Mike has been away for a couple of days and he has come back to see some big topics posted.
But one that has really caught the eye is the Sunbury Lions to the EDFL topic.
Very interesting indeed, but Mike can see some clear hurdles in this apparently "Done and Dusted" deal of the Lions changing leagues.
First of all, For the Lions to change league's they will require a vote of no less than 70% of its members at an AGM to do so.
If this happens and is passed by the majority, then the Lions need to make an application to the EDFL expressing an interest in joining the league. The EDFL clubs would then vote if they would like to include the Lions into their competition. Already several possible hiccup's that could cause the Lions to abandon their done and dusted plan.
The Lions would be required to enter the competition through B Grade, a move that the current people at Sunbury would be highly unlikely to be in favour of. They would also need to bring junior sides with it. To bring the junior clubs the Lions would require a vote of all members of the junior club at their AGM voting in favour, they would then be required to make an application to the EDFL to join the junior competition as they are a SEPERATE operating unit to the Senior club. The junior club would then need to make an application to the RDFL to leave the competition, a vote would be required and Mike is not too sure that the RDFL would be too keen to have them depart. To get around this, the Lions could start their own junior side, that could not be called the Sunbury Lions Junior Football Club, due to the name already being registered and used. They would then have to establish teams using local junior players, a tough ask already without having them travel to EDFL games.
So it seems that there is a little more to the "done and dusted" "announcement on Monday" Sunbury Lions to the EDFL move. I would think that the Lions are a long ways away from this occuring.
And take it from Mike, It wouldn't be shocking for the talk of RDFL division 1 and 2 to be reborn and discussions to take place. Anything is possible.
Live the dream RDFL
Mike out.
