition and the viability of its clubs moving forward. In turn, it has left the future unclear whether Port Adelaide will be able to continue the tradition of the Magpies in the SANFL competition.
“I would hate to even contemplate the idea that it wasn’t possible,” Port Adelaide CEO Keith Thomas said on Adelaide radio on Monday morning. “But the reality is we have to see where this lands. I don’t know how the SANFL is planning to move through it.
“We haven’t had those conversations. It is just too early in the conversation to fully understand what is going to happen with football in general.”
Port’s chief executive said his club would not waiver in its dedication to having a presence in the State competition, but admitted there was more to play out. “We remain really committed to playing in the SANFL and maintaining the Magpies as part of that competition,” Thomas said.
“But there are a lot of structural conversations in the next few months that we are going to have to be a part of and we will have to wait and see.”
Then he goes into Trump, all positive, happy clapper mode
Thomas remained positive about the club’s ability to celebrate its 150th year despite the current trying circumstances, applauding the moments the club had enjoyed before the outbreak.
“My view is that we were really fortunate that we were able to get away two or three really significant moments,” he said. “The logo (launch) was terrific, the Gala was fantastic and then we had a great documentary that we built.” Thomas also declared that while the future of the Magpies and the SANFL was unclear, his club remained determined to help Port’s supporters celebrate and enjoy the club’s history.
“The work that went into the 150th created an enormous reservoir of fantastic information from our history that we are going to roll out during this bleak period for our members,” he said.
“We are going to enjoy all of that.
“We will mark our 150th for what it was – it was a year like no other.
“And at the end of it we will have survived and we will be very proud of that.
This said it all ...
At the forefront of these celebrations was the Magpies – the club’s SANFL entity that forged Port Adelaide’s reputation for success and evolved into its presence in the AFL.
Non Port people still cant get a grip on the fact that the Port Adelaide Football Club who played in the SANFL, applied for, and got the Licence to move, and play, in the AFL.
GremioPower
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They don't want to understand. It is not that difficult, really.
The Port Adelaide Football Club existed before the SANFL, and will exist after the SANFL is a sad forgotten memory.Rubbish journos and sub editors. Here is was KT said and how Port website is reporting things.
Keith Thomas on the future of the Magpies
CEO Keith Thomas opens up on the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Magpies in the SANFL.
PORT ADELAIDE entered 2020 with the vision of celebrating the club’s rich 150-year history as the centrepiece of all planning. At the forefront of these celebrations was the Magpies – the club’s SANFL entity that forged Port Adelaide’s reputation for success and evolved into its presence in the AFL. However, the COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted plans across the globe and football in South Australia was no exception in the grand scheme of things.
A week prior to the AFL season being postponed, it was announced that all State competitions would be suspended until at least May 31, the SANFL included. Since then, uncertainty has surrounded the future of the South Australian competition and the viability of its clubs moving forward. In turn, it has left the future unclear whether Port Adelaide will be able to continue the tradition of the Magpies in the SANFL competition.
“I would hate to even contemplate the idea that it wasn’t possible,” Port Adelaide CEO Keith Thomas said on Adelaide radio on Monday morning. “But the reality is we have to see where this lands. I don’t know how the SANFL is planning to move through it.
“We haven’t had those conversations. It is just too early in the conversation to fully understand what is going to happen with football in general.”
Port’s chief executive said his club would not waiver in its dedication to having a presence in the State competition, but admitted there was more to play out. “We remain really committed to playing in the SANFL and maintaining the Magpies as part of that competition,” Thomas said.
“But there are a lot of structural conversations in the next few months that we are going to have to be a part of and we will have to wait and see.”
Then he goes into Trump, all positive, happy clapper mode
Thomas remained positive about the club’s ability to celebrate its 150th year despite the current trying circumstances, applauding the moments the club had enjoyed before the outbreak.
“My view is that we were really fortunate that we were able to get away two or three really significant moments,” he said. “The logo (launch) was terrific, the Gala was fantastic and then we had a great documentary that we built.” Thomas also declared that while the future of the Magpies and the SANFL was unclear, his club remained determined to help Port’s supporters celebrate and enjoy the club’s history.
“The work that went into the 150th created an enormous reservoir of fantastic information from our history that we are going to roll out during this bleak period for our members,” he said.
“We are going to enjoy all of that.
“We will mark our 150th for what it was – it was a year like no other.
“And at the end of it we will have survived and we will be very proud of that.
The ensuing financial crisis that will follow the virus, places the SANFL‘s future in the hands of the AFL. What is the AFL’s vision for the game’s second level? Whatever it is will come sooner rather than later because of Coronavirus.
The AFL have been considering a reserves comp for a while now. It wants a Reserves comp to sell more games at the next TV rights deal. That is a deal it needs more than ever to pay off the $600,000,000 it just borrowed from the banks today.
Considered in this light, the Carlton decision to split with their VFL side is very interesting. What are Carlton proposing to do in 2021 with its 2nd XXII players? It’s as if Carlton already knew its current arrangement would not exist in 2021.
So, the new TV deal will run from 2023. That does not prevent the AFL and it’s current TV partners bringing forward the new deal to start in 2021. There are very distinct advantages to the AFL in a new deal, with a reserves comp which starts next year:
1. They can use that money to pay off the debt it just incurred- one year of interest payments is better than 3.
2. This way, they can keep all the 2020 players who took a pay cut (all of them) and repay them next year. How bad would it be for someone like Jack Watts who is fighting for his future? Not only is he deprived of his chance to play for his career but has to take less than his contracted money for his last season.
An AFL Reserves comp starting in 2021 allows the AFL to expand lists, not reduce them, at least for one year. All 2020 players can remain, at least for one year. The AFL then, by not allowing forced delistings, repays it’s debt to 2020 players.
What then happens to the SANFL?. It will lose funding from the AFL. It will lose all its better players. It will lose its own TV deal. It will lose Port Adelaide. It will be lost. It may resurrect as some nostalgia league but it will be a third tier competition that we will only view in the rear vision mirror.
If it doesn’t happen in 2021, it won’t be long after that. Just remember, you heard it here first.
RussellEbertHandball
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GremioPower
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No WA clubs in the State League working group; and Footscray's CEO in two groups.
Eddie Dingle
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lordy.
lordy.
Indeed. Brumbies, anyone?
Eddie Dingle
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Especially paying in handshakes during the current period of social distancing.
Kornes talking about going back to the old system of players being scattered through the SANFL with Port & Tingles losing the reserves teams.. lol I knew it
Well, yeah, coz obviously that will pull thousands through the gate each week
. Post this mess, for competitions like the SANFL to survive, they're going to need an injection of new thinking. Not these dinosaurs from the last century.
The angle is AFL lists will be reduced thus requiring more top ups which isn't feasible for us or the Karpark.Well, yeah, coz obviously that will pull thousands through the gate each week
Post this mess, for competitions like the SANFL to survive, they're going to need an injection of new thinking. Not these dinosaurs from the last century.
